Program

Opening / Closing

朴烈（パクヨル）　植民地からのアナキスト Anarchist from the Colony

Japan Premiere

Opening｜Special Screenings

Anarchist from the Colony

朴烈

2017｜Korea｜128min

Director: LEE Joon-ik

World Premiere

Closing｜Special Screenings

THE NAME

名前

2018｜Japan｜114min

Director: TODA Akihiro (戸田彬弘)

Competition

This section will present 15 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2016 and unreleased in Japan. The international jurors will choose the winners of the Grand Prix and Most Promising Talent Award.

Asia Premiere

Bad Poetry Tokyo

東京不穏詩

2017｜Japan｜116min

Director: Anshul CHAUHAN

血観音 The Bold, The Corrupt and the Beautiful

Japan Premiere

Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2018

The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful

血観音

2017｜Taiwan｜112min

Director: YANG Ya-Che (楊雅喆)

Japan Premiere

Columbus

2017｜USA｜104min

Director: Kogonada

Japan Premiere

Die Tomorrow

2017｜Thailand｜75min

Director: Nawapol THAMRONGRATTANARIT

International Premiere

Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2018

A Dog’s Life

狗狗傷心誌

2017｜Taiwan｜80min

Director: CHANG Yi (張毅)

Japan Premiere

Special Focus on Hong Kong 2018

The Empty Hands

空手道

2017｜Hong Kong｜87min

Director: Chapman TO (杜汶澤)

Japan Premiere

Special Focus on Hong Kong 2018

In Your Dreams

以青春的名義

2017｜Hong Kong｜94min

Director: TAM Wai Ching (譚惠貞)

International Premiere

SANDAAN: 100 Years of Philippine Cinema

Mr. and Mrs. Cruz

2018｜Philippines｜116min

Director: Sigrid Andrea P. BERNARDO

Japan Premiere

SANDAAN: 100 Years of Philippine Cinema

NEOMANILA

2017｜Philippines｜101min

Director: Mikhail RED

World Premiere

Special Focus on Hong Kong 2018

No. 1 Chung Ying Street

中英街一号

2018｜Hong Kong｜120min

Director: Derek Sung-kee CHIU (趙崇基)

Japan Premiere

SANDAAN: 100 Years of Philippine Cinema

PAKI (Please, Care)

2017｜Philippines｜100min

Director: Giancarlo ABRAHAN

Japan Premiere

Posesif

2017｜Indonesian｜102min

Director: Edwin

Japan Premiere

The Tailor

2017｜Vietnam｜100min

Director: TRAN Buu Loc, NGUYEN Kay

Japan Premiere

Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2018

Take Me To the Moon

帯我去月球

2017｜Taiwan｜105min

Director: HSIEH Chun-Yi (謝駿毅)

Japan Premiere

Underpants Thief

2017｜Sri Lanka｜90min

Director: Somaratne DISSANAYAKE

Special Screenings

Japan Premiere

Opening

Anarchist from the Colony

朴烈

2017｜Korea｜128min

Director: LEE Joon-ik

World Premiere

Closing

THE NAME

名前

2018｜Japan｜114min

Director: TODA Akihiro (戸田彬弘)

Japan Premiere

A Better Tomorrow 2018

英雄本色2018

2017｜China｜114min

Director: DING Sheng (丁晟)

Japan Premiere

Daddy You, Daughter Me

2017｜Korea｜115min

Director: KIM Hyung Hyup

Japan Premiere

Newton

2017｜India｜104min

Director: Amit Masurkar

World Premiere

No Where, Now Here

どこでもない、ここしかない

2018｜Japan, Slovenia, Macedonia, Malaysia｜90min

Director: LIM Kah-wai (林家威)

Passage of Life

僕の帰る場所

2017｜Japan, Myanmar｜98min

Director: FUJIMOTO Akio (藤元明緒)

World Premiere

Woozoo be Alright?

あなたの宇宙は大丈夫ですか

2018｜Japan, Korea｜108min

Director: BAEK Jae-ho, LEE Hee-seop

Indie Forum

This program will present 14 films (7 features and 7 shorts) by new innovative and challenging talents. JAPAN CUTS AWARD will be bestowed by Japan Society to one selected Japanese film from this section.

International Premiere

Bitch on the Beach

2016｜Korea｜99min

Director: JEONG Ga-young

Asia Premiere

CYCLE-CYCLE

2017｜Japan｜18min

Director: KANAI Junichi (金井純一)

World Premiere

The Garden Apartment

ガーデンアパート

2018｜Japan｜77min

Director: ISHIHARA Umi (石原海)

Girl Returned

帰ってきた少女

2017｜Japan｜44min

Director: HIROHARA Satoru (廣原暁)

Housen Cultural Foundation

Here and Here

憧れ

2017｜Korea, Japan｜20min

Director: JIMBO Yoshimasa (神保慶政)

World Premiere

KUSHINA, what will you be

クシナ

2018｜Japan｜68min

Director: HAYAMI Moët (速水萌巴)

NAGISA

なぎさ

2017｜Japan｜18min

Director: KOGAHARA Takeshi (古川原壮志)

Japan Premiere

Night Working

2017｜Korea｜27min

Director: KIM Jungeun

Ordinary Everyday

優しい日常

2017｜Japan｜30min

Director: YUASA Noriko (湯浅典子)

World Premiere

The Path Leading to Love

アイニ向カッテ

2018｜Japan｜76min

Director: TAKAYAMA Kohei (高山康平)

Japan Premiere

The Sower

種をまく人

2016｜Japan｜117min

Director: TAKEUCHI Yosuke (竹内洋介)

World Premiere

Still Life of Memories

スティルライフオブメモリーズ

2017｜Japan｜107min

Director: YAZAKI Hitoshi (矢崎仁司)

World Premiere

TOURISM

2018｜Singapore, Japan｜77min

Director: MIYAZAKI Daisuke (宮崎大祐)

World Premiere

Who Knows about My Life

予定は未定

2018｜Japan｜27min

Director: ISOBE Teppei (磯部鉄平)

Special Programs < New Action! Southeast Asia >

This special program highlights new movements in southeast Asia cinema, featuring wide variety of films, from action to art.

Japan Premiere

The Forest Whispers

2016｜Cambodia｜112min

Director: Jimmy HENDERSON

Japan Premiere

The Girl from Yesterday

2017｜Vietnam｜124min

Director: PHAN Gia Nhat Linh

International Premiere

SANDAAN: 100 Years of Philippine Cinema

Love You To The Stars And Back

2017｜Philippines｜111min

Director: Antoinette JADAONE

World Premiere

My Country My Home

マイ・カントリー　マイ・ホーム

2018｜Japan, Myanmar｜130min

Director: Kyi Phyu Shin

International Premiere

Pai Kau

牌九

2018｜Indonesian｜87min

Director: Sidi SALEH

Japan Premiere

Poppy Goes to Hollywood Redux

2016｜Cambodia｜93min

Director: SOK Visal

International Premiere

Think Big Big

大大哒

2018｜Malaysia｜101min

Director: CHIU Keng Guan (周青元)

Special Programs < Special Focus on Hong Kong 2018 >

This program will present Hong Kong films by a new generation of filmmakers in cooperation with Hong Kong Special Administration Region Economic and Trade Office Tokyo.

Japan Premiere

Competition

The Empty Hands

空手道

2017｜Hong Kong｜87min

Director: Chapman TO (杜汶澤

Japan Premiere

HONG KONG NIGHT｜Competition

In Your Dreams

以青春的名義

2017｜Hong Kong｜94min

Director: TAM Wai Ching (譚惠貞)

Japan Premiere

Love Off the Cuff

春嬌救志明

2017｜Hong Kong, China｜120min

Director: PANG Ho-cheung (彭浩翔)

MADE IN HONG KONG [Digitally Remastered Version]

香港製造

1997｜Hong Kong｜108min

Director: Fruit CHAN (陳果)

World Premiere

Competition

No. 1 Chung Ying Street

中英街一号

2018｜Hong Kong｜120min

Director: Derek Sung-kee CHIU (趙崇基)

Japan Premiere

Somewhere Beyond the Mist

藍天白雲

2017｜Hong Kong｜88min

Director: CHEUNG King Wai (張経緯)

Special Programs < Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2018 >

In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan and the Taipei Cultural Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, OAFF 2018 will showcase excellent new Taiwanese films that mirror current Taiwan.

Japan Premiere

Babe's Not Alone

亮亮與噴子

2017｜Taiwan｜30min

Director: LEE Yi Shan (李宜珊)

Japan Premiere

Competition

The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful

血観音

2017｜Taiwan｜112min

Director: YANG Ya-Che (楊雅喆)

International Premiere

Competition

A Dog’s Life

狗狗傷心誌

2017｜Taiwan｜80min

Director: CHANG Yi (張毅)

Japan Premiere

The Island That All Flow By

川流之島

2017｜Taiwan｜97min

Director: CHAN Ching Lin (詹京霖)

Japan Premiere

Purple Days

紫色紐約

2017｜Taiwan, USA｜21min

Director: Kevin C. Y. TSENG (曾駿堯)

Japan Premiere

Competition

Take Me To the Moon

帯我去月球

2017｜Taiwan｜105min

Director: HSIEH Chun-Yi (謝駿毅)

Special Programs < SANDAAN: 100 Years of Philippine Cinema >

In celebration of the 100 years of Philippine Cinema, OAFF 2018 will feature a wide variety of Philippine films, with support from the Film Development Council of the Philippines.

International Premiere

New Action! Southeast Asia

Love You To The Stars And Back

2017｜Philippines｜111min

Director: Antoinette JADAONE

International Premiere

Competition

Mr. and Mrs. Cruz

2018｜Philippines｜116min

Director: Sigrid Andrea P. BERNARDO

Japan Premiere

Competition

NEOMANILA

2017｜Philippines｜101min

Director: Mikhail RED

Japan Premiere

Competition

PAKI (Please, Care)

2017｜Philippines｜100min

Director: Giancarlo ABRAHAN

Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos （Three Years Without God）

1976｜Philippines｜126min

Director: Mario O'HARA

Supported Program < Housen Cultural Foundation: Support for film study and production >

Based in Osaka, the Housen Cultural Foundation supports film study and production in graduate schools. This program will show the films supported by the Housen Cultural Foundation. One of the films, “Girl Returned,” has been selected for the Indie Forum section.

World Premiere

Filled with Steam

湯気満ちて

2017｜Japan｜30min

Director: TANAKA Rina (田中里奈)

World Premiere

protest

2016｜Japan｜30min

Director: TAJIRI Yasutaka (田尻泰崇)