Programs
Opening / Closing
Japan Premiere
Opening
Yanagawa
漫长的告白
2021|China, Japan, Korea|112 min
Director: ZHANG Lu (张律)
Japan Premiere
Closing
Miss Osaka
2021|Denmark, Norway, Japan|90min
Director: Daniel DENCIK
Competition
This section will present 15 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2020 and unreleased in Japan. The jurors will choose the winners of the Grand Prix and Most Promising Talent Award from these films.
Japan Premiere
Aloners
혼자 사는 사람들
2021|Korea|91min
Director: HONG Sung-eun (홍성은)
Copyright © 2020 KOREAN FILM COUNCIL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Japan Premiere
Amira
2021|France, Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia|98min
Director: Mohamed DIAB
Japan Premiere
Special Focus on Hong Kong 2022
Anita
梅艷芳
2021|Hong Kong|137min
Director: Longman LEUNG (梁樂民)
©2021 Edko Films Limited, Irresistible Beta Limited, One Cool Film Production Limited. All Rights Reserved.
World Premiere
Angry Son
世界は僕らに気づかない
2022|Japan|112min
Director: IIZUKA Kasho (飯塚花笑)
©2022「世界は僕らに気づかない」製作委員会
Japan Premiere
Barbarian Invasion
野蠻人入侵
2021|Hong Kong, Malaysia|106min
Director: TAN Chui Mui (陳翠梅)
©HKIFF Collection
Japan Premiere
Big Night
2021|Philippines|97min
Director: Jun Robles LANA
Japan Premiere
Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2022
Days Before the Millennium
徘徊年代
2021|Taiwan|148min
Director: CHANG Teng-yuan (張騰元)
Japan Premiere
Special Focus on Hong Kong 2022
The First Girl I Loved
喜歡妳是妳
2021|Hong Kong|94min
Director: Candy NG (吳詠珊), YEUNG Chiu Hoi (楊潮凱)
International Premiere
The Girl on a Bulldozer
불도저에 탄 소녀
2021|Korea|113min
Director: PARK Ri-woong (박이웅)
International Premiere
Journey to the West
宇宙探索编辑部
2021|China|111min
Director: KONG Dashan (孔大山)
World Premiere
Special Focus on Hong Kong 2022
Mama’s Affair
阿媽有咗第二個
2022|Hong Kong|127min
Director: Kearen PANG (彭秀慧)
© Emperor Entertainment (Hong Kong) Limited the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2022
Japan Premiere
No Land's Man
2021|USA, India, Bangladesh, Australia|101min
Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
©CHABIAL
Japan Premiere
Red Pomegranate
Qyzyl Anar
2021|Kazakhstan|113min
Director: Sharipa URAZBAYEVA
International Premiere
The Sales Girl
Khudaldagch ohin
2021|Mongolia|123min
Director: JANCHIVDORJ Sengedorj
Japan Premiere
Shankar’s Fairies
2021|India|93min
Director: Irfana MAJUMDAR
Spotlight
In this section, the films are not yet famous but are expected to gain attention this year because they highlight a new talent or movement in cinema.
With the support of Kobe College, Department of English, the Bangladeshi film "No Ground Beneath the Feet" will be screened.
International Premiere
Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action
바운더리
2021|Korea|107min
Director: YUN Ga-hyun (윤가현)
Asia Premiere
Enclosed
2022|USA, China|19min
Director: YANG Yi (杨翼)
International Premiere
An Excessive Day
지나친 하루
2021|Korea, China|25min
Director: ZHAO Danyang (赵丹阳)
Japan Premiere
My Mother's Girlfriend
Mazhya Aaichi Girlfriend
2021|India, UK, Germany|15min
Director: Arun FULARA
World Premiere
442 The Nisei Soldier
2022|USA|23min
Director: HOSHIYAMA Ryosuke (星山遼介)
Japan Premiere
No Ground Beneath the Feet
Payer Tolay Mati Nai
2021|Bangladesh|90min
Director: Mohammad Rabby Mridha
©Golpo Rajjo Films
World Premiere
A Room of One’s Own
一间自己的房间
2022|China|25min
Director: XIE Yiran (谢依然)
International Premiere
Vacation Event
오토바이와 햄버거
2021|Korea|39min
Director: CHOI Min-young (최민영)
©POST FIN
Japan Premiere
We'll Never Get Lost Together Again
My bol’she nikogda ne zabludimsia vmeste
2020|Turkey, Russia, Ukraine|35min
Director: Eugene KOSHIN
Japan Premiere
Whether the Weather Is Fine
Kun maupay man it panahon
2021|Philippines, France, Singapore, Indonesia, Germany, Qatar|104min
Director: Carlo Francisco MANATAD
Japan Premiere
A Winter Glove
장갑을 사러
2021|Korea|28min
Director: LEE Hyeon-ju (이현주)
©2021 Hyeonju Lee. All Rights Reserved
Indie Forum
This program will present films by innovative and challenging talents. The JAPAN CUTS AWARD will be bestowed by the Japan Society to one Japanese film selected from this section (including Special Screenings and Director in Focus: HIGASHI Kahori).
*The screenings of CONFESSION have been canceled. (March 10, 2022)
World Premiere
Bagmati River
バグマティ リバー
2022|Japan, Nepal|29min
Director: MATSUMOTO Yusaku (松本優作)
©MOON CINEMA PROJECT
Confession
蜜月
2022|Japan|130min
Director: SAKAKI Hideo (榊󠄀󠄀英雄)
©2022「蜜月」製作委員会
Canceled
World Premiere
Far Away, Further Away
遠くへ,もっと遠くへ
2022|Japan|107min
Director: IMAOKA Shinji (いまおかしんじ)
©2022レジェンド・ピクチャーズ
World Premiere
Howling
遠吠え
2022|Japan|86min
Director: SHEIKH M Haris
World Premiere
The Light of Spring
ひかりのどけき
2022|Japan|84min
Director: FUJIKAWA Fumito (藤川史人)
Japan Premiere
Natsuko
Natsuko
2020|Japan|16min
Director: IIJIMA Shuna (飯島珠奈)
Japan Premiere
North Shinjuku 2055
北新宿2055
2021|Japan|35min
Director: MIYAZAKI Daisuke (宮崎大祐)
©9SARI GROUP
World Premiere
Our House Party
ボクらのホームパーティー
2022|Japan|80min
Director: KAWANOBE Shuichi (川野邉修一)
World Premiere
Out of TOKYO 202x
Out of TOKYO 202x
2022|Japan|14min
Director: IKUSE Akinori (幾世明訓)
World Premiere
Housen Cultural Foundation: Support for film study and production
OUTSOURCING
アウトソーシング
2021|Japan|34min
Director: SAKASHITA Yuichiro (坂下雄一郎)
©2021東京藝術大学大学院映像研究科
World Premiere
Random Call
ランダム・コール
2022|Japan, Hungary|77min
Director: OHKANDA Riki (大神田リキ)
World Premiere
Sanka: Nomads of the mountains
山歌(サンカ)
2022|Japan|77min
Director: SASATANI Ryohei (笹谷遼平)
©六字映画機構
World Premiere
Housen Cultural Foundation: Support for film study and production
Strangers
人知れず
2022|Japan|38min
Director: SUZUKI Sae (鈴木冴)
©2021東京藝術大学大学院映像研究科
World Premiere
Summer Wedding
恋がする
2022|Japan|17min
Director: HIEDA Azusa (ヒエダアズサ)
World Premiere
Switchback
スイッチバック
2022|Japan|97min
Director: IWATA Shunnosuke (岩田隼之介)
World Premiere
The Wonder of a Summer Day
幻の蛍
2022|Japan|87min
Director: IBAYASHI Yuka (伊林侑香)
©「幻の蛍」製作委員会
Indie Forum < Special Screenings >
The indie forum hosts two special screenings, the first, "Sino-Japanese War in a Toy Film" (おもちゃ映画で見た日中戦争) will be screened with a live piano performance, and the documentary "YU-GEKI~side story of "Love's Twisting Path"~" (遊撃 -「多十郎殉愛記」外伝-) will be screened.
World Premiere
The Second Sino-Japanese War in Toy Films
おもちゃ映画で見た日中戦争
2022|Japan|94min
Director: OTA Yoneo (太田米男)
©おもちゃ映画ミュージアム
YU-GEKI~side story of "Love's Twisting Path"~
遊撃 -「多十郎殉愛記」外伝-
2021|Japan|88min
Director: MATSUBARA Tatsuya (松原龍弥)
©2021『遊撃-「多十郎殉愛記」外伝-』製作委員会
Indie Forum < Director in Focus: HIGASHI Kahori >
There will be a focus on up-and-coming director HIGASHI Kahori (東かほり) as we will screen her MOOSIC LAB film “Melting Sounds” (ほとぼりメルトサウンズ), scheduled for nationwide release in 2022, and her latest work “The Residents” (暮らしの残像).
Melting Sounds
ほとぼりメルトサウンズ
2021|Japan|80min
Director: HIGASHI Kahori (東かほり)
©「ほとぼりメルトサウンズ」製作委員会
World Premiere
The Residents
暮らしの残像
2022|Japan|16min
Director: HIGASHI Kahori (東かほり)
Director in Focus: YOKOHAMA Satoko
YOKOHAMA Satoko (横浜聡子) is one of the most notable filmmakers of our time, having won both the Grand Prix and the Audience Award for her film
“Ito” (いとみち) at the 16th Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF2021). We will screen her works, a mixture of early shorts, TV episodes and features.
Chiemi And Kokkunpatcho
ちえみちゃんとこっくんぱっちょ
2005|Japan|52min
Director: YOKOHAMA Satoko (横浜聡子)
©2005 THE FILM SCHOOL OF TOKYO
German plus Rain
ジャーマン+雨
2007|Japan|71min
Director: YOKOHAMA Satoko (横浜聡子)
©横浜プロ
Bare Essence of Life
ウルトラミラクルラブストーリー
2009|Japan|120min
Director: YOKOHAMA Satoko (横浜聡子)
©2009「ウルトラミラクルラブストーリー」製作委員会
The Granny Girl
おばあちゃん女の子
2010|Japan|31min
Director: YOKOHAMA Satoko (横浜聡子)
©2010横浜プロ
A Girl in the Apple Farm
りんごのうかの少女
2013|Japan|42min
Director: YOKOHAMA Satoko (横浜聡子)
©2013弘前市
Camping, eating, and sleeping, alone. #7 Corned beef yukke in Nishiizu
ひとりキャンプで食って寝る 第7話 西伊豆でコンビーフユッケ
2019|Japan|24min
Director: YOKOHAMA Satoko (横浜聡子)
©“Camping,eating, and sleeping, alone.”Film Partners
A DAY-OFF OF KASUMI ARIMURA #5 The Lid
有村架純の撮休 第5話 ふた
2020|Japan|26min
Director: YOKOHAMA Satoko (横浜聡子)
©「有村架純の撮休」製作委員会
Honsundonsukosuko
ホンスンドンスコスコ
2014|Japan|4min
Director: YOKOHAMA Satoko (横浜聡子)
Special Programs < New Action! Southeast Asia >
This special program highlights new movements in Southeast Asian cinema and features a wide variety of films.
Japan Premiere
Camellia Sisters
Gái Già Lắm Chiêu V: Những Cuộc Đời Vương Giả
2021|Vietnam|116min
Director: BAO Nhan, NAM Cito
World Premiere
Cloud Cuckoo Country
2022|Thailand|47min
Director: Aim-ei POLPITAK
Japan Premiere
Stigma, Style
2021|Singapore, USA|13min
Director: Cheryl WONG Ye Han (王业涵)
International Premiere
4 Kings
2021|Thailand|140min
Director: Puttipong NAKTHONG
Japan Premiere
Tris
2021|Indonesia|13min
Director: Djenar Maesa Ayu
Japan Premiere
You and Me and the Ending
Ikaw at Ako at ang Ending
2021|Philippines|89min
Director: Irene VILLAMOR
Special Programs < Taiwan: Movies on the Move 2022 >
In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan and the Taiwan Cultural Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, we will feature a wide range of works, from a precious digitally remastered version of a Taiwanese classic to works that let you feel the "now" of the booming Taiwanese movie scene.
〈TAIWAN GALA SCREENING〉
The World Premiere of the first episode of the seven-episode series “Twisted Strings”(良辰吉時) will be given a gala screening at OAFF.
Japan Premiere
Competition
Days Before the Millennium
徘徊年代
2021|Taiwan|148min
Director: CHANG Teng-yuan (張騰元)
Japan Premiere
Increasing Echo
修行
2021|Taiwan|85min
Director: CHIENN Hsiang (錢翔)
©Gray Wolf International Film Production Co., Ltd.
International Premiere
Leave Me Alone
不想一個人
2021|Taiwan|98min
Director: FAN Yang-chung (范揚仲)
International Premiere
March: the Southern South
三月的南國之南
2021|Taiwan|20min
Director: LI Shang Chiao (李尚喬)
©LAU Kenji 賴建志
International Premiere
My Sister
姊姊
2021|Taiwan|25min
Director: PAN Ke-yin (潘客印)
©Key In Films Ltd.
International Premiere
Plain Sailing
凪
2021|Taiwan, Hong Kong|25min
Director: Sasha CHUK (祝紫嫣)
World Premiere
TAIWAN GALA SCREENING
Twisted Strings Episode 1
良辰吉時
2022|Taiwan, Singapore|54min
Director: HUANG Xi (黃熙)
©2022 HBO Asia, CATCHPLAY, SCREENWORKS, BOSSDOM, MEDIACORP, SUN LOK PRODUCTIONS. All rights reserved.
International Premiere
Girls' School <Digitally Remastered>
女子學校
1982|Taiwan|92min
Director: Mimi LEE (李美彌)
©Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
Special Programs < Special Focus on Hong Kong 2022 >
This special program will present a wide range of excellent films from contemporary Hong Kong.
< HONG KONG GALA SCREENING >
A special gala screening of the crime drama "Time"(殺出個黃昏) will be held with the cooperation of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region Economic and Trade Office Tokyo.
Japan Premiere
Competition
Anita
梅艷芳
2021|Hong Kong|137min
Director: Longman LEUNG (梁樂民)
©2021 Edko Films Limited, Irresistible Beta Limited, One Cool Film Production Limited. All Rights Reserved.
International Premiere
Far Far Away
緣路山旮旯
2021|Hong Kong|95min
Director: Amos WHY (黃浩然)
©2021 DOT 2 DOT CREATION LIMITED
Japan Premiere
Competition
The First Girl I Loved
喜歡妳是妳
2021|Hong Kong|94min
Director: Candy NG (吳詠珊), YEUNG Chiu Hoi (楊潮凱)
World Premiere
Competition
Mama’s Affair
阿媽有咗第二個
2022|Hong Kong|127min
Director: Kearen PANG (彭秀慧)
©Emperor Entertainment (Hong Kong) Limited the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2022
Japan Premiere
My Indian Boyfriend
我的印度男友
2021|Hong Kong|121min
Director: Sri KISHORE
Japan Premiere
HONG KONG GALA SCREENING
Time
殺出個黃昏
2021|Hong Kong|99min
Director: Ricky KO (高子彬)
©2021 Homemade Holdings Limited. All Rights Reserved.
Special Screenings
This section will present three films from Asia which are judged to be both beautifully shot and topical.
Japan Premiere
In Front of Your Face
당신 얼굴 앞에서
2021|Korea|85min
Director: HONG Sang-soo (홍상수)
©2021 Jeonwonsa Film Co. All Rights Reserved
World Premiere
Joshikosei ni Korosaretai (tentative)
女子高生に殺されたい
2022|Japan|110min
Director: JOJO Hideo (城定秀夫)
©2022日活
Japan Premiere
Love Will Tear Us Apart
我要我們在一起
2021|China|104min
Director: Sha MO (沙漠)
©CKF Pictures
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 four films supported by the Housen Cultural Foundation.
World Premiere
Boy Sprouted
少年、なにかが発芽する
2021|Japan|26min
Director: WATANABE Yuko (渡辺裕子)
©2021東京藝術大学大学院映像研究科
ON STAGE
登場
2021|Japan, China|79min
Director: ZHANG Yaoyuan (張曜元)
World Premiere
Indie Forum
OUTSOURCING
アウトソーシング
2021|Japan|34min
Director: SAKASHITA Yuichiro (坂下雄一郎)
©2021東京藝術大学大学院映像研究科
World Premiere
Indie Forum
Strangers
人知れず
2022|Japan|38min
Director: SUZUKI Sae (鈴木冴)
©2021東京藝術大学大学院映像研究科
From the rich selection of works that have been screened at the Osaka Asian Film Festival in the past, we have selected titles that are now perfect to reintroduce to the world. For many titles, this will be their online debut (all available to a worldwide audience). As the Online Opening Film, the Japanese movie "Torso", directed by YAMAZAKI Yutaka (山崎裕) and starring WATANABE Makiko (渡辺真起子) and ANDO Sakura (安藤サクラ), will be screened.
Opening
Torso
トルソ
2009|Japan|104min
Director: YAMAZAKI Yutaka (山崎裕)
©2009 “Torso” Film Partners
Breathless Lovers
息ぎれの恋人たち
2017|Japan|20min
Director: SHIMIZU Shumpei (清水俊平)
©2017東京藝術大学大学院映像研究科
Chigasaki Story
3泊4日、5時の鐘
2014|Japan, Thailand|89min
Director: MISAWA Takuya (三澤拓哉)
The Faceless Dead
行旅死亡人
2009|Japan|112min
Director: IZUCHI Kishu (井土紀州)
Jeux de Plage
浜辺のゲーム
2019|Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea|77min
Director: NATSUTO Aimi (夏都愛未)
Mechanical Telepathy
メカニカル・テレパシー
2018|Japan|78min
Director: IGARASHI Akiko (五十嵐皓子)
©Akiko Igarashi
Nice to Meet You
適切な距離
2011|Japan|92min
Director: OE Takamasa (大江崇允)
Reiko and the Dolphin
れいこいるか
2019|Japan|100min
Director: IMAOKA Shinji (いまおかしんじ)
©国映株式会社
The Sound of Light
ひかりのおと
2011|Japan|89min
Director: YAMASAKI Juichiro (山崎樹一郎)
The Sower
種をまく人
2016|Japan|117min
Director: TAKEUCHI Yosuke (竹内洋介)
©Yosuke Takeuchi
Indie Forum, Director in Focus programs and Osaka Asian Film Festival Online <Theater ONE> are commissioned by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.