Feature Length Competition | Short Length Competition | Other Screening Program
Other Screening Program
※…Audio Visual Hall …Convention Hall
Current D-Cinema 2012 (Opening)
Jul.14(Sat.) 11:00
Aokigahara
Heartrending Pure Passionate Love, Lost in Deep Foliage
Matsumura, a village councilor of Oshino Village, is encountered by a ghost of Takimoto who leads Matsumura to discover his dead body. Troubled by frequent appearances of the ghost of Takimoto, Matsumura researches Takimoto’s past and discovers he had gone missing with a young woman. A world premiere of a new theatrical release of 2013.
Ⓒ新城卓事務所
2012 / Japan / 108 min.
Director: Taku Shinjo
Exective Producer, Novel, Screenplay: Shintaro Ishihara
Producer: Shinichiro Nakada, Nobuaki Murooka
Cast: Hiroshi Katsuno, Aki Maeda, Toshihiro Yashiba, Masahiko Tsugawa
Distributor: GO CINEMA, Inc.
Ⓒ新城卓事務所
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Gala Screening
Jul.14(Sat.) 15:30
Countdown
An Action Drama About a Cold Hearted Debt Collector and a Con-Artist With Looks That Kill
A debt collector Gun-ho is diagnosed with a terminal liver cancer. If he finds a genetically matched donor within 10 days, he might live. And the matched one turns out to be a con-woman Ha-yeon. Don’t miss the fine performances of the top stars of their generation, Jae-young Jeong and Do-youn Jeon.
©2011 bom FILM PRODUCTIONS CO., LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
2011 / South Korea / 119 min.
Director:Jong-ho Huh
Producer: Jung-wan Oh
Cast: Jee-yeong Jeong, Do-yeon Jeon
*No English Subtitles
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Cinema Kabuki
Jul.17(Tue.) 14:00
Tenshu Monogatari
Princess Above the Clouds, Love of Thousand Years
Claimed as one of the masterpieces of kabuki plays penned by Kyoka Izumi, Tenshu Monogatari is inspired by a legend of creatures living on the top floor of the Shirasagi Castle. Featuring Tamasaburo Bando and other kabuki stars, it tells a love story between Madam Tenshu, a beautiful creature from the other world and a human being.
Performed in July 2009 / Japan / 117 min.
Original Story: Kyoka Izumi
Stage Director: Ichiro Inui, Tamasaburo Bando
Cast: Tamasaburo Bando, Ebizo Ichikawa, Kankuro Nakamura
Distributor: SHOCHIKU Co.,Ltd.
*No English Subtitles
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SKIP CITY Selection
SKIP CITY Selection screens films presented and co-sponsored by enterprises based in Saitama Prefecture. This year, we have a wide variety of films: a brand new theatrical release, an action packed movie, and a grand opera theater performance revived on a large screen.
The First Rains of Spring
Jul.20(Fri.) 14:00
A Family Living a Simple Life In the Vast Nature, A Wondrous Tale of Rebirth and Acceptance
Shaman lives with a family amid a vast landscape in the Central Asia of Kazakhstan. An aging Shaman predicts that she will reborn as the future bride of Askhat, the eldest son of the family she stays with, and then dies.
©2011 STUDIO-D JAPAN, Inc.
2011 / Kazakhstan, Japan / 85 min.
Director: Shinju Sano, Erlan Nurmuhambetov
Cast: Askhat Sagindik, Aiguly Sarsenali
Screening Partner:
The Italian Job
Jul.21(Sat.) 15:40
Betrayal, Deals, Accidents, Vengeance, All Are Blown Away!
The plan is to steal the impenetrable safe with bars of gold locked inside. The team is Charlie, a charismatic and intelligent career criminal and six other professionals. The action runs wild with Mini Coopers speeding through the streets of LA!
©2003 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
2003 / USA / 111 min.
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton
Distributor: KADOKAWA PICTURES
Screening Partner:
Teatro alla Scala Carmen
Jul.19(Thu.) 14:00
A Man and a Woman, Their Destiny Is Entangled In a Tale of Passion and Love
Carmen is a beautiful liberated woman who works at a tobacco factory in Sevilla. Don José falls in love with her and his life begins to unravel. One of the finest composers of all time, Bizet’s final French opera masterpiece is revived in high definition picture and sound on a large screen.
“Carmen” Teatro alla Scala,2009/Photo by Marco Brescia
Performed in December, 2009, Italy / 175 min.
Composer: Georges Bizet
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Stage Director: Emma Dante
Cast: Jonas Kaufmann, Anita Rachvelishvili
Distributor: Sony PCL Inc.
*With an intermission
*No English Subtitles
*”Livespire” is a registered trademark owned by Sony Corporation.
Screening Partner:
Barrier Free Screening With Japanese Subtitles and Audio Guidance
Jul.19 (Thu.) 11:00
Life Back then
Winner of Innovation Award at the 35th Montreal World Film Festival
A Moving and Emotional Tale
Kyohei has lost his friend when he was in high school and now shut away from the world.
Three years later, he begins to work at a company that specializes in cleaning out the homes of the deceased and meets Yuki. They gradually open up to each other, but one day she informs him of her shocking past.
©2011「アントキノイノチ」製作委員会
2011 / Japan / 131 min.
Director: Takahisa Zeze
Cast: Masaki Okada, Nana Eikura
Destributor: SHOCHIKU Co.,Ltd.
*No English Subtitles
**Please note all audience members will hear the guide track for the visually impaired.
●Free Admission(On a first come first served basis)