japan in focus

To Walk  Beside You / DR


New Cinema from Japan

Many directors in attendance


A contemporary panorama will allow the audience to enjoy the energy and creativity of the Japanese cinema of the last three years through some forty new films (...)

 

Les Anges  Violés (c) Blaq Out


Koji Wakamatsu

In attendance

Dive into the work of an outstanding filmmaker, former yakusa, who spearheaded the pinku-eiga genre (Japanese erotic cinema) in the 60s (...)

Le Soldat  Dieu / (c) Blaq Out


Shinobu Terajima

In attendance

The 60th Berlinale bestowed her an international recognition through the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her part as a battered wife in Caterpillar by Koji Wakamatsu (...)


(c)  Paramount Home Video


Rinko Kikuchi

In attendance

Her history is a fairy tale. This young Japanese actress, hardly 30, established herself on the international level with one single film and an Oscar nomination for her role in Babel (...)

Tange   Sazen et le pot d'un million de ryôs / DR

Sadao Yamanaka

Tribute

From the young and missed Yamanaka, only 3 films have survived the years: The Million Ryo Pot (1935), Kōchiyama Sōshun (1936) and Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937).The Festival is delighted to screen them all together (...)

Kagemusha /   coll. Cinemathèque Française / DR


Akira Kurosawa

Cinémathèque française

He is the one who, with Rashomon, introduced Japanese cinema to the western world (...)

La Maison  de bambou / DR


Japan seen by...

Foreign filmmakers have always been fascinated by Japan. Since the Lumière brothers, many have attempted to unravel the secrets of the Land of the Rising Sun (...)

Kairo /  DR


Japanese Ghosts Stories

Under the Halle Aubervilliers of the CENTQUATRE, three exceptional nights revolving around disturbing visions, distressing apparitions and inexplicable disappearances (...)

Gamera /  (c) 1965 DAIEI Studios


Young audience Screenings

Films for all ages (...)


Short Films

Selection of short japanese films (...)

©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation ©"2004 ONE PIECE" production committee


ONE PIECE Night

5 animated films unseen in France ! (...)

 

©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation ©"2004 ONE PIECE" production committee

 

This program is organized thanks to the support of: 


 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 


 

   

 

 

 

   

Ce programme est placé sous le haut patronage de l'ambassade du Japon en France.

 

  

 

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