Embassy of Japan in Lebanon
在レバノン日本国大使館
在レバノン日本国大使館
The Embassy of Japan in Lebanon in collaboration with CAJAP, Centre Académique Japonaisde l’Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth, will present the Japanese Film Festival from Thursday, May 14, to Saturday, May 16, 2009, at Théâtre Beryte, Damascus Road.
Six films will be screened to introduce many Japanese cultural aspects and how Japanese daily life has been from the past up to the present. All the films have had a great success both in Japan and abroad and some of them have been awarded or nominated at many international film festivals.
- All the Film have Japanese original sound with ARABIC SUBTITLES
For further information, please contact 01-989-751 ext.5
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Date / Time |
Scene |
Film Synopsis (*click the title) |
May 14 Thursday/ 18:00 |
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LOVE and Honour (121min.)-Director : Yoji YAMADA - 2006-Category : Samurai Drama
The third film of Samurai Trilogy for Japanese maestro Yoji YAMADA. Northern Japan in the Edo Period (17c-19c). Shinnojo, a lower-class samurai serving his lord, lost his job because he lost his sight during the mission. Because of financial problem, his beautiful wife has relations with his ex boss Shimada against her will just in order to help her husband. Knowing the fact, however, Shinnojo divorced her and challenged Shimada to a duel… |
May 14 Thursday/ 20:30 |
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All About our House (115min.)-Director : Koki MITANI - 2001-Category : Comedy
Naosuke dreams of building home to live with his wife Tamiko. They requested Yanagisawa, a young rising architect, of house designing and also asked Iwata, a skilled carpenter and Tamiko’s father, to be general contractor. But it was not long before discord erupts between the young edgy designer and the veteran builder. Will their ideal house be completed? This well-scripted comedy film unfolds through long-cherished Japanese rituals of house-building. |
May 15 Friday/ 18:00 |
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Waterboys (91min.)-Director : Shinobu YAGUCHI - 2001-Category : Adolescence Comedy
This touching comedy highlights boy’s synchronized swimming! Five high school students who belong to Tadano high school swim team are all hopelessly bad swimmers. But one day they decided to be a top synchronized swimming team preparing for high school’s festival. After months long hard training, can ‘Waterboys’ make their way to the success at the festival? |
May 15 Friday/ 20:30 |
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Kamikaze Taxi (150min.)-Director : Harada MASATO - 1995-Category : Action
A road movie of a young yakuza (gangster), Tatsuo, and a Japanese-Peruvian taxi driver, Kantake, which revolves around the story of revenge. Having his sweetheart killed, Tatsuo swore to get revenge against a notorious politician named Domon. After his first attempt failed, Tatsuo met Kantake and they started to travel together in his taxi. They continue their quest although the gang tracks down Tatsuo. Upon the death of Tatsuo, Kantake decides to take over his will; the revenge to Domon. When he saw Domon at last, Kantake found a surprising fact regarding the relation between Domon and his own father… |
May 16 Saturday/ 18:00 |
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The Girl who Leapt Through Time (98min.)-Director : Mamoru HOSODA - 2006-Category : Adolescence Animation
Science fiction animation film evolving around the adolescent drama between Makoto, 17 years old girl and two boys. One day Makoto’s life was suddenly changed when she gained a magical power – ‘time-leap’. Now she can go back in time and re-do things as many times as she wants! However once she started to abuse this strange power, her friendship with boys became complicated…. |
May 16Saturday/ 20:30 |
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Always - Sunset on Third Street (132min.)-Director : Takashi YAMAZAKI - 2005-Category : Social Drama
Tokyo in 1958, where is starting a period of tremendous growth after the postwar period. In this backdrop this nostalgic and heartwarming human drama sheds light on the life of lower-class ‘shitamachi’ (downtown) neighborhoods, featuring good-natured but slightly eccentric characters who maintain strong sense of community presumably lost in modern urban Japan.
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Directon to Théâtre Beryte
(c) Embassy of Japan in Lebanon
Serail Hill Area, Army St. Zokak El-Blat, Beirut, Lebanon
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