HIFF.ORG ASIAN SHOWCASE: SPOTLIGHT ON JAPAN PRESENTED BY HAWAIIAN AIRLINES
NOMINATED FEATURE DIRECTOR AND CAST IN ATTENDANCE
NOMINATED FEATURE DIRECTOR AND CAST IN ATTENDANCE
078
SAWAKO DECIDES
KAWANO SOKOKARA KONNICHIWA HAWAII PREMIERE
ThURsDay, OCTObER 14 | 6:30 Pm | REgal DOlE fRIDay, OCTObER 15 | 3:30 Pm | REgal DOlE jaPan 2009 | jaPanEsE W/ EnglIsh sUbTITlEs | 112 m
DIRECTOR: Yuya Ishii sCREEnWRITER: Yuya Ishii PRODUCERs: Mayumi Amano CInEmaTOgRaPhER: Yukihiro Okimura CasT: Hikari Mitsushima, Masashi Endo, Kira Aihara, Kotaro Shiga, Ryo Iwamatsu
Sawako’s on her fifth job in her fifth year in Tokyo, cleaning up snot-nosed toddlers’ little accidents at a down-and-out toy company. She’s on her fifth boyfriend too, “below-average” Kenichi, who’s desperate to marry her and give his daughter, little Kayako, a new mommy. When her father falls deathly ill, Sawako returns to her hometown, where she finds the family freshwater clam-packing business in disarray. Squaring off with a legion of hard-bitten fishwives who work the assembly line, it’s up to her to get things back on track. Pelted with old grudges and surrounded by jeering naysayers, Sawako is forced to face down her stunted sense of self and fight for tomorrow, whether she believes in it or not.
Straight outta Japan and right into your frozen seafood section, SAWAKO is the most cracked coming-of-age tale you’ll ever see, complete with a rollicking company anthem celebrating the “lower-middle” of society and advocating the overthrow of the government, while Hikari Mitsushima’s rigorously disciplined half-shrug slacker performance effortlessly camouflages the killer instinct lying in wait behind her eyes. —NYAFF
SHODO GIRLS!! SHODO GARUZU!!: WATASHITACHI NO
KOSHIEN UNITED STATES PREMIERE
fRIDay, OCTObER 22 | 5:00 Pm | REgal DOlE saTURDay, OCTObER 23 | 2:15 Pm | REgal DOlE jaPan 2010 | jaPanEsE W/ EnglIsh sUbTITlEs | 122 m
DIRECTOR: Ryuichi Inomata sCREEnWRITER: Yuko Nagata PRODUCERs: Naoto Fujimura, Tetsuya Sakashita CInEmaTOgRaPhER: Masaaki Ichikawa CasT: Riko Narumi, Rio Yamashita, Mitsuki Takahata, Fujiko Kojima, Nanami Sakuraba
Meet the Shikokuchuo High School Calligraphy Club, a group of oddball students that take their calligraphy so seriously that they send new members fleeing down the halls at top speed. For the Calligraphy Club and their team captain Satoko (Riko Narumi, HOW TO BECOME MYSELF) calligraphy has become a joyless task requiring endless dedication. But when a new club advisor arrives on the scene and performs a strange demonstration to music, he forces the students to view calligraphy in a new and exciting way.
The film is set in Shikokuchuo city, the paper producing capital of Japan. Due to a severe economic recession, the town’s local businesses are closing at an alarming rate. Inspired by their new advisor, the Calligraphy Club students set out to organize a competition that will revive both their spirits and the town. Directed by Ryuichi Inomata, SHODO GIRLS!! portrays how this unique competition has revitalized this traditional art form. —Anna Page
RINCO’S RESTAURANT / CERTIFIED COPY
PUZZLE / PERMANENT NOBARA
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132