Ages: The Japanese Film Festival 2019 will be at SM City Iloilo Cinema 1 on July 25-28, 2019 and it will be for free!
In celebration of the Philippines-Japan Friendship Month, the Embassy of Japan, The Japan Foundation, SM Cinema, and the Film Development Council of the Philippines, present the 22nd edition of Eigasai: Japanese Film Festival.
This will take place from July 18-21 at SM City Legazpi in Albay, July 25-28 at SM City Iloilo, and August 8-11 at SM City Rosales in Pangasinan.
Audiences are in for a moviegoing
Film enthusiasts can look forward to the critically acclaimed Yakiniku Dragon, by Director Chong Wishing, will be shown at the opening night in SM City Iloilo on July 25. The film received the 8th Asahi Performing Arts Awards Grand Prix, the 12th Tsuruya Nanboku Drama Award, the 16th Yomiuri Theater Award for Best Play and the 59th Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts.
The story revolves around, Yakiniku Dragon, a small family-run BBQ restaurant on the outskirts of the Kansai Area. The family patriarch is a veteran who cannot forget this painful past, but lives by his credo “No matter what yesterday was like, tomorrow will be a better day.” But even the powerful bonds holding Yakiniku Dragon together would be tested by the tides of change.
The Tears of Malumpati by Keita Meguro, the story of Asuka, a Japanese college student who volunteered for The Pandan Water Pipeline Project to help villagers
Other festival must-sees include: the historical drama film Samurai Marathon by Bernard Rose;
The drama-romance The 8-Year Engagement by Takahisa Zeze story of engaged couple, Hisashi and Mai. Their relationship takes a turn when Mai suddenly becomes seriously ill and falls into a deep coma.
One Cut of the Dead by Shinichiro Ueda is a comedy horror film about the zombie apocalypse.
The animated film Mirai by Mamoru Hosoda tells the tale of a spoiled little boy named Kun who feels forgotten when his sister Mirai arrives.
Kakegurui on manga series
There will also be special screenings of the family drama film After the Storm and the legal thriller film The Third Murder by the award-winning Japanese film director Hirokazu Kore-eda. All films will be screened for free on a first come, first served basis.
There will also be special screenings of the family drama film After the Storm and the legal thriller film The Third Murder by the award-winning Japanese film director Hirokazu Kore-eda. All films will be screened for free on a first come, first served basis.
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