Japanese Film Festival is an annual event organized by Japan Foundation in ASEAN countries. The Japan Foundations is Japan’s institution that carries out international cultural exchange programs. It operates intending to cultivate ties between Japan and the world and to nurture a mutual understanding of culture language and dialogue. In India, the Japanese Film Festival started with the purpose of drawing in a larger audience and creating new market opportunities for Japanese films.
Japanese Film Festival India 2019 [Till February 2020]
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In India, the Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is organized in partnership with PVR Cinemas. Looking at the growing popularity of Japanese content in India, the Japan foundation aims to strengthen the content collaboration between Indian and Japanese film industries. The third edition of the Japanese Film Festival in India has announced to feature 25 films of different genres in 7 cities. Above all, it is going to be a six months long festival starting with New Delhi and Gurugram, followed by Chennai, Guwahati, Bengaluru, Mumbai and lastly Kolkata.
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The handpicked films for the Japanese Film Festival 2019 include various critically acclaimed and award-winning Japanese movies, anime movies, and also anime or manga live actions. The JFF 2019 is screening 5 anime films, 5 anime/manga live-action adaptations and 15 other popular movies from Japan.
The list of films being screened in Japanese Film Festival 2019 is as follows:
1. Tenki No Ko
English Title: Weathering with You
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Duration: 114 minutes
Year: 2019
2. Parallel World Love Story
Director: Yoshitaka Mori
Writer:  Keigo Higashino (novel), Lion Hitoshizuku
Duration: 1h 48 mins
Year: 2019
3. Samurai Shifters
Director: Isshin Inudo
Duration: 10 minutes
Year: 2019
4.Tokyo Ghoul
Director: Kentaro Hagiwara
Writer: Sui Ishida
Duration: 119 minutes
Year: 2017
5.Kimi No Na Wa (In Japanese Film Festival India)
English Title: Your Name
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Duration: 106 minutes
Year: 2016
6.12 Suicidal Teens
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Duration: 1h 58 mins
Year: 2019
7. My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler
Director: Kyohei Fujimura
Duration: 111 minutes
Year: 2018
8.Mirai
Director: Mamura Hasoda
Duration: 98 minutes
Year: 2018
9. We Are Little Zombies
Director: Makoto Nagahisa
Duration: 120 minutes
Year: 2019
10. The House Where The Mermaid Sleeps
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Duration: 120 minutes
Year: 2018
11. The Fable
Director: Â Eguchi Kan
Duration: 123 minutes
Year: 2019
12.The Crimes That Bind
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa
Duration: 119 minutes
Year: 2018
13.Perfect World
Director: Kenji Shibayama
Writer: Rie Aruga
Duration: 102 minutes
Year: 2018
14.Bento Harassment
Director: Renpei Tsukamoto
Duration: 106 minutes
Year: 2019
15.Chihayafuru 3
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
Writer: Yuki Suetsugu
Duration: 128 minutes
Year: 2018
16.The 8-Year Engagement
Director: Takahisa Zeze
Duration: 120 minutes
Year: 2017
17.Shoplifters
Director: Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Duration: 121 minutes
Year: 2018
18.Dance With Me
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Duration: 103 minutes
Year: 2019
19. A Banana At This Time Of The Night?
Director: Tetsu Maeda
Duration: 120 minutes
Year: 2018
20.Little Love Song
Director: Kojiro Hashimoto
Duration: 123 minutes
Year: 2019
21. Kingdom
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Duration: 134 minutes
Year: 2019
22.Lu Over The Wall
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Duration: 112 minutes
Year: 2017
23. One Cut Of The Dead
Director: Shinichiro Ueda
Duration:Â 96 minutes
Year: 2017
24.Masquerade Hotel
Director: Masayuki Suzuki
Duration: 2h 13min
Year: 2019
25. Children Of The Sea
Director: Ayumu Watanabe
Duration: 111 minutes
Year: 2019
In conclusion, the Japanese Film Festival has free entry and the passes will be available one hour before every film at the venue. People attending the festival will be allowed to enter 30 minutes before the screening. The entry is on a first come first serve basis.