Thursday, May 31

Sake Bar

  • Free admission
  • Tuesday, May 29 – Saturday, June 2 18:00 - 22:00 Mousonturm 1. OG

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© 2015 THE BOY AND THE BEAST FILM PARTNERS.
All rights reserved.

Nippon Film Breakfast: The Boy and the Beast

  • バケモノの子
    Bakemono no ko
  • Director & Script: Mamoru HOSODA
  • Japan 2015, 120 min, Blu-ray, Japanese with German subtitles, released to age 12 or older
  • Thursday, May 31, 10:30 Naxos Atelier

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© 2015 THE BOY AND BEAST FILM PARTNERS
All rights reserved.

Nippon Film Breakfast

  • with THE BOY AND THE BEAST by Mamoru HOSODA
  • Film starts at 11:00
  • Thursday, May 31, 10:30 Naxos Atelier

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© Fei Phoon

Shogi

  • Japanese chess
  • Free admission
  • Thursday, May 31, from 11:00 Mousonturm Studio 2

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Tea Ceremony

  • Workshop in German
  • Thursday, May 31, 11:30 Mousonturm Studio 1

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Taiko Workshop

  • Thursday, May 31, 11:30 Mousonturm Studio 3
  • Workshop in Japanese with German translation

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©2017 Lu Film partners

Lu Over the Wall

  • 夜明け告げるルーのうた
    Yoake tsugeru ru no uta
  • Director: Masaaki YUASA
  • Japan 2017, DCP, 107 min, Japanese with English subtitles, released to age 6 or older
  • German premiere
  • Thursday, May 31, 12:00 Mousonturm Saal
  • Friday, June 1, 15:30 Mal Seh’n Kino

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The Night I Swam

  • 泳ぎすぎた夜
    Oyogisugita yoru
  • Directors & script: Damien Manivel, Kohei IGARASHI
  • Japan / France 2017, DCP, 78 min, no dialog, released to age 6 or older
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
  • Thursday, May 31, 12:15 Naxoshalle Kino

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Translating Mangas

  • How One Punch Man, Space Dandy and Buddha learn to speak German
    Translators Gandalf Bartholomäus and John Schmitt-Weigand in debate
  • Free admission
  • Lecture in German
  • Thursday, May 31, 14:00 Mousonturm Studio 3

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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

  • DESTINY 鎌倉ものがたり
    Destiny Kamakura monogatari
  • Director: Takashi YAMAZAKI
  • Japan 2017, Blu-ray, 129 min, Japanese with English subtitles, released to age 6 or older
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Thursday, May 31, 14:15 Mousonturm Saal
  • Sunday, June 3, 20:00 Mal Seh’n Kino

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Trace of Breath

  • 息の跡
    Iki no ato
  • Director & camera: Haruka KOMORI
  • Japan 2017, Blu-ray, 93 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • German premiere in the presence of the director and of the producer Takeshi HATA
  • Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
  • Thursday, May 31, 14:30 Naxoshalle Kino

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© Lina Zivanovic

Onigirazu Cooking Course

  • Workshop in Japanese with German translation
  • Thursday, May 31, 14:30 Mousonturm Studio 1

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Paint your own music: Composition Workshop for Kids

  • Workshop in Japanese with German translation
  • Thursday, May 31, 15:00 Naxos Atelier

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Mary and the Witch’s Flower

  • メアリと魔女の花
    Meari to majo no hana
  • Director: Hiromasa YONEBAYASHI
  • Japan 2017, DCP, 102 min, Japanese with German subtitles, released to age 6 or older
  • Thursday, May 31, 15:30 Mal Seh’n Kino (with German live voice over)
  • Friday, June 1, 12:00 Mousonturm Saal

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Shakuhachi Workshop

  • Workshop in German
  • Thursday, May 31, 16:30 Mousonturm Studio 3

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We Are

  • 青の帰り道
    Ao no kaerimichi
  • Director: Michihito FUJII
  • Japan 2017, DCP, 120 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • World premiere in the presence of the director and the actor Ryusei YOKOHAMA and the producer Chikara ITO
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Thursday, May 31, 16:45 Mousonturm Saal
  • Saturday, June 2, 20:00 Mal Seh’n Kino

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© Klaus Redmann

Radio Exercise

  • Rajio Taiso – Japanese Radio Exercise
  • Free admission
  • Thursday, May 31, 16:45, 19:45, Saturday, June 2, 17:15, 19:30 and Sunday, June 3, 17:45 in front of the Naxoshalle

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Benshi Performance

  • Kurama Tengu
    Silent film screening with live performance
  • Japanese intertitles with German subtitles
  • Thursday, May 31, 17:00 Mousonturm Studio 1

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Zen and Bones

  • 禅と骨
    Zen to hone
  • Director: Takayuki NAKAMURA
  • Japan 2016, Blu-ray, 126 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • European premiere in the presence of the director and of the producer Kaizo HAYASHI
  • Thursday, May 31, 17:00 Naxoshalle Kino

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Special Screening: Kurama Tengu

  • 鞍馬天狗
    Kurama tengu
  • Director: Teppei YAMAGUCHI
  • Japan 1928, DVD, 75 min, Japanese intertitles with German subtitles
  • With an introduction by Akihiko SHIOTA
  • Thursday, May 31, 17:00 Mousonturm Studio 1

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Tremble All You Want

  • 勝手にふるえてろ
    Katte ni furuetero
  • Director: Akiko OKU
  • Japan 2017, DCP, 117 min, Japanese with English subtitles, released to age 12 or older
  • German premiere in the presence of the director
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Wednesday, May 30, 19:45 Mousonturm Saal
  • Thursday, May 31, 17:30 Mal Seh’n Kino

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© Melted Moon

Nippon Open Air: Melted Moon

  • Free admission
  • Thursday, May 31, 18:00 in front of the Naxoshalle

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© Michiyo Arakawa

Kirigami Workshop

  • Workshop in Japanese with German translation
  • Thursday, May 31, 18:00 Naxos Atelier

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Dear Etranger

  • 幼な子われらに生まれ
    Osanago warera ni umare
  • Director: Yukiko MISHIMA
  • Japan 2017, DCP, 127 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • German premiere in the presence of the director and the composer and the producer Toru EMORI 
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Thursday, May 31, 19:30 Mousonturm Saal
  • Friday, June 1, 20:00 Mal Seh’n Kino

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Japanese Cinema post Fukushima

  • New Godzilla, Old Trauma? – Japanese Cinema post Fukushima
    A lecture by Chantal Bertalanffy, M.A.
  • Free admission
  • Lecture in English
  • Thursday, May 31, 19:30 Mousonturm Studio 1

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Oh Lucy!

  • オー・ルーシー!
  • Director: Atsuko HIRAYANAGI
  • Japan 2016, DCP, 95 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • German premiere; screening on 2.6. in the presence of the NIPPON HONOR AWARD recipient Shinobu TERAJIMA
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Thursday, May 31, 20:00 Mal Seh’n Kino
  • Saturday, June 2, 19:45 Mousonturm Saal

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The Hungry Lion

  • 飢えたライオン
    Ueta raion
  • Director: Takaomi OGATA
  • Japan 2017, DCP, 78 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
  • Supporting film: SKIP CITY PRESENTS: A GIRL UNTOUCHABLE by Hidetaka KOMUKAI
  • Thursday, May 31, 20:00 Naxoshalle Kino

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Special Screening: Blue Film Woman

  • ブルーフィルムの女
    Buru firumu no onna
  • Director: Kan MUKAI
  • Japan 1969, DCP, 80 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • In presence of Stephan Holl and Peter Schulz of Rapid Eye Movies
  • Thursday, May 31, 20:30 German Film Museum

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Nihon Buyo Performance

  • Japanese Dance with Michiko YAMAZAKI
  • Free admission
  • Thursday, May 31, 20:30 Mousonturm Studio 3

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The Blood Of Wolves

  • 孤狼の血
    Koro no chi
  • Director: Kazuya SHIRAISHI
  • Japan 2018, DCP, 126 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Thursday, May 31, 22:15 Mousonturm Saal

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© 2017 “YOCHO” Project Partners

Foreboding

  • 予兆 散歩する侵略者 劇場版
    Yocho sanpo suru shinryakusha gekijoban
  • Director: Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
  • Japan 2018, DCP, 140 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • Wednesday, May 30, 14:30 Mousonturm Saal
  • Thursday, May 31, 22:00 Mal Seh’n Kino

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© Susanne Hamann-Meyer

Film Talks

  • Daigo MATSUI (director ICE CREAM AND THE SOUND OF RAINDROPS)
  • Moderation: Alex Oost
  • Wednesday, May 30, 22:00 Mousonturm Studio 3
  • Shuichi OKITA (director MORI, THE ARTIST’S HABITAT)
  • Moderation: Maggie Lee
  • Thursday, May 31, 22:00 Mousonturm Studio 3
  • Hiroshi TAKAHASHI (director OCCULT BOLSHEVISM; screenwriter THE RING)
  • Moderation: Tom Mes
  • Saturday, June 2, 20:45 Mousonturm Studio 3
  • Shinobu TERAJIMA (recipient of the NIPPON HONOR AWARD 2018)
  • Moderation: Luk van Haute
  • Sunday, June 3, 15:00 Mousonturm Studio 1
  • Free admission

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Violence Voyager

  • バイオレンス・ボイジャー
  • Director & Script: Ujicha
  • Japan 2017, Blu-ray, 83 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • European premiere
  • Supporting film: INTERSTITIAL by Shunsaku HAYASHI
  • Thursday, May 31, 22:15 Naxoshalle Kino

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