{"id":24916,"date":"2019-08-13T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T02:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=24916"},"modified":"2019-08-13T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T08:37:15","slug":"award-winning-director-chong-wishing-visits-ph-for-eigasai-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2019\/08\/13\/award-winning-director-chong-wishing-visits-ph-for-eigasai-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-Winning Director Chong Wishing Visits PH for EIGASAI 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As part of this year&#8217;s Japanese Film Festival, EIGASAI, <strong>Director Chong Wishing<\/strong> will visit the Philippines for a series of events including a Director\u2019s Talk and roundtable discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2019\/06\/22\/eigasai-2019-opens-with-a-unique-line-up-of-films\/\">EIGASAI 2019 Opens With a Unique Line-Up of Films!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24921\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Director-Chong_F.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Director-Chong_F.png 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Director-Chong_F-290x218.png 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Director-Chong_F-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Director-Chong_F-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Director Chong together with film producers <strong>Mr. Toru Emori<\/strong> and <strong>Mr. Hirotake Sasaki<\/strong> is scheduled for a <strong>Director&#8217;s Talk<\/strong> on <strong>August 16, 2 p.m.<\/strong> and <strong>August 17, 4:30 p.m.<\/strong> at the\u00a0<strong>UPFI Cine Adarna<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They will also take part in a <strong>talk and roundtable discussion on film production<\/strong> in Japan and the Philippines together with award-winning producer-director Prof. Giancarlo Abrahan for select UP film students and filmmakers, to be held at <strong>UPFI Videotheque<\/strong> on <strong>August 16, 1:30 p.m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24919\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Yakiniku-Dragin-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Yakiniku-Dragin-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Yakiniku-Dragin-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Yakiniku-Dragin-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Yakiniku-Dragin.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Director Chong is a distinguished playwright and director from Japan who directed <strong>Yakiniku Dragon<\/strong>, one of the films in this year&#8217;s festival lineup.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From a successful theater production, he has brought the masterpiece to the big screen and has garnered multiple awards for it\u2014including 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yakiniku Dragon offers its viewers a look into the vigorous life of a Korean community in the 70s era Japan. In the outskirts of Osaka\u2014in a squatter settlement on government property\u2014a Korean family runs a barbecue restaurant.\u00a0With a wife, three daughters, and one son, he lives with bravado but is gradually bombarded by the tides of the times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yakiniku Dragon - Official Trailer | Japanese Film Festival 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5RwaJqWsdmQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Screenings of Yakiniku Dragon and other festival entries at UPFI from August 14 to 17 are<strong> free of charge.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Have you watched any films from the\u00a0EIGASAI 2019\u00a0already? If not, the film festival is still on-going until August 25!<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information, visit\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jfmo.org.ph\/events-and-courses\/japanese-film-festival-eigasai\/\" target=\"_blank\">JFM website<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jfmanila\/\" target=\"_blank\">official Facebook page<\/a>.\u00a0You may also contact\u00a0JFM at 02-811-6155 to 58, or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:email@jfmo.org.ph\" target=\"_blank\">email@jfmo.org.ph<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What:\u00a0<\/strong>Director&#8217;s Talk with Director Chong Wishing<br \/>\n<strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>UPFI Cine Adarna, UP Diliman, Quezon City<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> August 16 and 17, 2019, 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., respectively<br \/>\n<strong>Registration<\/strong>: <strong>Free.\u00a0<\/strong>This is part of the movie screening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> Roundtable Discussion on Film Production<br \/>\n<strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>UPFI Videotheque, UP Diliman, Quezon City<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> August 16, 2019, 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This is a press release. 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