{"id":3515,"date":"2016-06-07T17:51:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T09:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2016-06-07T17:51:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T09:51:17","slug":"eigasai-returns-with-its-best-line-up-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2016\/06\/07\/eigasai-returns-with-its-best-line-up-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"EIGASAI returns with its best line-up to date!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prepare for a deluge of the best of Japanese culture as the Japan Foundation Manila (JFM) bring you a bigger EIGASAI 2016, <\/strong>from July 7 to August 21!<\/span><\/p>\n

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EIGASAI IS BACK! It\u2019s also bigger than ever, with the best film adaptations of Japanese novels! Best of all, it\u2019s FREE!<\/em><\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s EIGASAI will feature award-winning film adaptations of some of Japan\u2019s best fiction and non-fiction novels written by their most prolific writers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AWARD-WINNING FILM DIRECTOR Masato Harada will be on hand to talk about two of his films: The Emperor in August and Kakekomi.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Leading the way is a one-time screening of award-winning director Masato Harada\u2019s The Emperor in August <\/em>(2015), a period film based on Hando Kazutoshi\u2019s non-fiction novel \u201cNihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi: Ketteiban.\u201d The film reveals the pain and suffering of the Japanese who put their lives on the line to end the Pacific War and achieve peace. The Emperor in August<\/em> will be shown on July 8 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines \u2013 Little Theater.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two more of Harada\u2019s films will be shown throughout the festival: Kakekomi <\/em>(2015) and Chronicle of My Mother (2011)<\/em>. Both are film adaptations of the works of one of Japan\u2019s greatest playwrights, Inoue Yasushi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kakekomi<\/em> follows a novice doctor and playwright and the unlikely events he gets caught up in while trying to help two women get out of their marriages. Chronicle of My Mother<\/em> is an autobiographical novel by Yasushi that tells the tale of Kosaku and how he reconnects with his now-senile mother.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harada will grace the initial screening of Kakekomi<\/em> at the Shang Cineplex on July 7, who will hold two Director\u2019s Talks <\/strong>during his stay. The first Director\u2019s Talk will take place after the screening of The Emperor in August<\/em> at the Cultural Center of the Philippines \u2013 Little Theater. The second will be on July 9 at the Shang Cineplex Cinema two, after the screening of Kakekomi<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

JFM has also partnered with Cinemalaya, the country\u2019s largest independent film festival, to bring you two Japanese independent films by up-and-coming Japanese directors Hiroshi Shoji and Ryutaro Nakagawa: Ken and Kazu <\/em>(2015) and August in Tokyo<\/em> (2014), which will be shown during the Cinemalaya Film Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE FULL LINE-UP. EIGASAI 2016 brings you the best of Japan\u2019s films, including an animated film (The Boy and The Beast) and a Japanese film set in the Philippines (Crossroads).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Other films which will be shown throughout the festival are:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Boy and The Beast (Mamoru Hosoda, 2015)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Our Little Sister (Akimi Yoshida, 2015)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Great Passage (Yuya Ishii, 2013)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Flying Colors (Nobuhiro Doi, 2015)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Little House (Yoji Yamada, 2014)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Pale Moon (Daihachi Yoshida, 2014)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Crossroads (Junichi Suziki, 2015)<\/span><\/p>\n

You can catch all of these great films at the Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 (July 7 \u2013 17), the Cultural Center of the Philippines (July 8, August 6, 9, 10, and 12), and the UP Film Institute (August 17 \u2013 20).<\/span><\/p>\n

You can also catch EIGASAI 2016 at the Abreeza Mall Cinema (July 22 \u2013 24) and FDCP Cinematheque (July 26 \u2013 30) in Davao City, SM Baguio Cinema (August 11 \u2013 14) and FDCP Cinematheque (August 15) in Baguio City, and the Ayala Center Cebu Cinema (August 17 \u2013 21) in Cebu City.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to view the festival schedule. For updates, visit The Japan Foundation Manila<\/a> page on Facebook. Also, don\u2019t forget to use the official hashtags #EIGASAI2016 and #JFmanila.<\/span><\/p>\n

Details:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What: EIGASAI 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Where: July 7 \u2013 August 21, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Different Venues<\/span><\/p>\n

Free Admission<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source:<\/em> The Japan Foundation Manila Press Release, Shangri-La Plaza Press Release<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

All photos courtesy of their respective production companies via JFM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prepare for a deluge of the best of Japanese culture as the Japan Foundation Manila (JFM) bring you a bigger EIGASAI 2016, from July 7 to August 21! \u00a0 EIGASAI IS BACK! It\u2019s also bigger than ever, with the best film adaptations of Japanese novels! Best of all, it\u2019s FREE! \u00a0 This year\u2019s EIGASAI will feature award-winning film adaptations of some of Japan\u2019s best fiction and non-fiction novels written by their most prolific writers. \u00a0 AWARD-WINNING FILM DIRECTOR Masato Harada will be on hand to talk about two of his films: The Emperor in August and Kakekomi. \u00a0 Leading the way is a one-time screening of award-winning director Masato Harada\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-festival"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3515"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3521,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515\/revisions\/3521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}