{"id":8649,"date":"2017-06-13T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2017-06-14T10:15:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T02:15:52","slug":"eigasai-2017-in-ph-20-years-20-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2017\/06\/13\/eigasai-2017-in-ph-20-years-20-films\/","title":{"rendered":"EIGASAI 2017 in PH: 20 years, 20 films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EIGASAI 2017 in the Philippines is upon us, and the Japan Foundation, Manila has brought with them 20 films that best represent Japan. Officially called the Japanese Film Festival (JFF), it\u2019s set to be the biggest edition ever, with the number of films and two cities added to the line-up: Bacolod and Iloilo.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t want to bore you with details of all 20 films, so we\u2019ve taken the liberty of selecting seven films that you should catch during EIGASAI 2017:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8651\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/4-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you ever want to watch a tearjerker that doesn\u2019t revolve around cheesy love stories, then this is the film for you. It\u2019s a story about a mother\u2019s unconditional love for her family and the lives of people she\u2019s touched.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016) Trailer English Subtitles (\u6e6f\u3092\u6cb8\u304b\u3059\u307b\u3069\u306e\u71b1\u3044\u611b \u4e88\u544a\u7de8 \u82f1\u8a9e\u5b57\u5e55)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQYrbqO0d48?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>Catch this movie on July 8 at the Shang Cineplex, August 19 at the UP Film Institute in UP Diliman, July 22 at the Abreeza Mall in Davao City, August 5 at the Ayala Center Cebu Cinema, August 12 at SM City Baguio, and August 26 at SM City Bacolod and the FDCP Cinematheque in Iloilo City.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Departures (2008)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"823\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8653\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/6-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/6-768x617.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>DEPARTURES (2008).\u00a0(c) 2008 Departures Film Partners<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>How does one move on from being a member of an orchestra? For most people, the answer might be simple: find another one. However, one man decides to take a different path. In the Academy Award-winning <em>Departures (2008),<\/em> you\u2019ll see the story of one man who takes that different path.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Departures Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6UFlWO5zhO8?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>Watch Departures on July 11 and 15 at the Shang Cineplex and August 18 at the UP Film Institute.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>In This Corner of the World (2016)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8660\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/3-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/3-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/3-1-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Filipinos went crazy over <em>Kimi no Na wa <\/em>(Your Name) last December. <em>Koe no Katachi <\/em>(A Silent Voice) didn\u2019t create as much buzz, but was also well-received. EIGASAI gives us one more Japanese animation hit that, according to JFM Director Hiroaki Uesugi, is said to be better than <em>Your Name:<\/em> <em>Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni<\/em>\u00a0 (In This Corner of the World).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In This Corner of the World Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-jBe-uHhlNs?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>Mind you, this will only be shown once during the festival (July 1, to be exact) and is on a first-come, first-served basis at the CCP Dream Theater in Pasay City so make sure you\u2019re at the CCP Complex early on July 1.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8656\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/2-2.jpg 724w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/2-2-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most people won\u2019t get to see works from these three acclaimed directors unless they go to foreign film fests, but EIGASAI gives you the chance to view one of their best works. <em>Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections <\/em>gives us three short films from the Philippines\u2019 Brillante Ma. Mendoza, Japan\u2019s Isao Yukisada, and Cambodia\u2019s Sotho Kulikar that gives us a glimpse of Asian culture centered around Japan.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reflections<\/em> will be shown on July 10 at the Shang Cineplex, August 10 at the CCP Little Theater in Pasay City, and August 17 at the UP Film Institute.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Blasts from the past<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8652\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/5-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/5-768x553.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>THE STING OF DEATH (1990). \u00a91990\u00a0Shochiku\u00a0Co.,\u00a0Ltd<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8654\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/7.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/7-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/06\/7-768x552.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>MEMORIES OF YOU (1988). \u00a9<\/em><em>\u6771\u6620\u30fb\u30bb\u30f3\u30c8\u30e9\u30eb\u30fb\u30a2\u30fc\u30c4 (Toei Central Arts)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s EIGASAI is made even more special with the one-time screening of two rare 16 mm films (a rare format in itself) that were shown during the first-ever JFF in 1997: <em>The Sting of Death<\/em>, the Grand Prix du Jury winner at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival; and <em>Memories of You.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Both of these movies will be shown on July 1 along with <em>In This Corner of the World<\/em> at the CCP Dream Theater.<\/p>\n<p>These are five of our choices, but there\u2019s 15 more films you can catch at this year\u2019s EIGASAI, happening from July 1 to August 29 in Manila, Davao, Cebu, Baguio, Bacolod, and Iloilo. All showings, except those at the Shang Cineplex, are <strong>free of charge<\/strong> and are on a <strong>first-come, first-served basis<\/strong>. Shang Cineplex screenings are at Php 100 per person.<\/p>\n<p>For the full schedule, please visit facebook.com\/eigasaiPH.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What: EIGASAI 2017<\/p>\n<p>July 1 \u2013 August 29, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Manila, Cebu, Davao, Baguio, Bacolod, Iloilo<\/p>\n<p>All screenings\u00a0are free of charge, except for those at the Shang Cineplex (Php 100)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EIGASAI 2017 is upon us, and the Japan Foundation, Manila has brought with them 20 films that best represent Japan. We don\u2019t want to bore you with details of all 20 films, so we\u2019ve taken the liberty of selecting seven films that you should catch during EIGASAI 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,48,10,7,184,71,195,244,2236,25,64,219,163,1615],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mandaluyong","category-manila","category-quezon-city","category-pasay","category-baguio","category-cebu","category-davao","category-iloilo","category-bacolod-location","category-ccp-complex","category-film-festival","category-movie-screening","category-shangri-la-plaza","category-university-of-the-philippines"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649","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=8649"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8664,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649\/revisions\/8664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}