The Weekend Japanese Film Show has been organised by Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur (JFKL) regularly for over 10 years. The programme takes place every first Saturday of the month and is free of charge. All films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles. In partnership with the National Academy of Arts, Culture & Heritage (Aswara), the programme is held at the Faculty of Film and Video’s Mini Theatre. Date: September 6th, 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. Venue: Pawagam Mini, Tingkat 3 (Bangunan Baru), Aswara, 464, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Admission: Free Download our flyer here for the location map.
Ballad (名もなき恋のうた) d. YAMAZAKI Takashi / 2009 / 132min Of the numerous feature films in the Crayon Shin-chan anime series, Crayon Shin-chan Bravo Samurai was particularly well received and honoured with many prestigious awards. The world of this anime masterpiece has been reworked here as a live-action, romantic period drama. A timid boy time slips into the medieval era of the Warring States, where he observes the romance between a lowly samurai and the princess of a small feudal domain. Yamazaki Takashi, director of the Always: Sunset on Third Street films, employs his talent for visual effects to give the battle scenes a feeling of grand scale. By sheer chance, the much-bullied Shinichi (Takei Akashi) is transported back to 1574. His sudden arrival happens to save the life of Ijiri Matabee (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi), a samurai general known as “Demon Ijiri”. He soon realises that Matabee and Princess Ren (Aragaki Yui), the daughter of his lord and a childhood friend, are in love with each other. But Princess Ren’s beauty has become famous throughout the region, and Takatora (Osawa Takao), a fiery-tempered lord of a powerful domain, asks for her hand in marriage. She refuses, touching off a battle between the two domains.
