Name: HIBIYA CINEMA FESTIVAL 2024
Start: 2024-10-11
End: 2024-10-27
Location: Tokyo Midtown Hibiya

JP EN

Deepen your film enjoyment with behind-the-scenes stories
and insights from the director’s talk session before the screening!
Films will have English Subtitles.

Schedule:

Fri., Oct. 11 - Sun., Oct.13, and 19th (St) ~ 26th (St), 2024

* The event will be carried on in the rain but canceled in case of severe weather conditions;
director’s talk session will be canceled in case of rain.

* The screening schedule will be released in late September on the website.

* Some seatsrequires advance reservation. Details will be provided on the website.

Location:

Hibiya Step Square, Tokyo Midtown Hibiya

Admission:

Free to come and go

Time:

6:30 PM – 9:00 PM　* tentative6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Director’s talk session
7:00 PM –　Screening

* The talk sessions are planned to be streamed live on YouTube live stream and will be released as an archive later

Films showing

For this time, the 11-day Night Screenings will will feature a different concept for the first and second halves, showcasing popular films that change daily. In the first half, from Fri., Oct. 11 to Sun., Oct. 13, we will be screening awarded films from the “Women’s Journalists Film Awards,” which was launched by a film commentator Satori Ito and a film writer Shiho Atsumi in 2020. In the second half, from Sat., Oct. 19 to Sat., Oct. 26, we will be featuring some works of Japanese films nominated at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival, held in Canada every June, with English subtitles, as the “Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya,”

10/11(Fri) 19:00~Talk Show 18:30~

Premium Talk Show

Masked Hearts

140 minutes

© 2023「愛にイナズマ」製作委員会

Special guest:
MEGUMI

Movie Personality/Film critic:
Satori Ito
10/12(Sat) 19:00~Director on stage 18：30～19：00

Women’s Journalists Film Awards Collaborative Screening

HAMON

120 minutes

Cast: Mariko Tsutsui / Ken Mitsuishi / Yuto Isomura / Akira Emoto / Hana Kino

© 2022 映画「波紋」フィルムパートナーズS

Directed by Naoko Ogigami
10/13(Sun) 19:00~Director on stage 18：30～19：00

Women’s Journalists Film Awards Collaborative Screening

My Small Land

114 minutes

Cast: Rina Arashi / Daiken Okudaira / Sei Hiraizumi / Takashi Fujii / Chizuru Ikezawa

© 2022「マイスモールランド」製作委員会

Directed by Emma Kawawada
10/14(Mon) 19:00~Guest talk session 18:30~

Women’s Journalists Film Awards Collaborative Screening

Saint Frances

101 minutes

Cast: Kelly O'Sullivan / Ramona Edith Williams / Jim True-Frost

© 2019 SAINT FRANCES LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Film Personality：Shiho Atsumi
10/19(Sat) 19:00~Director on stage 18：30～19：00

Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya (with English subtitles)

MATCHING

100 minutes

Cast: Tao Tsuchiya / Daisuke Sakuma / Nobuaki Kaneko / Tetta Sugimoto

© 2024『マッチング』製作委員会

Directed by Eiji Ueda
10/20(Sun) 19:00~Director on stage 18：30～19：00

Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya (with English subtitles)

THE DANCING OKAMI

108 minutes

Cast: Fuka Koshiba / Ruka Matsuda / Aiko Sato / Win Morisaki / Rei Dan

© 映画「レディ加賀」製作委員会

Directed by Toshiro Saiga
10/21(Mon) 19:00~Director on stage 18：30～19：00

Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya (with English subtitles)

TSUGARU LACQUER GIRL

118 minutes

Cast: Mayu Hotta / Ryuta Bandou / Toshiya Miyata / Hana Kino / Nagatoshi Sakamoto / Kaoru Kobayashi

© 2023「バカ塗りの娘」製作委員会

Directed by Keiko Tsuruoka
10/22(Tu) 19:00~Director on stage 18：30～19：00

Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya (with English subtitles)

One Second Ahead,One Second Behind

119 minutes

Cast: Masaki Okada / Kaya Kiyohara / Yoshiyoshi Arakawa / Akiko Hano / Masaya Kato

© 2023『1秒先の彼』製作委員会

Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita
10/23(Wed) 19:00~Director on stage 18：30～19：00

Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya (with English subtitles)

BORN BONE BORN

111 minutes

Cast: Eiji Okuda / Michitaka Tsutsui / Ayame Mizusaki / Yoko Oshima / Akira Sakamoto

© 「洗骨」製作委員会

Directed by Toshiyuki Teruya
10/24(Thu) 19:00~Director on stage 18：30～19：00

Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya (with English subtitles)

Life Is Climbing

89 minutes

Cast: Koichiro Kobayashi / Naoya Suzuki / Kiyofumi Nishiyama / Eric Weihenmayer

© Life Is Climbing 製作委員会

Directed by Sokichi Nakahara

Koichiro Kobayashi

Naoya Suzuki
10/25(Fri) 19:00~Director on stage 18：30～19：00

Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya (with English subtitles)

TAKANO TOFU

120 minutes

Cast: Tatsuya Fuji / Kumiko Asou / Kumi Nakamura / Mariko Akama / Hiroshi Miyasaka

© 2023「高野豆腐店の春」製作委員会

Directed by Mitsuhiro Mihara
10/26(Sat) 19:00~Director on stage 18：30～19：00

Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya (with English subtitles)

missing

119 minutes

Cast: Satomi Ishihara / Tomoya Nakamura / Munetaka Aoki ...

© 2024「missing」Film Partners

Directed by Keisuke Yoshida

Click here for screening schedule

Women's Journalist Film Award Screening

Together with Satori Ito, a film personality and critic who founded the Women's Journalist Film Award, directors Naoko Ogigami and Ema Kawawada, along with film writer/columnist Shiho Atsumi, will join to present screenings of the award-winning films!

The Toronto Japanese Film Festival is...

The Toronto Japanese Film Festival (TJFF) is an annual film festival hosted by the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) in Toronto, Canada. Now in its 12th year, the TJFF aims to introduce Japanese culture to a wider audience by showcasing films that have received critical acclaim from both audiences and film critics in Japan. The festival also screens notable films that have won awards at international festivals and the Japan Academy Awards.

Many of the films presented at the TJFF are North American, Canadian, or Toronto premieres, offering a unique opportunity for viewers in the region to experience Japanese cinema. In addition to the screenings, directors and actors from Japan often attend to promote their films and participate in Q&A sessions. In 2023, the festival featured 22 films in June.

Director Talk Session: MC Introduction

Satori Ito (Film Personality / Film Critic)
Satori Ito is a film personality and writer, known for her engaging storytelling about cinema. She hosts the YouTube actor talk show "New Satori Ito and Her Film Friends" and provides film commentary on CX's "Mezamashi 8" and TBS's "Hiruobi." Additionally, she writes film critiques for "Pia" and has published a book titled "100 Love Confessions: Film Quotes." Satori serves as a juror for the Nikkan Sports Film Awards and the Japanese Film Critics Awards, and she is one of the founders of the Women's Journalist Film Award. For more information, visit itosatori.net.
https://www.itosatori.net/

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