October 18 (Fri.) to October 27 (Sun.) 12:00 to 18:00 *Some contents will end on November 4 (Mon., public holiday)
Sponsored by: Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., Hibiya Area Management Association
Supported by: 2019 Film Lupin the Third production committees/Planning and production of contents: SONY PCL Inc.
Venue: Hibiya Step Square, Hibiya arcade and BASE Q Studio (6F)
There will be a collaboration with the movie Lupin the Third: The First, which will be the series’ first feature animation in 23 years, to be released on December 6 (Fri.). Visitors will be able to experience the world within Lupin the Third: The First on a giant screen in the square and at two other venues. This is a wholly participative event in which you can meet the characters that will pop out from a giant screen into the town, as well as two types of photobooth in which you can take a picture that makes it look as if you are part of the film. You can also bring the picture back home with you and share it with your friends on social media.
Experiencing zone
*The images are conceptual.
Cinema AR mapping
*The images are conceptual.
Date and time: October 18 (Fri.) to October 27 (Sun.) 12:00 to 18:00 Place: Hibiya Step Square
After downloading the exclusive app, hold your smart device over the giant screen, and Lupin the Third will pop out from the screen into the town. Experience a scene from the latest movie in advance. Share photos and movies taken with Lupin the Third with the hashtag #hibiyacinemafes.
October 18 (Fri.) to October 27 (Sun.) 19:00 to 21:00 *Times may differ depending on the film. Please check the film schedule for details. *May be cancelled or postponed in the case of rain.
Sponsored by: Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., Hibiya Area Management Association
Special supporter: Toronto Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC)
Venue: Hibiya Step Square
The Toronto Japanese Film Festival celebrated its 8th anniversary this year. The latest films that showed in the largest Japanese film festival in North America will be shown on our giant screen with English subtitles. There will also be special guests visiting during the festival. Enjoy watching films in an open-air space with a pleasant night breeze, rather than in a closed quiet room as audiences usually do.
A “relaxation area” will be set up at the venue, and deckchairs will be rented out (500 yen). *On a first-come-first-served basis, limited to 40 people. Enjoy quality movie experiences while relaxing beneath the night sky of the city center.
October 29 (Tue.) to November 4 (Mon., public holiday) *Times may differ depending on the film. Please check the film schedule for the details.
Sponsored by: Executive committee of the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival (UNIJAPAN)
Sponsored by: Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., Hibiya Area Management Association
Venue: Hibiya Step Open Space *May be cancelled or postponed in the case of rain
As one of the venues for the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival, the largest international film festival in Asia, an outdoor screening free of charge has come again this year to Hibiya, well known as “the town of films and theatre”. At Tokyo Midtown Hibiya Step Square, a giant screen with a high-quality sound system and large high-resolution outdoor LED will be set up. Every event during the festival is free of charge and you will be sure to enjoy the very best movie experiences.
1. Opening event for the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival in Hibiya
Date: October 28 (Mon.), 2019
Sponsored by: Executive committee of the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival (UNIJAPAN)
2. Tokyo International Film Festival outdoor screening
Sponsored by: Executive committee of the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival (UNIJAPAN), executive committee of the Day of Video (Japan Video Software Association)
3. The Godzilla Festival 2019
Date: November 3 (Sun.), 2019
Sponsored by: Executive committee of the Godzilla Festival 2019, executive committee of the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival (UNIJAPAN)
Shizuka works at a big Tokyo trading company and harbours a secret crush on her dashing boss. One weekend she takes her niece to
visit a carnival hypnotist to inspire her for an upcoming school musical. But it is Shizuka who falls under the spell and she is soon
breaking uncontrollably into song and dance whenever she hears music: in the street, during board meetings, at posh restaurants, even a cell phone ringtone!
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Starring: Ayaka Miyoshi, Yuu Yashiro, chay, Takahiro Miura, Tsuyoshi Muro, Akira Takarada
From the director of Thermae Romae and Color Me True comes a wild comic fantasy based on Mineo Mayʼs popular manga.
In a luxurious, kingdom-like Tokyo lives the Momomi, the son of the corrupt governor and the possessor of striking feminine beauty. He, like all Tokyoites, looks down on the unsophisticated neighboring prefectures, especially Saitama. When mysterious student Rei transfers into the private academy, the spark of attraction soon lights the fuse for a war between the prefectures.
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
Starring: Fumi Nikaido, GACKT, Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Aso, Ryo Narita, Naoto Takenaka
In his last 30 years, reclusive artist Morikazu Kumagai (1880-1977), rarely ventured beyond his Tokyo home; instead spending hours in his luxuriant garden keenly observing the cats, fish, birds and insects and eventually rendering them into his distinct paintings.
Featuring a cast lead by screen legends Tsutomu Yamazaki and Kirin Kiki, this delightful, quirky and virtually plot-free comedy traces an imaginary day in the life of Mori and Hideko – his wife of over 50 years – as they entertain a throng of welcome and unwelcome visitors, including condo developers whose presence signals immanent and irreversible change.
Director: Shuichi Okita
Starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kirin Kiki, Ryo Kase, Ken Mitsuishi
University student Shiori has an incredible palate for wine and dreams of studying winemaking in France. To her dismay she is assigned to a rural sake brewery for her internship. There she discovers the breweryʼs owner is gravely ill and his son has little interest in the business. Can Shiori learn to appreciate sake and act as the spark to turn the brewery around?
Filmed entirely at one of Hiroshimaʼs most famous sake breweries, Kamoizumi Sake Brewery, the film is an uplifting romantic drama about falling in love with Japanʼs most delectable fermented beverage.
Director: Naoki Segi
Starring: Chizuru Azuma, Rina Kawaei, Hayato Onozuka, Mao Miyaji, Ren Ohsugi
Okamura and four close friends regularly meet at a group for wine aficionados. They share the belief that Japanese grapes are less flavourful than French grapes and so bear an inferior wine. When they encounter Japanese-made Kikyogahara Merlot and its maker Usuke Asai, their lives are changed. Dropping their jobs and renting farmland they pledge to follow Usuke-san and his philosophy of wine-making, and life.
A warm, inspirational tale for wine-lovers and teetotallers alike.
Director: Yuji Kakizaki
Starring: Dai Watanabe, Masayuki Deai, Yuka Takeshima, Kenta Uchino, Isao Hashizume,
Satoshi Judai, Shogo Shimizu, Reiko Tajima, Yumi Adachi
Daikichi is a 70-year-old widower living on a small island with his 10-year-old cat Tama, many life-long friends and the countless feline inhabitants of the island. They gather together at a newly opened café, run by the beautiful Michiko, a newcomer on the island. When his carefree and laid-back lifestyle is interrupted by the death of a close friend and his own health scare his son comes to visit from Tokyo.
This warm, gentle comedy looks at Japanese social issues such as the aging population and life after retirement. Beautifully photographed and a cat-loversʼ dream!
Director: Mitsuaki Iwago
Starring: Shinosuke Tatekawa, Ko Shibasaki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Tasuku Emoto (and hundreds of cats)
Akira Okuzono loses her husband suddenly. She travels to her late husbandʼs hometown of
Kagoshima with her 9-year-old stepson Shunya where she meets her father-in-law Setsuo. At a loss for what to do with her life, but determined to raise Shunya as her own son, she convinces Setsuo to let them move in. There she decides to become a railway driver: her father-in-lawʼs profession and the childhood dream of her late husband.
A heartwarming tale about the Japanese love of railways, the meaning of family and “making a fresh start.”
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida
Starring: Kasumi Arimura, Jun Kunimura, Nanami Sakuraba, Ryusei Kiyama
Shioriko is passionate about books and runs an antique book store in Kamakura. Her new clerk Daisuke is unable to read novels due to a traumatic incident with his grandmother as a child.
When the storeʼs most valuable antique book is targeted by a mysterious collector, Shioriko and Daisuke work together to reveal the secret of the rare book and, inadvertently, uncover his grandmotherʼs own literary secret.
Based on the popular novels by En Mikami, a must-see for both mystery fans and book lovers.
Director: Yukiko Mishima
Starring: Haru Kuroki, Shuhei Nomura, Ryo Narita, Kaho, Masahiro Higashide
