The Japanese Film Festival is a film festival held in Singapore and dedicated to Japanese cinema. It was held annually from 1999 to 2016, and curated with Singapore audiences in mind, led by local programmers with a wide-ranging programme of film classics, Japanese independents and commercial releases. There was no festival in 2017. Under new direction from 2018 from the

Japan Foundation The was established in 1972 by an Act of the National Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture, and became an Independent Administrative Institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry o ...

in Tokyo, it has shifted its focus to screening mainly commercial releases from Japan.

2014 (26 June to 12 July)

The Japanese Film Festival was held from 26 June to 12 July at the National Museum of Singapore.

Film programme

Currents * Leaving on the 15th Spring / 旅立ちの島唄～十五の春～ (2012) by Yoshida Yasuhiro / 吉田康弘 (PG) * Homeland / 家路 (2014) by Kubota Nao / 久保田直 (M18) * Homesick / ホームシック (2012) by Hirohara Satoru / 廣原暁 (PG) * Maruyama, The Middle Schooler / 中学生円山 (2012) by Kudo Kankuro / 宮藤官九郎 (NC16) * Survive Style 5+ (2004) by Sekiguchi Gen / 関口現 (NC16) * The Tale of Iya / 祖谷(いや)物語　おくのひと (2013) by Tsuta Tetsuichiro / 蔦哲一朗 (PG) * The Mole Song / 土竜の唄 (2013) by Miike Takashi / 三池崇史 (M18) Retrospective (Ichikawa Kon) * Alone Across the Pacific / 太平洋ひとりぼっち (1963) by

Ichikawa Kon was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won ...

/ 市川崑 (PG) * An Actor's Revenge / 雪之丞変化 (1963) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * Bonchi / ぼんち (1960) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * Crammed Streetcar / 満員電車 (1957) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * Hakai / 破戒 (1962) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) *

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/ ビルマの竪琴 (1956) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * I Am Two / 私は二歳 (1962) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * Kokoro / こころ (1955) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * Nihonbashi / 日本橋 (1956) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * Nobi / 野火 (1959) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * Odd Obsession / 鍵 (1959) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * Punishment Room / 処刑の部屋 (1956) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * Ten Dark Women / 黒い十人の女 (1961) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * The Wanderers / 股旅 (1973) by

/ 市川崑 (PG13) * The Makioka Sisters / 細雪 (1983) by

/ 市川崑 (PG)

2013 (26 June to 8 July)

The Japanese Film Festival was held from 26 June to 8 July at the Alliance Francaise and the National Museum of Singapore. There will be a focus on films from the 80s as well as a retrospective on

Shindo Kaneto was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include ''Children of Hiroshima'', '' The Naked Island'', '' Onibaba'', ''Kuroneko'' and ...

and Yoshimura Kozaburo, in addition to a showcase of the best in Japanese current films.

Festival highlights (Inspire)

Film programme

Around the 80s * Muddy River / 泥の河 (1981) by Oguri Kohei / 小栗康平 (PG13) *

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/ 麻雀放浪記 (1984) by Wada Makoto / 和田誠 (NC16) *

I Are You, You Am Me , also known as ''Exchange Students'', is a 1982 Japanese fantasy film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Obayashi himself directed and co-wrote a second film based on the same novel, premiered in 2007 and titled . Cast * Toshinori Omi as Kazuo Sait ...

/ 転校生 (1982) by Obayashi Nobuhiko / 大林宣彦 (NC16) * Farewell to the Land / さらば、愛しき大地 (1982) by Yanagimachi Mitsuo / 柳町光男 (R21) * Violent Cop / その男、凶暴につき (1989) by Kitano Takeshi / 北野武 (M18) * Rikyu / 利休 (1989) by

Teshigahara Hiroshi was a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and artist from the Japanese New Wave era. He is best known for the 1964 film '' Woman in the Dunes''. He is also known for directing other titles such as ''The Face of Another'' (1966), ''Natsu No Heitai'' ( ...

/ 勅使河原宏 (PG) * Fall Guy / 蒲田行進曲 (1982) by Fukasaku Kinji / 深作欣二 (R21) * The Catch / 魚影の群れ (1983) by Somai Shinji / 相米慎二 (R21) * No More Easy Going / もう頬づえはつかない (1979) by Higashi Yoichi / 東陽一 (M18) * Preparation for the Festival / 祭りの準備 (1975) by

Kuroki Kazuo was a Japanese film director who was particularly known for his films on World War II and the question of personal guilt. Career While Kuroki was often listed as being born in Miyazaki Prefecture, he was actually born in Matsusaka, Mie. He atte ...

/ 黒木和雄 (R21) * The Man Who Stole the Sun / 太陽を盗んだ男 (1979) by Hasegawa Kazuhiko / 長谷川和彦 (PG) * The Family Game / 家族ゲーム (1983) by Morita Yoshimitsu / 森田芳光 (NC16) Retrospective (Shindo Kaneto and Yoshimura Kozaburo) * A Ball at the Anjo House / 安城家の舞踏会 (1947) by Yoshimura Kozaburo / 吉村公三郎 (PG) * The Disguise / 偽れる盛装 (1951) by Yoshimura Kozaburo / 吉村公三郎 (PG) * Sisters of Nishijin / 西陣の姉妹 (1952) by Yoshimura Kozaburo / 吉村公三郎 (PG) * Undercurrent / 夜の河 (1956) by Yoshimura Kozaburo / 吉村公三郎 (PG) * Children of Hiroshima / 原爆の子 (1952) by

/ 新藤兼人 (PG) *

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/ 縮図 (1953) by

/ 新藤兼人 (PG) * The Ditch / どぶ (1954) by

/ 新藤兼人 (PG) *

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/ 第五福竜丸 (1959) by

/ 新藤兼人 (PG) *

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/ 裸の島 (1960) by

/ 新藤兼人 (PG) * Mother / 母 (1963) by

/ 新藤兼人 (PG) * A Last Note / 午後の遺言状 (1995) by

/ 新藤兼人 (M18) Currents * GFP Bunny / タリウム少女のプログラム (2012) by Tsuchiya Yutaka / 土屋豊 (R21) * Japan Lies / ニッポンの嘘　報道写真家福島菊次郎90歳 (2012) by Hasegawa Saburo / 長谷川三郎 (M18) * Japan's Tragedy / 日本の悲劇 (2012) by Masahiro Kobayashi / 小林政広 (PG13) * Rent a Cat / レンタネコ (2012) by Ogigami Naoko / 荻上直子 (PG) * Shady / かしこい狗は、吠えずに笑う (2012) by Watanabe Ryohei / 渡部亮平 (NC16) * See You Tomorrow Everyone / みなさん、さようなら (2013) by Nakamura Yoshihiro / 中村義洋 (NC16) * Our Homeland / かぞくのくに (2012) by

Yang Yong-hi Yang Yong-hi ( ヤン・ヨンヒ) is a Japanese-born Korean (or Zainichi) film director. Life and career Yang Yong-hi is a second-generation Korean resident who was born in Osaka, Japan on 11 November 1964. She belongs to the ethnic Korean min ...

/ ヤン・ヨンヒ (NC16) Undercurrents * Canary / カナリア (2005) by Shiota Akihiko / 塩田明彦 (M18) * Villain / 悪人 (2010) by Lee Sang-il / 이상일 (R21)

2012 (1 to 8 July)

The Japanese Film Festival was held from 2 to 8 July at the National Museum of Singapore. Besides showcasing the best of current Japanese films, one segment of the festival focused on documentaries examining the undercurrents and post-trauma effects of the tsunami in Japan in March 2011, while another segment focused on the celebration of the Nikkatsu Centennial.

Festival highlights (Action)

Film programme

Tsunami Documentaries * Fukushima Memories of a Landscape / 相馬看花第一部奪われた土地の記憶 (2011) by Matsubayashi Yojyu / 松林要樹 (PG) * No Man's Zone / 無人地帯 (2012) by Fujiwara Toshi / 藤原敏史 (PG) Nikkatsu Centennial - Celebrating 100 Years of Nikkatsu Studio *

Stolen Desire is a 1958 Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was Imamura's debut as a director. Cast * Osamu Takizawa as Taminosuke Yamamura * Shinichi Yanagisawa as Ezaburo Yamamura * Hiroyuki Nagato as Shinichi Kunida * Kō Nishimura as Kanji Tak ...

/ 盗まれた欲情 (1958) by

Imamura Shohei Imamura (, ''kanji'' characters for "now" and "village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese seismologist *Ayaka Imamura (born 1993), Japanese voice actress *Fumihiko Imamura (born 1961), Japanese academic, c ...

/ 今村昌平 (PG) *

Endless Desire is a 1958 Japanese black comedy and crime film by Shōhei Imamura. Plot Ten years after the end of the war, a group of ex-soldiers meets to dig up a supply of morphine which had been hidden in an air-raid shelter: Onuma, pharmacist Nakata, prof ...

/ 果てしなき欲望 (1958) by

/ 今村昌平 (PG) * Unholy Desire / 赤い殺意 (1964) by

/ 今村昌平 (PG) * The Pornographers / エロ事師たちより　人類学入門 (1966) by

/ 今村昌平 (M18) *

Nishi Ginza Station is a 1958 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. This was Imamura's second film as director. Plot This short comedy concerns the attempts by the henpecked husband of a drugstore manager to have an extramarital affair while his wife is awa ...

/ 西銀座駅前 (1958) by

/ 今村昌平 (PG) * The Insect Woman / にっぽん昆虫記 by

/ 今村昌平 (PG) * Juvenile Jungle / 狂った果実 (1956) by Nakahira Kō / 中平康 (PG) * Gate of Flesh / 肉体の門 (1964) by Suzuki Seijun / 鈴木清順 (M18) * Red Handkerchief / 赤いハンカチ (1964) by Toshio MasudaMasuda Toshio / 舛田利雄 (PG) *

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/ 赫い髪の女 (1979) by Kumashiro Tatsumi / 神代辰巳 (R21) * Bakumatsu Taiyoden / 幕末太陽傳 (1957) by Kawashima Yuzo / 川島雄三 (PG) Japanese Currents *

Life Back Then is a Japanese film from 2011 directed by Takahisa Zeze. It is based on the novel of the same name by Masashi Sada. Cast * Masaki Okada, as Kyohei Nagashima * Nana Eikura, as Yuki Kubota * Taizo Harada, as coworker Saso * Tori Matsuzaka, as Shi ...

/ アントキノイノチ (2011) by Zeze Takahisa / 瀬々敬久 (PG13) * About the Pink Sky / ももいろそらを (2011) by Kobayashi Keiichi / 小林啓一 (NC16) * Death of a Japanese Salesman / エンディングノート (2011) by Sunada Mami / 砂田麻美 (PG) * I Wish / 奇跡 (2011) by

Koreeda Hirokazu is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including ''Nobody Knows'' (2004), '' Still Walking'' (2008), and '' After the Storm'' (2 ...

/ 是枝裕和 (PG) * Tokyo Oasis / 東京オアシス (2011) by Matsumoto Kana / 松本佳奈 and Nakamura Kayo / 中村佳代 (PG) * Chronicle of My Mother / わが母の記 (2011) by Harada Masato / 原田眞人 (PG)

2011 (2 to 10 July)

The Japanese Film Festival was held from 2 to 10 July at the National Museum of Singapore. The festival theme was Journey.

Festival highlights (Journey)

Opening Film: * Mother Water / マザーウォーター (2010) by Matsumoto Kana / 松本佳奈 (PG) Closing Film: * Sketches of Kaitan City / 海炭市叙景 (2010) by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi / 熊切和嘉 (PG) Director in attendance: * Kumakiri Kazuyoshi / 熊切和嘉

Film programme

Tribute to Takamine Hideko / 高峰秀子 * Hideko the Bus Conductress / 秀子の車掌さん (1941) by

Naruse Mikio was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shomin-geki ("common people drama") films with female protagonists, ...

/ 成瀬　巳喜男 (PG) * Lightning / 稲妻 (1952) by

/ 成瀬　巳喜男 (PG) * Yearning / 乱れる (1964) by

/ 成瀬　巳喜男 (PG) * When a Woman Ascends the Stairs / 女が階段を上る時 (1960) by

/ 成瀬　巳喜男 (PG) * The Munekata Sisters / 宗方姉妹 (1950) by Ozu Yasujirō / 小津　安二郎 (PG) * Immortal Love / 永遠の人 (1961) by

Kinoshita Keisuke was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.Ronald Berganbr>"A satirical eye on Japan: Keisuke Kinoshita" ''The Guardian'', 5 January 1999. While lesser-known internationally than contemporaries such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and Ya ...

/ 木下　恵介 (PG) Focus on Gosho Heinosuke / 五所　平之助 * The Young Women of Izu / 伊豆の娘たち (1945) by Gosho Heinosuke / 五所　平之助 (PG) * Where Chimneys Are Seen / 煙突の見える場所 (1953) by Gosho Heinosuke / 五所　平之助 (PG) * Woman of the Mist / 朧夜の女 (1936) by Gosho Heinosuke / 五所　平之助 (PG) Focus on Kumakiri Kazuyoshi / 熊切和嘉 * Sketches of Kaitan City / 海炭市叙景 (2010) by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi / 熊切和嘉 (PG) * Antenna / アンテナ (2004) by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi / 熊切和嘉 (R21) * Green Mind, Metal Bats / 青春☆金属バット (2006) by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi / 熊切和嘉 (M18) Japanese Currents * Mother Water / マザーウォーター (2010) by Matsumoto Kana / 松本佳奈 (PG) * Strawberry Shortcakes / ストロベリーショートケイクス (2006) by Yazaki Hitoshi / 矢崎仁司 (R21) * Birthright / 臍帯 (2010) by Hashimoto Naoki / 橋本直樹 (PG) * Megane / めがね (2007) by Ogigami Naoko / 荻上直子 (PG) * Kamome Diner / かもめ食堂 (2005) by Ogigami Naoko / 荻上直子 (PG) * The Days After / 後の日 (2010) by

/ 是枝裕和 (PG) * Pool / プール (2009) by Omori Mika / 大森美香 (PG) Others * Till We Meet Again / また逢う日まで (1950) by

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/ 今井正 (PG) * The Straits of Hunger / 飢餓海峡 (1964) by Uchida Tomu / 内田　吐夢 (PG)

2010 (19 to 29 August)

In 2010, the Japanese Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 August at the National Museum of Singapore. The festival theme was Youth.

Festival Highlights (Youth)

Opening Film: * '' Boy'' / 少年 (1969) by

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/ 大島渚 (PG) Closing Film: * ''Sweet Little Lies'' / スイートリトルライズ (2010) by Yazaki Hitoshi / 矢崎仁司 (NC16) Director in focus:

/ 大島渚
Director in attendance: *

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/ 吉田浩太

Film Programme

Focus on Japanese New Wave and Oshima Nagisa * '' Boy'' / 少年 (1969) by

/ 大島渚 (PG) * '' Diary of a Shinjuku Thief'' / 新宿泥棒日記 (1968) by

/ 大島渚 (R21) * ''

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'' / 帰って来たヨッパライ (1968) by

/ 大島渚 (NC16) * '' Sing a Song of Sex'' / 日本春歌考 (1967) by

/ 大島渚 (NC16) * ''Good for Nothing'' / ろくでなし (1960) by Yoshida Yoshishige / 吉田喜重 (PG) * ''

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'' / 血は乾いてる (1960) by Yoshida Yoshishige / 吉田喜重 (PG) * ''

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'' / 豚と軍艦 (1961) by

/ 今村昌平 (PG) * '' A Man Vanishes'' / 人間蒸発 (1967) by

/ 今村昌平 (PG) * ''

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'' / 涙を、獅子のたて髪に (1962) by

Shinoda Masahiro is a retired Japanese film director, originally associated with the Shochiku Studio, who came to prominence as part of the Japanese New Wave in the 1960s. Early life Shinoda attended Waseda University, where he studied theater and also particip ...

/ 篠田正浩 (PG) * '' Ototo'' / おとうと (1960) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) Focus on PIA Film Festival * ''A Stranger of Mine'' / 運命じゃない人 (2004) by Uchida Kenji / 内田けんじ (PG) * ''

Water Flower is a Japanese film which was released on 5 August 2005. Synopsis Minako is a quiet junior high school student being raised by her overworked single father. This movie is a portrait of the relationship between Minako and Yu, Minako's younger half ...

'' / 水の花 (2005) by Kinoshita Yusuke / 木下雄介 (PG) * '' Fourteen'' / 14歳 (2006) by Hirosue Hiromasa / 廣末哲万 (PG) * ''ASYL - Park and Love Hotel'' / パーク　アンド　ラブホテル (2007) by Kumasaka Izuru / 熊坂出 (PG) * ''MIME-MIME'' / マイムマイム (2008) by Sode Yukiko / 岨手由貴子 (M18) Directions – Focus on NDJC 2007 * ''The Bus to Heaven'' (2007) by Gunjigake Masayuki (PG) * ''Good bye, George Adamski'' (2007) by Kodama Kazuto (PG) * ''Seismic Girl'' (2007) by Tatenai Kenta (PG) * ''Babin'' (2007) by Hirabayashi Isamu (PG) * ''Restaurant UFO'' (2007) by Yamaguchi Satoshi (PG) Directions – Focus on NDJC 2008 * ''A Lying Woman's Daybreak'' (2008) by Kumagai Madoka (PG) * ''Bloom'' (2008) by Tanaka Tomofumi (PG) * ''The Sparkling Amber'' (2008) by Nakako Ryota (PG) * ''Kudan'' (2008) by Yoshii Kazuyuki (PG) * ''The Third Skin'' (2008) by Wajima Kotaro (PG) Japanese Currents * '' Air Doll'' / 空気人形 (2009) by

/ 是枝裕和 (R21) * ''Bare Essence of Life'' / ウルトラミラクルラブストーリー (2009) by Yokohama Satoko / 横浜聡子 (PG) * ''Fish Story'' / フィッシュストーリー (2009) by Nakamura Yoshihiro / 中村義洋 (PG) * ''LALAPIPO - A Lot of People'' / ララピポ (2009) by Miyano Masayuki / 宮野雅之 (R21) * ''Live Tape'' / ライブテープ (2009) by Matsue Tetsuaki / 松江哲明 (PG) * ''

Yuriko's Aroma is a 2010 Japanese erotic comedy-drama film directed by Kōta Yoshida. Cast *Noriko Eguchi as Yuriko * Shōta Sometani * Saori Hara *Noriko Kijima *Jun Miho Jun or JUN may refer to: People and anthroponymy * Jun (given name), a common Japane ...

'' / ユリ子のアロマ (2010) by

/ 吉田浩太 (M18)

2009 (25 to 30 August)

The Japanese Film Festival 2009 was a showcase of some of the finest in Japanese horror, mystery and supernatural cinema that year. The festival was held from 25 to 30 August at the National Museum of Singapore.

Festival Highlights (Horror)

Audience Award: * ''

Strange Circus is a 2005 Japanese horror drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. A narrated fiction presents the story of school principal Ozawa Gozo, who rapes his daughter, Mitsuko, after she sees her parents having sex. Her mother Sayuri witnesses th ...

'' / 奇妙なサーカス (2006) by Sono Shion / 園子温 (R21)

Film Programme

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'' / ハウス (1977) by

Obayashi Nobuhiko was a Japanese director, screenwriter and editor of films and television advertisements. He began his filmmaking career as a pioneer of Japanese experimental films before transitioning to directing more mainstream media, and his resulting fil ...

/ 大林宣彦 (NC16) * ''The Blind Beast'' / 盲獣 (1969) by Masumura Yasuzo / 増村保造 (R21) * '' Manji'' / 卍　(1964) by Masumura Yasuzo / 増村保造 (R21) * '' Onibaba'' / 鬼婆 (1964) by

/ 新藤兼人 (M18) * ''The Ghost Story of Yotsuya'' / 東海道四谷怪談 (1959) by

Nakagawa Nobuo was a Japanese film director, most famous for the stylized, folk tale-influenced horror films he made in the 1950s and 1960s. Career Born in Kyoto, Nakagawa was early on influenced by proletarian literature and wrote amateur film reviews to ...

/ 中川信夫 (PG) * '' Kichiku: Banquet of the Beasts'' / 鬼畜大宴会 (1997) by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi (R21) * ''

'' / 奇妙なサーカス (2006) by Sono Shion / 園子温 (R21) * ''Rampo Noir'' / 乱歩地獄 (2005) by Jissoji Akio / 実相寺昭雄, Kaneko Atsushi, Sato Hisayasu / 佐藤寿保 and Takeuchi Suguru (R21) * '' A Snake of June'' / 六月の蛇 (2003) by Tsukamoto Shinya / 塚本晋也 (R21)

2008 (22 to 31 August)

In 2008, the Japanese Film Festival was held from 22 to 31 August 2008 at the National Museum of Singapore, and was a pre-event of the Japan Creative Centre, which was launched in mid November 2009. The festival theme focused on femininity in Japanese Cinema, as exemplified by the festival theme: "Jyo-yuu" (女　優). The festival showcased works by Master director

and acclaimed actress-director Tanaka Kinuyo. Works of award-winning young director Kawase Naomi and two other independent directors of the current indie movement Matsuoka Naomi and Matsue Tetsuaki were also featured.

Festival highlights ("Jyo-yuu" 女優)

Director in focus:

/ 成瀬巳喜男
Directors in attendance: * Kawase Naomi / 河瀨直美 * Matsuoka Naomi * Matsue Tetsuaki

Film programme

Free-Admission Component * ''

Sansho the Bailiff is a 1954 Japanese period film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Based on a 1915 short story of the same name by Mori Ōgai (usually translated as "Sanshō the Steward" in English), which in turn was based on a folktale, it follows two aristocratic ch ...

'' / 山椒大夫 (1954) by Mizoguchi Kenji / 溝口健二 (PG) * '' Ginza Cosmetics'' / 銀座化粧 (1951) by

/ 成瀬巳喜男 (PG) * '' Mother'' / おかあさん(1952) by

/ 成瀬巳喜男 (PG) * '' A Wanderer's Notebook'' / 放浪記 (1962) by

/ 成瀬巳喜男 (PG) * '' Floating Clouds'' / 浮雲 (1955) by

/ 成瀬巳喜男 (PG) * ''Love Letter'' / 恋文 (1953) by Tanaka Kinuyo / 田中絹代 (PG) * ''The Eternal Breasts'' / 乳房よ永遠なれ (1955) by Tanaka Kinuyo / 田中絹代 (NC16) * '' A Hen in the Wind'' / 風の中の雌鳥　(1948) by Ozu Yasujirō / 小津安二郎 (PG) * ''Actress'' / 映画女優 (1987) by

/ 市川崑 (PG) * ''Harmful Insect'' / 害虫 (2001) by Shiota Akihiko (PG) * ''The Milk Woman'' / いつか読書する日 (2005) by Ogata Akira (PG) Paid Screenings Component * '' Shara'' / 沙羅双樹　(2003) by Kawase Naomi / 河瀨直美 (PG) * '' The Mourning Forest'' / 殯の森　(2007) by Kawase Naomi / 河瀨直美 (PG) * ''Shadow of Sand'' / 砂の影　(2008) by Kaida Yusuke (PG) * ''Katatsumori'' / かたつもり (1994) by Kawase Naomi / 河瀨直美 (PG) * ''See Heaven'' / 天、見たけ (1995) by Kawase Naomi / 河瀨直美 (PG) * ''The Setting Sun'' / 陽は傾ぶき (1996) by Kawase Naomi / 河瀨直美 (PG) * ''Broken Blossom'' / 花の鼓 (2003) by Matsuoka Naomi (R21) * ''Pathos'' / 背骨のパトス (2008) by Matsuoka Naomi (R21) * ''Birth / Mother'' /　垂乳女 (2006) by Kawase Naomi / 河瀨直美 (R21) * ''Summer Vacation with Naomi Kawase'' / 2002年の夏休み　ドキュメント沙羅双樹 (2003) by Matsue Tetsuaki (PG) * ''Every Japanese Woman Makes Her Own Curry'' / カレーライスの女たち (2003) by Matsue Tetsuaki (PG) * ''Embracing'' / につつまれて (1992) by Kawase Naomi / 河瀨直美 (PG) * ''Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth'' / きゃからばあ (2001) by Kawase Naomi / 河瀨直美 (PG) * '' Sakuran'' / さくらん (2006) by Ninagawa Mika / 蜷川実花 (R21)

2007 (15 to 23 September)

The 2007 festival theme was True. Romance and the festival was held at the National Museum of Singapore.

Festival Highlights (True.Romance)

Director in focus:

/ 今村昌平
Director in attendance: *

Ichikawa Jun was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first a director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities. His most famous film outside Japan was ''Tony Takitani'', an adaptation of a short story by Har ...

/ 市川準 Actress in attendance: * Yoshiyuki Kazuko

Film Programme

Imamura Shohei Retrospective * '' Black Rain'' / 黒い雨 (1989) by

/ 今村昌平 * '' The Ballad of Narayama'' / 楢山節考 (1983) by

/ 今村昌平 * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' / 復讐するは我にあり (1979) by

/ 今村昌平 * '' Eejanaika'' / ええじゃないか (1981) by

/ 今村昌平 * '' Nianchan'' / にあんちゃん (1959) by

/ 今村昌平 Ichikawa Jun Showcase * ''Dying at a Hospital'' (1993) by

/ 市川準 * ''Tokyo Marigold'' (2001) by

/ 市川準 * ''How to Become Myself'' (2007) by

/ 市川準 Other films * '' Inochi'' / 命 (2002) by

Shinohara Tetsuo is a Japanese film director. His film ''First Love'' was the 3rd Best Film at the 22nd Yokohama Film Festival. Filmography * ''Running High'' (1989) * ''Work on the Grass'' (1993) * ''One More Time, One More Chance'' (1996) * ''Aku no hana'' (1 ...

/ 篠原哲雄 * '' The Sting of Death'' / Shi no toge (1990) by Oguri Kohei / 小栗康平 * ''The Strange Tale of Oyuki'' / Bokuto Kidan (1992) by

/ 新藤兼人 * ''

Faraway Sunset Faraway may refer to: Music * " Faraway (Hoshi ni Negai o)", a song by Gackt, 2009 * "Faraway", a song by Jay Chou from ''Still Fantasy'' * "Faraway", a song by Miz * "Faraway", a song from ''Little Busters!'' * "Faraway Vol.2", a song by Apocaly ...

'' / Toki rakujitsu (1992) by Koyama Seijiro * '' Hachikō Monogatari'' / ハチ公物語 (1987) by

Koyama Seijiro Koyama ( ja, link=no, 小山) or Kōyama ( ja, link=no, 高山, 神山) may refer to: Places * Koyama (island), an island part of the Bajuni Islands archipelago in the Indian Ocean * Kōyama, Kagoshima, a town located in Kimotsuki District, Kago ...

* ''Lost in the Wilderness'' / 植村直己物語 (1986) by Sato Junya / 佐藤純彌 * ''Appassionata'' / Jo no mai by Nakajima Sadao * ''Oriume'' by Matsui Hisako * ''Gabai Granny'' / 佐賀のがばいばあちゃん (2006) by Kurauchi Hitoshi * ''Life Can Be So Wonderful'' / Sekai wa tokidoki utsukushii (2007) by Minorikawa Osamu * ''Moon and Cherry'' / Tsuki to Cherry (2004) by

Tanada Yuki is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born in Kitakyushu, Tanada pursued theater in high school before entering the Image Forum Institute of the Moving Image to study filmmaking. Her newest work, My Broken Mariko, released on September 3 ...

* '' Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story'' / Megumi hikisakareta kazoku no sanjyuunen (2006) by

Patty Kim Patty Kim is a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of Safari Media. She co-directed the 2006 award-winning feature documentary '' Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story'', produced in association with the BBC, and executive-produced by Jane Campion. T ...

and Chris Sheridan

2006 (21 to 29 October)

Friendship was the theme of the 2006 Japanese Film Festival.

Festival Highlights (Friendship)

Director in focus Kitano Takeshi / 北野武
Director in attendance: * Ogigami Naoko

Film Programme

Kitano Takeshi Retrospective * '' Kids Return'' / キッズ・リターン (1996) by Kitano Takeshi / 北野武 * '' Fireworks'' / はなび (1997) by Kitano Takeshi / 北野武 * '' Kikujiro'' / 菊次郎の夏 (1999) by Kitano Takeshi / 北野武 Ogigami Naoko Showcase * ''Yoshino's Barber Shop'' by Ogigami Naoko * ''Kamome Diner'' / Kamome Shokudo by Ogigami Naoko Other films * '' Final Fantasy VII Advent Children'' / ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン (2005) by

Nomura Tetsuya is a Japanese video game artist, designer and director working for Square Enix (formerly Square). He designed characters for the '' Final Fantasy'' series, debuting with '' Final Fantasy VI'' and continuing with various later installments. A ...

/ 野村哲也 and Nozue Takeshi * '' Captain Harlock in Arcadia'' / わが青春のアルカディア (1982) by Katsumata Tomoharu / 勝間田具治 * ''Robocon'' (2003) by

Furumaya Tomoyuki (born 14 November 1968) is a Japanese film director. Career Born in Nagano Prefecture, Furumaya was attending Nihon University when his 16mm film, '' Shakunetsu no dojjibōru'', won the grand prize at the Pia Film Festival. That earned him a ...

* '' A Class to Remember'' / 学校 (1993) by

Yamada Yoji is a Japanese film director best known for his '' Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor''). Biography He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job ...

/ 山田洋次 * ''A Class to Remember II'' (also known as ''The Learning Circle'') / 学校 II (1996) by

/ 山田洋次 * ''A Class to Remember IV'' (also known as ''Fifteen'') / 学校 IV (2000) by

/ 山田洋次 * ''Scarred Angels'' / Kizu Darake no Tenshi (1997) by

Sakamoto Junji is a Japanese film director. Career After working as a set assistant or assistant director under such filmmakers as Sogo Ishii and Kazuyuki Izutsu, he made his directorial debut in 1989 with ''Dotsuitarunen'' (earning the Directors Guild of Ja ...

/ 阪本順治 * '' Free and Easy Special Version'' / 釣りバカ日誌 (1994) by

Morisaki Azuma was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Career Morisaki was born in Nagasaki Prefecture and graduated from Kyoto University. After editing the film magazine ''Jidai Eiga'', he joined the Shochiku studio in 1956. Moving from the Kyoto t ...

/ 森崎東 * ''Dixieland Daimyo'' / Jazz Daimyo (1986) by Okamoto Kihachi / 岡本喜八 * ''The All-Out Nine-Field of Nightmares'' / Gyakkyo Nine (2005) by Hasumi Eiichiro * '' We Shall Overcome Someday'' / Pacchigi! (2004) by Izutsu Kazuyuki / 井筒和幸 * '' The Professor and His Beloved Equation'' / 博士の愛した数式 (2006) by Koizumi Takashi / 小泉堯史 * ''Dead Run'' / Shisso (2005) by Sabu / サブ * ''

Linda Linda Linda is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita. It stars Bae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, and Shiori Sekine (of the band Base Ball Bear) as teenagers who form a band to cover songs by the Japanese punk rock band the Blue Hearts; th ...

'' (2005) by Yamashita Nobuhiro / 山下敦弘

2005 (28 September to 9 October)

Adaptations was the theme of the 2005 Japanese Film Festival.

Festival Highlights (Adaptations)

Directors in focus: * Nomura Yoshitaro / 野村芳太郎 *

/ 市川崑

Film Programme

Nomura Yoshitaro Retrospective * '' Zero Focus'' / ゼロの焦点 (1961) by Nomura Yoshitaro / 野村芳太郎 * '' Castle of Sand'' / 砂の器 (1974) by Nomura Yoshitaro / 野村芳太郎 * ''The Incident'' / 事件 (1978) by Nomura Yoshitaro / 野村芳太郎 Ichikawa Kon Retrospective * '' Conflagration''/ 炎上 (1958) by

/ 市川崑 * '' I Am a Cat'' / 吾輩は猫である (1975) by

/ 市川崑 * ''The Phoenix'' / Hi no Tori (1978) by

/ 市川崑 * '' The Makioka Sisters'' / 細雪 (1983) by

/ 市川崑 Other films * '' Tony Takitani'' / トニー滝谷 (2004) by

/ 市川準 * ''The Laughing Frog'' / 笑う蛙 (2002) by Hirayama Hideyuki / 平山秀幸 * ''L'Amant'' (2004) by Hiroki Ryuichi / 廣木隆 * '' Josee, the Tiger and the Fish'' / Joze to Tora to Sakana Tachi (2003) by

Inudo Isshin is a Japanese film director. Career Inudo began making films on his own in high school, with one of his works being selected for the 1979 Pia Film Festival. After attending Tokyo Zokei University, he found work at Asahi Promotions where he be ...

* ''Letter from the Mountain'' / 阿弥陀堂だより (2002) by Koizumi Takashi / 小泉堯史 * '' The Tragedy of W'' / Wの悲劇 (1984) by Sawai Shinichiro / 澤井信一郎 * '' And Then'' / それから (1985) by Morita Yoshimitsu / 森田芳光 * '' When the Rain Lifts'' / 雨あがる (1999) by Koizumi Takashi / 小泉堯史 * '' Poppoya - Railroad Man'' / 鉄道員 (1999) by

Furuhata Yasuo was a Japanese film director. He was a director of Toei film company and he often worked with Ken Takakura in such films as '' Eki'' and ''Shin Abashiri Bangaichi''. He won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year and 31st Internat ...

/ 降旗康男

2004 (24 September to 3 October)

Tokyo Stories was the theme of the 2004 Japanese Film Festival.

Festival Highlights (Tokyo Stories)

Directors in focus: *

/ 山田洋次 *

/ 市川準

Film Programme

Yamada Yoji Retrospective * '' It's Tough Being a Man'' / 男はつらいよ (1969) by

/ 山田洋次 * '' Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset'' / 男はつらいよ寅次郎夕焼け小焼け (1976) by

/ 山田洋次 * '' The Yellow Handkerchief'' / 幸福の黄色いハンカチ (1977) by

/ 山田洋次 * '' My Sons'' / 息子 (1991) by

/ 山田洋次 Ichikawa Jun Retrospective * '' BU.SU'' (1987) by

/ 市川準 * '' Tsugumi'' (1990) by

/ 市川準 * ''Tadon and Chikuwa'' (1998) by

/ 市川準 * ''Osaka Story'' / Osaka Monogatari (1999) by

/ 市川準 Other films * '' Tokyo Drifter'' / 東京流れ者 (1966) by Suzuki Seijun / 鈴木清順 * '' Scoutman'' / ペイン (2000) by Masato Ishioka * '' Edo Porn'' / 北斎漫画 (1981) by

/ 新藤兼人 * ''

The Taste of Tea is the third film by Japanese writer and director Katsuhito Ishii. It has been referred to as a " surreal" version of Ingmar Bergman's '' Fanny and Alexander'' (1982). It was a selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Synopsis The film follows the ...

'' / 茶の味 (2004) by Ishii Katsuhito / 石井克人

2003 (26 September to 5 October)

Festival highlights (Commemoration - Ozu Yasujiro)

Director in focus: Fukasaku Kinji / 深作欣二
Commemoration: 100th birthday and 40th death anniversary of

Ozu Yasujiro Ozu or Ōzu, occasionally Oozu, may refer to: Places *Ōzu, Ehime, a city in Ehime Prefecture *Ōzu, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture *Özü Eyalet, a former eyalet in the Ottoman Empire *Ōzushima, or Ōzu Island, an island in the Seto I ...

/ 小津安二郎

Film programme

Fukasaku Kinji Retrospective * ''

Lovers Lost , also released as ''Lovers Lost'', is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The title refers to the area of Dōtonbori. Plot A nineteen-year-old aspiring painter named Kunihiko Yasuoka meets a woman when her dog Kotaro knocks over hi ...

'' / 道頓堀川 (1982) by Fukasaku Kinji / 深作欣二 * ''

The Geisha House is a 1998 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Plot In 1958, the Anti-Prostitution Law is about to be implemented. A young maiko named Tokiko works at Fujinoya Geisha House under Madam Satoe with the geisha Terucho, Kimiryo, and Somemaru. Over the ...

'' / おもちゃ (1999) by Fukasaku Kinji / 深作欣二 * '' Amateur Singing Contest'' / Nodo jiman (1999) by Izutsu Kazuyuki / 井筒和幸 Ozu Yasujiro (Commemoration) * '' I Was Born, But...'' / 大人の見る繪本　生れてはみたけれど (1932) by

/ 小津安二郎 * '' Late Spring'' / 晩春 (1949) by

/ 小津安二郎 * '' Tokyo Story'' / 東京物語 (1953) by

/ 小津安二郎 * '' Equinox Flower'' / 彼岸花 (1958) by

/ 小津安二郎 * '' The End of Summer'' / 小早川家の秋 (1961) by

/ 小津安二郎 * '' An Autumn Afternoon'' / 秋刀魚の味 (1962) by

/ 小津安二郎 * '' Tokyo-Ga'' (1985 documentary) by

Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer. He is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Docum ...

Other films * '' Twilight Samurai'' / たそがれ清兵衛 (2002) by

/ 山田洋次 * '' Moonlight Whispers'' / Gekko no Sasayaki (1999) by Shiota Akihiko / 塩田明彦 * '' Millennium Actress'' / 千年女優 (2001) by

Kon Satoshi was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art Univ ...

/ 今敏

2002 (11 to 20 October)

Film programme

* '' Lightning'' / 稲妻 (1952) by

/ 成瀬巳喜男 * '' Flowing'' / 流れる (1956) by

/ 成瀬巳喜男 * '' Ugetsu'' / 雨月物語 (1953) by Mizoguchi Kenji / 溝口健二 * ''

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'' / ジュブナイル (2000) by Takashi Yamazaki / 山崎貴 * ''First Love'' / Hatsukoi (2000) by

/ 篠原哲雄 * ''Fifteen'' / 学校 IV (2000) by

/ 山田洋次 * ''Ozamu Tezuka's Anime'' by

Tezuka Osamu Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu''; – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such ...

/ 手塚治虫 - Jumping (1984) / Pictures At An Exhibition (1966) / Broken Down Film (1985)

2001 (29 September to 7 October)

Festival highlights (Kurosawa Retrospective)

Director in focus: Kurosawa Akira / 黒澤明

Film programme

Kurosawa Retrospective * '' The Bad Sleep Well'' / 悪い奴ほどよく眠る (1960) by Kurosawa Akira / 黒澤明 * ''

The Quiet Duel is a 1949 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Plot The film centers on Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki, a young, idealistic doctor who, during his service as an army physician during World War II, contracted syphilis from the blood of a patient when he ...

'' / 静かなる決闘 (1949) by Kurosawa Akira / 黒澤明 * '' Red Beard'' / 赤ひげ (1965) by Kurosawa Akira / 黒澤明 * '' Not Yet'' / まあだだよ (1993) by Kurosawa Akira / 黒澤明 * '' Sanjuro'' / 椿三十郎 (1962) by Kurosawa Akira / 黒澤明 * '' Doomed (To Live)'' / 生きる (1952) by Kurosawa Akira / 黒澤明 Other films * ''Nowhere Man'' / Muno no Hito (1991) by Takenaka Naoto / 竹中直人 * ''Beijing Watermelon'' / Pekin Teki Suika (1989) by

/ 大林宣彦 * ''

Tora-san Takes a Vacation is a 1990 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew's love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san Takes a Vacation'' is the forty-third entry in the popular, lon ...

'' / 男はつらいよ寅次郎の休日 (1990) by

/ 山田洋次 * '' Kikujiro'' / 菊次郎の夏 (1999) by Kitano Takeshi / 北野武 * ''Adrenaline Drive'' (1999) by Yaguchi Shinobu / 矢口史靖 * ''Don't Look Back'' / Doko Made Mo Ikou by Shiota Akihiko * '' Nabbie's Love'' / ナビィの恋 (1999) by Nakane Yuji / 中江裕司

2000 (7 to 15 October)

Festival highlights (Mizoguchi Retrospective)

Director in focus: Mizoguchi Kenji / 溝口健二

Film programme

Mizoguchi Retrospective * '' Ugetsu'' / 雨月物語 (1953) by Mizoguchi Kenji / 溝口健二 * ''

'' / 山椒大夫 (1954) by Mizoguchi Kenji / 溝口健二 * '' The Taira Clan Saga'' / 新平家物語 (1955) by Mizoguchi Kenji / 溝口健二 * '' Street of Shame'' / 赤線地帯 (1956) by Mizoguchi Kenji / 溝口健二 Other films * ''Wait and See'' / あ、春 (1998) by Sōmai Shinji / 相米慎二 * '' Amateur Singing Contest'' / のど自慢 (1999) by Izutsu Kazuyuki / 井筒和幸 * '' Give It All'' / がんばっていきまっしょい (1998) by Isomura Itsumichi / 磯村一路 * '' The Makioka Sisters'' / 細雪 (1983) by

/ 市川崑 * '' Muddy River'' / 泥の河 (1981) by Oguri Kōhei / 小栗康平 * '' Take Me to the Snowland'' / 私をスキーに連れてって (1987) by Baba Yasuo / 馬場康夫 * '' Free & Easy Special Version'' / 釣りバカ日誌スペシャル (1994) by Morisaki Azuma / 森崎東 * ''

Tora-san, My Uncle is a 1989 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his nephew's love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san, My Uncle'' is the 42nd entry in the popular, long-running ''Ot ...

'' / 男はつらいよぼくの伯父さん (1990) by

/ 山田洋次 * '' The Terrible Couple'' / 翔んだカップル (1980) by Sōmai Shinji / 相米慎二 * '' Diary of Early Winter Shower'' / 時雨の記 (1998) by Sawai Shinichiro / 澤井信一郎 * '' Memories of You'' / ラブストーリーを君に (1988) by Sawai Shinichiro / 澤井信一郎

1999

Film programme

* '' Magnitude'' / マグニチュード (1998) by Sugawara Hiroshi / 菅原浩志 * '' Bloom in the Moonlight'' / わが愛の譜滝廉太郎物語 (1993) by Sawai Shinichiro / 澤井信一郎 * ''

Children of the Island A child ( : children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younge ...

'' / 二十四の瞳 (1997) by Asama Yoshitaka / 朝間義隆 * ''

'' / 遠き落日 (1992) by

/ 神山征二郎 * '' Haunted School'' / 学校の怪談 (1995) by Hirayama Hideyuki / 平山秀幸 * '' Kids Return'' / キッズリターン (1996) by Kitano Takeshi / 北野武 * '' Love Suicide at Sonezaki'' / 曽根崎心中 (1981) by Midori Kurisaki / 栗崎碧 * '' MacArthur's Children'' / 瀬戸内少年野球団 (1984) by

/ 篠田正浩 * '' Many Happy Returns'' / 教祖誕生 (1993) by

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/ 天満敏広 * ''

Musashino High Voltage Towers Musashino may refer to: * ''Musashino'' (train), a train service in Japan * Musashino, Tokyo, a city in Greater Tokyo, Japan * Musashino Line, a railway line in Greater Tokyo, Japan * 3249 Musashino, an asteroid * Musashino Terrace * ''Musashin ...

'' / 鉄塔武蔵野線 (1997) by Nagao Naoki / 長尾直樹 * '' My Secret Cache'' / ひみつの花園 (1997) by Yaguchi Shinobu / 矢口史靖 * '' A Scene at the Sea'' / あの夏、いちばん静かな海。 (1991) by Kitano Takeshi / 北野武 * '' Takeshi: Childhood Days'' / 少年時代 (1990) by

/ 篠田正浩 * '' The Wild Daisy'' / 野菊の墓 (1981) by Sawai Shinichiro / 澤井信一郎

Audience Award winners

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'' / 奇妙なサーカス , , Sono Shion / 園子温 , , Japan

About the Festival

*Organisers: Embassy of Japan in Singapore, Singapore Film Society,

, The Japanese Association of Singapore *Premier Sponsor: Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry *Venue: National Museum of Singapore *Theme: The festival programme focus on a theme each year to highlight strands of Japanese Cinema that exemplifies it. *Language: All films were screened in their original Japanese dialogue with English subtitles. *Ratings: All films are uncut unless otherwise stated. Age limits apply for films rated R21, M18 and NC16. Proof of age is required at the point of purchase and at the point of admission. All films are subject to approval and classification by the

Media Development Authority The Media Development Authority (abbreviation: MDA) was a statutory board of the Singapore Government, under the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). History MDA was formed on 1 January 2003 by the merger of Singapore Broadcasting ...

, Singapore. **PG - Parental Guidance **NC16 - No children below 16 years old **M18 - Mature 18 for person 18 years and above **R21 - Restricted to persons 21 years and above

External links

Official Website of the Japanese Film Festival in Singapore
Film festivals in Singapore Cinema of Japan Japanese diaspora in Singapore