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Am I Right? Justice, Justification and Judgement in Japanese Cinema
The UK’s biggest festival of Japanese cinema, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme (JFTFP), is back for its latest and greatest instalment!
In a world where injustice runs rampant, cinematic expressions of justice seem inexhaustible: time and time again, heroic protagonists fend off malicious antagonists or enact their revenge, the constant injustices they face mirroring audiences’ own.
Japan is no exception to this, and the JFTFP25 promises to showcase how Japanese filmmakers use the language of cinema to explore the concepts of criminal, social, and moral justice, along with the ways people respond to external judgement.
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99% Cloudy… Always (JFTFP25)
Saturday 22 February 2025
2:00 pm
99% Cloudy… Always, follows Kazuha, a woman with Asperger’s syndrome, who begins to drift apart from her husband.
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All the Long Nights (JFTFP25)
Sunday 23 February 2025
11:00 am
A woman with debilitating PMS and a man with a severe panic disorder find companionship in All the Long Nights.
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Tea Friends (JFTFP25)
Saturday 01 March 2025
2:00 pm
Tea Friends, a tight-knit group dispatching elderly call girls for lonely old men, finds its bonds tested when hard times befall them.
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The Inugami Family (JFTFP25)
Sunday 02 March 2025
10:40 am
The death of a patriarch sets off a scramble for his fortune in one of Japan’s most popular mystery classics…The Inugami Family.
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The Scoop (JFTFP25)
Saturday 08 March 2025
2:00 pm
In order to join her school’s literature club, Yui must uncover the true identity of her favourite author in The Scoop!
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Stay Mum (JFTFP25)
Sunday 09 March 2025
11:00 am
In Stay Mom Chisako comes across a young, abused amnesiac. So she takes him under her wing, claiming to be his mother…
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Bushido (JFTFP25)
Friday 14 March 2025
5:15 pm
Now-unemployed samurai Kakunoshin’s life was destroyed by a false accusation in Bushido, so he sets out to restore his honour.
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Let’s Go Karaoke! (JFTFP25)
Saturday 15 March 2025
2:00 pm
Trying to avoid punishment in, Let’s Go Karaoke!, a tone-deaf yakuza lieutenant enlists a junior high school choir leader.
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Ichiko (JFTFP25)
Saturday 22 March 2025
2:00 pm
When Ichiko goes missing, her boyfriend immediately begins to search for her. But he discovers that she’s not who he thought she was…
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Carmen Comes Home (JFTFP25)
Saturday 29 March 2025
5:00 pm
A city girl makes an exuberant return to her village hometown, but her appearance causes a stir. Can they adjust when Carmen Comes Home?
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