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MusicFilmDanceOctober to December, 2017New Delhi, India

JAPAN FESTIVAL

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FESTIVAL OPENING

At 7 pm, Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre

MAKOTO KURIYA - Creative Jazz Ensemble Japan

WASABI - Japanese Traditional Music Concert

HER MOTHER - Film Screening with Dir. Yoshinori Sato

27th Oct

28th Oct

29th Oct

31th Oct

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8th DecGOYOKAI - Traditional Japanese Dance with Kathak and Indian Classical Music

At 7 pm, Kamani Auditorium

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YOJIMBO

At 6.30 pm, Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre

THRONE OF BLOOD

SEVEN SAMURAI

RED BEARD

2nd Nov

3rd Nov

4th Nov

5th Nov

AKIRA KUROSAWA RETROSPECTIVE

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ENTRY FREE

JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL (PVR Sangam, R.K. Puram)

6.30 pm

Re-Life

12 pm

Rudolf the Black Cat

12 pm

Her Love Boils Bathwater

2 pm

Mumon

2.35 pm

Innocent Curse

4.35 pm

Super Kabuki II – One Piece

5 pm

Survival Family

4.45 pm

Tora-san of Goto

4.45 pm

In this Corner of the World

4.45 pm

Daytime Shooting Star

7.05 pm

The Long Excuse

7.30 pm

Tokyo Ghoul (PG-12)

7.10 pm

Honnouji Hotel

7.25 pm Let’s Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to US Champions?!

7.15 pm

Memoirs of a Murderer

10th Nov

11th Nov

12th Nov

13th Nov

14th Nov

15th Nov

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2017 THE YEAR OF JAPAN-INDIA

FRIENDLY EXCHANGES

During the visit of Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime

Minister of India to Japan in November 2016, the two

Prime Ministers agreed to mark the year 2017 as a year

of Japan-India friendly exchanges to further enhance

people-to-people exchanges between Japan and India.

The year 2017 also marks the 60th anniversary of the

Cultural Agreement signed by the two countries in 1957.

On this occasion, various commemorating events will

be held in both countries so as to further strengthen

relations by promoting a sense of mutual understanding

and mutual exchange in various fields.

FESTIVAL

OPENING27th October, Friday at 7 pm

Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre

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MAKOTOKURIYA - Creative Jazz

Ensemble Japan

MAKOTO KURIYA (piano)

Has been performing since his college days.

He was a jazz lecturer at University of Pittsburgh,

while actively performing as a jazz pianist in the East

Coast, joining the Grammy-award-winner Chuck

Mangione and playing with numerous other jazz

virtuosos before moving back to Japan. In recent

years, he has been touring internationally with his

own group. He collaborates with musicians across

genres and has produced many albums. He also

works on videos and theme music as a composer

and producer.

JIRO YOSHIDA (guitar)

He started playing piano and classical guitar at a very

early age. At eighteen he shifted to Tokyo where he

worked as studio musician. Inspired by Miles Davis,

he later enrolled at Berklee College of Music, where

he graduated and stayed on as a lecturer. In 1990 he

shifted to New York performing full time with a range

of musicians and groups, including Cyndi Lauper,

the Brecker Brothers, Eddie Gomez, the L.A.

Symphony, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2003, he was appointed a goodwill ambassador to

the UN’s WAFUNIF. His latest release ‘A Pastel Shade’

with Sony Music in April 2015 has won critical praise.

28th October,

Saturday at 7 pm

Stein Auditorium,

India Habitat Centre

Makoto Kuriya - Creative Jazz Ensemble Japan is

headed by world-renowned pianist, composer and

producer Makoto Kuriya, also has Jiro Yoshida on

guitar, Koichi Osamu on bass, Shu Matsuyama on

drums, and Gennoshin Yasui on percussion. Makoto

Kuriya has joined the Grammy award winner Chuck

Mangione and played with numerous other jazz

virtuosos before moving back to Japan. Each member

is specialized in their musical instrument and they

have been touring internationally. They collaborate

with musicians across genres and have produced

many albums.

Supported by

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SHU MATSUYAMA (drums)

Graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1989. He

has played with musicians including Hermeto Pascoal

and Paul Griffin. After returning to Japan, he joined

the national tour of Masayoshi Takanaka in 1992 and

performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival. He works

across different genres of music, including musical

theater productions. He also works as a lecturer on

percussion in the Jazz Course at the Senzoku Gakuen

College of Music.

GENNOSHIN YASUI (percussion)

Released his first album “F to G”, with the group Filo

Machado in Brazil. In Japan he played with Masami

Nakagawa and Kazuhiko Obata, and later joined

Makoto Kuriya in Rhythmatrix. He has released a

solo album “Oh! Bola!!” with Teco Cardoso, Fabio

Torres, Paulo Paulelli and other guest musicians.

Yasui is renowned as a player of pandeiro. He has

played with numerous jazz musicians, including Steve

Gadd and Anthony Jackson. He won critical acclaim

for the Grammy award winning album with Trio

Corrente (2014).

Guest: PRITAM GHOSHAL (sarod)

Pritam Ghoshal was born into a musical family,

his grandfather Late Shri Jaharlal Ghoshal was a

renowned percussionist and singer. His father and

uncles are also known classical musicians. Pritam

began training in vocals with his father, Shri Arun

Kumar Ghoshal. He was then trained in sarod by Shri

Pranab Naha, disciple of the sarod maestro Pandit

Radhika Mohan Moitra. After the three years of Talim

he received the blessings of sarod maestro Ustad

Amjad Ali Khan in 1995, who accepted him as his

disciple. He has also received insights in music from

kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj.

KOICHI OSAMU (bass)

Graduated from the Berklee College of Music where

he was awarded the Berklee Eddie Gomez Award in

1985 and 1986. Since returning to Japan, he performs

regularly in jazz clubs and festivals worldwide. He

is a regular bassist with the band Sadao Watanabe

performing at Montreux Jazz Festival.

He also works as a lecturer on bass guitar in the Jazz

Course at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music.

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WASABI - A Japanese Traditional Music Concert

29th October,

Sunday at 7 pm

Stein Auditorium,


Wasabi is a traditional Japanese instrumental group

composed of Ryoichiro Yoshida (Tsugaru-shamisen/

three-stringed Japanese instrument), Hiromu

Motonaga (Shakuhachi/Japanese bamboo flute),

Naosaburo Biho (Taiko/Japanese Drum) and Shin

Ichikawa (Koto/17-stringed Japanese harp).

RYOICHIRO YOSHIDA

(shamisen)

HIROMU MOTONAGA (shakuhachi)

NAOSABURO BIHO

(taiko)

SHIN ICHIKAWA

(koto)Guest: MANOJ KUMAR NAGAR

Manoj initially trained under his father, Shri

Lachmann Singh. He then trained under (late)

Pandit Lalchandji of the Delhi Gharana. He also

received training from the renowned Maestro

Ustad Latif Ahmed Khan. He performs across

the country and internationally.

Supported by

The name WASABI comes from combining wa which

means “Japan” or “harmony” and sabi which means

“the catchy part of the song.”

The group aims to produce a modern style of

traditional Japanese music, which is more appealing

to the younger generation. In order to popularize

the wonderful aspects of traditional Japanese music,

WASABI frequently performs at schools in all over

Japan.

Ryoichiro Yoshida

Hiromu Motonaga Naosaburo Biho Shin Ichikawa

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HERMOTHER -娘を殺した死刑囚との対話31st October,

Tuesday at 7 pm

Stein Auditorium,


Director: Yoshinori Sato

Genre: Fiction

Year: 2016

Language/s: Japanese

(with English subtitles)

Duration: 95 min

YOSHINORI SATO (director)

Yoshinori Sato was born in Aichi, Japan and studied

filmmaking at the University of Southern California.

He works as a director in Japanese television

alongside producing independent films. His film

credits include Bad Child (2014).

IRA BHASKAR

Ira Bhaskar is Professor of Cinema Studies at the

School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi, India. She has been a Visiting

Professor at King’s College, London, Columbia

University, New York, York University, Canada and

the University of Pavia, Italy.

Film screening and interaction

with Director Yoshinori Sato

© HER MOTHER Film partners

Co-presented by

© HER MOTHER Film partners

SYNOPSIS

“Her Mother” tells the story of Harumi, a housewife

who suffers the tragedy of her daughter’s murder.

Harumi becomes obsessed with understanding

the murderer’s motive. Her campaign to delay the

murderer’s execution and her growing relationship

with him, causes conflict within the family. A film that

delves into the depth of family issues and grey truth.

Interaction with Yoshinori Sato and Ira Bhaskar

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AKIRA

KUROSAWA

RETROSPECTIVE2nd to 5th, November 2017, at 6.30 pm

Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre

Curated by the Japan Foundation, New Delhi, four

of Kurosawa’s most well-regarded films from 1950’s

Seven Samurai to 1965’s Red Beard will be screened

this November as part of the Japan Festival.

Akira Kurosawa (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998), who

is regarded as one of the most important and influential

filmmakers in the history of cinema, has directed 30 films

in a career spanning 57 years.

The New York Times describes Akira Kurosawa

as “an autocratic perfectionist with a painter’s eye

for composition, a dancer’s sense of movement and a

humanist’s quiet sensibility. He was a master of both

of the most popular Japanese film genres of his era,

the jidai-geki (a costume-action film involving medieval

samurai) and the gendai-geki (a more realistic, often

domestic drama rooted in contemporary Japanese life).”

Catch Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957),

Yojimbo (1961) and Red Beard (1965)

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YOJIMBO

用心棒

Year: 1961



Duration: 110 min

SYNOPSIS

Set in the early 1860s in Edo (the former name of

Tokyo), a nameless ronin, or samurai with no master

(Toshiro Mifune), enters a small village in feudal

Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for

control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name

Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk

merchant Tazaemon (Kamatari Fujiwara) and sake

merchant Tokuemon (Takashi Shimura) to hire him

as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion

a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and

unscrupulous men.

2nd November,

Thursday at 6.30 pm

THRONE

OF BLOOD

蜘蛛巣城

Year: 1957



Duration: 110 min

SYNOPSIS

This film is an adaptation of Macbeth, a story about

the tragedy of a Japanese samurai leader. This

chieftain is goaded by predictions which lead to a

bloodthirsty human conflict. The performance has

adopted the Japanese Noh play style which is heavily

reflected in the interior chamber scenes, especially

by Isuzu Yamada who plays the role of Asachi, both

in terms of make-up and action. The fighting action

scenes are pronounced in the typically Kurosawa

manner. Toshiro Mifune in the battle scenes renders

a very impressive performance.

3rd November,

Friday at 6.30 pm

© 1961 / Toho © 1957 / Toho

© 1961 / Toho © 1957 / Toho

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SEVEN SAMURAI

七人の侍

Year: 1954



Duration: 207 min

SYNOPSIS

Set in a village in the mountains, the story is about

how the villagers set out to find and hire samurais

to protect their crop from plundering bandits.

This film is considered one of Akira Kurosawa’s

masterpieces. The final combat scene in heavy

rainfall is especially renowned. This was the first

time that a scene was shot on multiple cameras set

in different positions.

4th November,

Saturday at 6.30 pm

RED BEARD

赤ひげ

Year: 1965



Duration: 185 min

SYNOPSIS

After studying the latest western medical sciences in

Nagasaki, Noboru Yasumoto returns to Edo aspiring

to become the retained doctor of the Shogun. But

he is appointed to the Koishikawa Hospital, an

institution for the poor and needy, and is extremely

disappointed and unhappy. There he meets an elderly

doctor Kyojo Niide, nicknamed Red Beard who is

dedicated to caring for the lower stratum of society.

Yasumoto, is deeply moved and inspired by Red Beard

and aspires to follow his example.

5th November,

Sunday at 6.30 pm

© 1954 / Toho © 1965 / Toho

© 1954 / Toho © 1965 / Toho

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JAPANESE

FILM

FESTIVAL10th to 15th November, 2017

PVR Sangam, R.K.Puram

In this year of Japan-India Friendly Exchanges, the Japan

Foundation is happy to present the first largest selection

of new Japanese films. These 15 films have been selected

from amongst the best latest releases from Japan. The

films that are being screened as part of this Festival have

been handpicked to give the Indian audiences a sense and

experience of the range in contemporary Japanese cinema,

which includes features, award winners, illuminating

documentaries and of course, anime. The Japanese Film

Festival 2017 invites all Indian audiences to embark on

a fantastic journey of discovery.

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RELIFE

リライフ

Director: Takeshi

Furusawa

Genre: Romance

Year: 2017



Duration: 122 min

SYNOPSIS

The original web manga currently serialized in

Japan’s leading manga app “comico” has topped the

charts, capturing one in every four viewers in the 16

to 19 year old demographic. ReLIFE has been adapted

to anime and theater and has also been novelized.

The story is about 27-year- old Arata Kaizaki who quit

his job after only five months. He meets a strange

man named Ryo Yoake, who urges him to participate

in a social reintegration program called “ReLIFE”

that involves taking an experimental drug that will

rejuvenate his appearance. Looking 10 years younger,

Kaizaki re-enters high school, where he forms a

strong bond with a unique group of classmates

including Chizuru Hishiro (Yuna Taira), who he

falls in love with.

The story ends on a surprising and dramatic note.

10th November,

Friday at 6.30 pm

© 2017 “ReLife” Film Partners © Yayoiso/comico

Yuna Taira plays the leading female role in ReLife.

Born in the Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in 1998,

Taira began her acting career when she was in

elementary school. She debuted in the 2011 film

I Wish. Since then, she has been part of Japanese

television programmes and films. She made regular

appearances in NHK Educational TV’s R no Hõsoku.

She has starred in films like Kakashi to Racket: Aki to

Tamako no Natsuyasumi (2015) and Mumon (2017).

YUNA TAIRA

The leading actress

of ReLife, Yuna Taira,

will be present for

interaction with the

audience after the film

screening.© 2017 “ReLife” Film Partners © Yayoiso/comico

RELIFEOriginal Story: Yayoiso “ReLIFE” - Comico

Executive Producer: Yuka Asano

Starring: Taishi Nakagawa, Yuna Taira

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MUMON

忍びの国

Director: Yoshihiro

Nakamura

Genre: Action

Year: 2017



Duration: 125 min

SYNOPSIS

The bloodthirsty 16th-century Japanese warlord

Nobunaga Oda fears no one, except for the ninja

warriors of Iga. The greatest of these stealth

warriors is Mumon, who is also the laziest. His wife

Okuni is constantly upbraiding him over their lack

of money. Now Oda’s son Nobukatsu defies his father,

resolving to invade the land of Iga. Mumon, against

his will, is drawn into an epic battle between the

country’s most powerful army and the ninjas of Iga.

11th November,

Saturday at 2 pm

© 2017 MUMON Film Partners © 2008 Ryo wada/Shinchosha

© 2017 MUMON Film Partners © 2008 Ryo wada/Shinchosha

RUDOLF,

THE BLACK CAT

ルドルフと

イッパイアッテナ

Director: Motonori

Sakakibara &

Kunihiko Yuyama

Genre: Adventure

Year: 2016



Duration: 90 min SYNOPSIS

“Rudolf and Ippai-attena,” a masterpiece of children’s

literature, is now a 3D animation movie. A tale of

cats, their friendship, adventures, encounters and

farewells.

Rudolf (voice: Mao Inoue), a black cat, is suddenly

separated from his beloved master. He unexpectedly

wakes up in a long distance truck that takes him to

Tokyo. There, he meets Ippai-attena (voice: Ryohei

Suzuki), a big boss cat feared by everyone in town.

Unable to return home, Rudolf starts a life as a stray

with Ippai-attena.

11th November,

Saturday at 12 pm

© 2016 “Rudolf the Black Cat” Film Partners

© 2016 “Rudolf the Black Cat” Film Partners

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THE LONG EXCUSE

永い言い訳

Director: Miwa

Nishikawa

Genre: Drama

Year: 2016



Duration: 125 min

SYNOPSIS

A bestselling author discovers the joy of living for

others after his wife dies. He was cheating on his wife

at the time of the tragic accident. When the author

meets the husband of the other woman who died in

the same accident, he offers to help take care of his

children and this adds new meaning to his life.

11th November,

Saturday at 7.05 pm

© 2016 “The Long Excuse” Production Committee

© 2016 “The Long Excuse” Production Committee

SUPER KABUKI II

“ONE PIECE”

スーパー歌舞伎II

『ワンピース』

Director: Takehiko

Watabe

Genre: Kabuki

Year: 2016



Duration: 120 min

SYNOPSIS

Opening performance (in 2015 at the Shinbashi

Enbujo Theatre) of the miraculous mash-up between

Ichikawa Ennosuke IV’s “Super Kabuki II” and the

internationally popular “One Piece” manga. Packs

in the excitement of stage performance while

incorporating scenes only possible in film.

Straw Hat Luffy (Ennosuke) is the captain of pirates

searching for the fabulous secret treasure known as

One Piece, and he finds out that his big brother Ace

(Fukushi Seiji) has been sentenced to death. He goes

on a solo mission into the Impel Down prison to save

Ace’s life, and an epic battle with the navy ensues.

11th November,

Saturday at 4.35 pm

© 2016 Oda Eiichiro/Shueisha, Super Kabuki II “One Piece” Partners

© 2016 Oda Eiichiro/Shueisha, Super Kabuki II “One Piece” Partners

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INNOCENT CURSE

こどもつかい

Director: Takashi

Shimizu

Genre: Horror

Year: 2017



Duration: 115 min

SYNOPSIS

Suspense horror film with script and direction from

Takashi Shimizu of the “Grudge” series.

Popular idol Hideaki Takizawa nails his feature

film lead debut as the eerie “child whisperer” who

manipulates the spirits of children to curse adults.

A suburban town is faced with a series of bizarre

incidents in which children disappear and three days

later an adult in their life dies. A mysterious “child

whisperer” phantom appears before a journalist

who is investigating the incidents.

12th November,

Sunday at 2.35 pm

© 2017 “Innocent Curse” Film Partners

© 2017 “Innocent Curse” Film Partners

HER LOVE BOILS

BATHWATER

湯を沸かすほどの

熱い愛

Director: Ryota Nakano

Genre: Drama

Year: 2016



Duration: 125 min

SYNOPSIS

An intense family drama about a dying mother.

Written and directed by Ryota Nakano, who gained

critical acclaim for his earlier film ‘Capturing Dad’

(2012), Futaba (Rie Miyazawa), whose husband had

left her a year ago, lives with her shy daughter, Azumi

(Hana Sugisaki). When she is suddenly diagnosed

with a terminal illness, she uses the limited time she

has left to bring back her husband, restart the family’s

shut-down bathhouse business, and set Azumi on the

path to independence.

12th November,

Sunday at 12 pm

© 2016 “Her Love Boils Bathwater” Film Partners

© 2016 “Her Love Boils Bathwater” Film Partners

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TOKYO GHOUL

東京喰種

トーキョーグール

Director: Kentaro

Hagiwara

Genre: Thriller

Year: 2017



Duration: 120 min

Rating: PG-12

SYNOPSIS

This is a live-action adaptation of Sui Ishida’s popular

comic ‘Tokyo Ghoul’ which depicts the struggle

between flesh eating beings, Ghouls, and humanity.

University student Ken Kaneki is involved in an

accident while on a date, and receives an organ

transplant from a female Ghoul. He begins working

at a coffeehouse, Anteiku, where Ghouls gather and

steadily becomes friends with his senior colleague,

Toka Kirishima.

12th November,

Sunday at 7.30 pm

© 2017 “Tokyo Ghoul” Film Partners © Sui Ishida/Shueisha

© 2017 “Tokyo Ghoul” Film Partners © Sui Ishida/Shueisha

SURVIVAL FAMILY

サバイバルファミリー

Director: Shinobu

Yaguchi

Genre: Comedy

Year: 2017



Duration: 120 min

SYNOPSIS

The Suzukis are an average household living in

Tokyo. They’re a typical family; together, but divided.

But one day, the Suzuki household encounters a crisis.

When they wake up in the morning, all the electrical

appliances have stopped. There are no phones with

which to make contact, or trains to ride to work.

They think that they can get by putting up with

it for just one day, until another day passes, and yet

another. With the incomprehensible disappearance

of electricity rendering even simple batteries useless,

Tokyo is on the verge of falling into ruin, but one

family tries to make their escape. What could

possibly await them?

12th November,

Sunday at 5 pm

© 2017 Fuji Television, Toho, Dentsu, Altamira Pictures

© 2017 Fuji Television, Toho, Dentsu, Altamira Pictures

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HONNOUJI HOTEL

本能寺ホテル

Director: Masayuki

Suzuki

Genre: Comedy

Year: 2017



Duration: 120 min

SYNOPSIS

On a whim, Mayuko Kuramoto checks into the

nostalgic “Honnouji Hotel” which is tucked away on

the backstreets of Kyoto. Little does she know that

the hotel serves as a mysterious portal into feudal-

era Japan. She is transported into 1582, the Sengoku

Period. With the unification of Japan within his

grasp, Nobunaga Oda and a few of his loyal retainers

have taken up residence in Kyoto’s Honnouji Temple.

Mayuko stumbles into the temple, a strangely dressed

woman from another world, 400 years into the past.

Mayuko begins to grasp the reality that she has

slipped into; 1582 on the eve of the most famous

event in Japanese history – The Honnouji Incident.

13th November,

Monday at 7.10 pm

© 2017 Fuji Television Network, Toho, Horipro

© 2017 Fuji Television Network, Toho, Horipro

TORA-SAN OF GOTO

五島のトラさん

Director: Masaru Oura

Genre: Documentary

Year: 2016



Duration: 115 min

SYNOPSIS

This documentary has been filmed over a period of

22 years. It follows a family of the Inuzuka clan, who

reside in the Goto Islands of Nagasaki. The head of

the family, Tora, runs an udon (Japanese noodle)

manufacturing business with the help of his wife and

seven kids. Showcasing the various events that unfold

in the family, this film provides an in-depth look

into the unique bonds of the family, prevailing over

generations.

13th November,

Monday at 4.45 pm

© 2017 Television Nagasaki Co.,Ltd. All rights reserved.

© 2017 Television Nagasaki Co.,Ltd. All rights reserved.

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LET’S GO, JETS!

FROM SMALL

TOWN GIRLS TO

U.S.CHAMPIONS?!

チア☆ダン～女子高

生がチアダンスで全

米制覇しちゃったホン

トの話～

Director: Hayato Kawai

Genre: Drama

Year: 2017



Duration: 120 min

SYNOPSIS

A film adaptation based on the true story of the

Fukui Commercial High School cheerleading team’s

victory at the U.S. Championship. Newbie high school

freshman Hikari Tomonaga joins the cheerleading

team so she can root for a boy in school. However,

what awaits her is tough training under the direction

of a fiendish teacher. Her teammates quit one after

another, but Hikari and her classmate Ayano manage

to endure the rigorous routine.

14th November,

Tuesday at 7.25 pm

© 2017 Let’s Go JETS! Film Partners

© 2017 Let’s Go JETS! Film Partners

IN THIS CORNER

OF THE WORLD

この世界の片隅に

Director: Sunao

Katabuchi

Genre: Drama

Year: 2016



Duration: 130min

SYNOPSIS

Sunao Katabuchi, adapts Kouno Fumiyo’s comic to

an animated feature film. It is the story of a young

girl who marries into a family in Hiroshima during

the war. In 1944, 18-year-old Suzu (voice: Non) goes

to Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture, a major naval

base for the Imperial Navy, to marry naval officer,

Shusaku Hojo (voice: Hosoya Yoshimasa). As the

intensity of the war heightens day after day and food

supplies dwindle, Suzu manages to somehow carry on

with daily life through her ingenuity, that is, until the

summer of 1945.

14th November,

Tuesday at 4.45 pm

© 2016 Fumiyo Kouno/Futabasha/Konosekai no katasumini Project

© 2016 Fumiyo Kouno/Futabasha/Konosekai no katasumini Project

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MEMOIRS OF

A MURDERER

22 年目の告白

Director: Yu Irie

Genre: Thriller

Year: 2017



Duration: 120 min

SYNOPSIS

After five lives were gruesomely taken in a shocking

serial murder case in 1995, the statute of limitations

expired without the killer being apprehended.

Twenty two years later, he resurfaces sensationally

at a press conference where he announces the launch

of a memoir about the murders he committed.

But no one knows that his confession is just the

beginning of his master plan.

15th November,

Wednesday at 7.15 pm

© 2017 “Memoirs of a Murderer” Film Partners

© 2017 “Memoirs of a Murderer” Film Partners

DAYTIME

SHOOTING STAR

ひるなかの流星

Director: Takehiko

Shinjo

Genre: Romance

Year: 2017



Duration: 120 min

SYNOPSIS

Based on the manga series “Hirunaka no Ryuusei”

by Mika Yamamori (published from May 20, 2011

to November 5, 2014 in the Japanese shojo manga

magazine Margaret).

Suzume Yosano’s parents decided to move to

Bangladesh when her father gets a job transfer

there. However, they’re not taking her with them.

So, Suzume moves to Tokyo to live with her uncle,

Yukichi. On her way to moving into her uncle’s house,

she runs into a strange man who helps her. When she

starts school, it turns out that he is none other than

her homeroom teacher, Satsuki Shishio. Between him

and making new friends, Suzume’s first year of high

school in Tokyo is full of fun and adventure.

15th November,

Wednesday at 4.45 pm

© 2017 Fuji Television Network, Toho, Shueisha © Mika Yamamori/Shueisha

© 2017 Fuji Television Network, Toho, Shueisha © Mika Yamamori/Shueisha

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GOYOKAI - Traditional Japanese

Dance with Kathak and

Indian Classical Music 8th December, Friday at 7 pm

Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg

Minosuke Nishikawa (Japanese traditional dancer)

Juraku Hanayagi (Japanese traditional dancer)

Motoi Hanayagi (Japanese traditional dancer)

Rankoh Fujima (Japanese traditional dancer)

Tomogoro Yamamura (Japanese traditional dancer)

Shinjuro Katada (Japanese traditional music player)

Haruhisa Hosei (Japanese traditional music player)

Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar)

Amaan Ali Khan (Tabla)

Sangita Chatterjee & troupe (Kathak dancers)

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Goyokai is a group of celebrated Japanese traditional

dancers. The group consists of five dancers from

different schools and family lineages of the Japanese

traditional dance, nihon buyou, who are taking

a lead in furthering Japanese traditional dance.

Representing the quintessence of classical Japanese

dance, their performances vary, from the pieces

derived from kabuki, their original work and the

elegant zashikimai, the dance traditionally intended

to be performed only in tatami rooms.

The artists have worked together to create new

performance pieces and present to the Indian

audience since 2016. The pieces are ‘Sambaso’

(a rhythmical dance piece representing a prayer

for a good harvest), ‘Hagoromo’ (a dramatic dance

piece about the relationship between a fisherman

and a heavenly maiden) and ‘Ramayana’.

JURAKU HANAYAGI

Born in 1967 to Kinnosuke Hanayagi II, he was

trained from childhood by his grandfather, Juraku

Hanayagi II, a living national treasure. His family

has the right to use the esteemed name Juraku, and

he has continued in the Hanayagi lineage. He was

awarded the “Best Young Potential in the Performing

Arts” by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan.

MOTOI HANAYAGI

Born in 1964 in Tokyo, Motoi was initially trained

by his mother, Shu Hanayagi. At the age of 6,

he started his formal dance education with Juraku

Hanayagi II, a living national treasure. Motoi has won

numerous awards including “New Talent Award of the

Minister of Education” and most notably “Best Award

of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science

and Technology” (2009), it is very rare for this award

to be given to young artists.

MINOSUKE NISHIKAWA

Born in Tokyo in 1960, Minosuke is the son of the

tenth Headmaster of the Nishikawa School, Senzo

Nishikawa, a living national treasure. After he

graduated from Waseda University in 1984, Minosuke

studied in School of Oriental and Asian Studies,

London and at the Laban Centre, specializing in

contemporary dance, classical ballet and dance

theory.

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RANKOH FUJIMA

Born in 1962 in Tokyo to Rankei Fujima, Rankoh

started his training under his grandmother, Fujiko

Fujima, a living national treasure. In 1978, he was

allowed to identify himself as “Rankoh Fujima”,

as illustrious lineage in the Fujima School. He has

received numerous awards, including “Best Young

Potential in the Performing Arts” by the Agency for

Cultural Affairs. He recently adapted Goethe’s ‘Faust’

into a dance piece.

HARUHISA HOSEI

Haruhisa is originally from Chiba prefecture of

Japan and a graduate of Tokyo University of the

Arts. He started his training at the age of nine with

his granduncle, Naoki Nishimura, Taneo Wakayama

(Haruo Hosei). In 2004, he was given his stage

name, Haruhisa Hosei, from his mentor, and now

he works as a percussionist and flute player of

Japanese traditional and classic music, accompanying

nagauta, kagura and matsuri-bayashi. He also

jams with jazz music players, and is a member

of a chamber orchestra, Eki-ben LIVE.

SHINJURO KATADA

Shinjuro was born in 1967 in Tokyo as the second

son of a living national treasure of Japan, Kisaku

Katada. After graduating from Meiji University in

1990, he started perform with his father. In 2002, he

succeeded the stage name of Shinjuro Katada as its

4th-generation heir. Now he works as a professional

percussionist of Japanese classical and traditional

music, accompanying Japanese traditional dance

and kabuki theatre.

TOMOGORO YAMAMURA

Born in 1964 in Osaka, Tomogoro is the son of

Headmaster, Ito Yamamura, and the renowned

stage director of the Takarazuka Revue, Shinji Ueda.

He graduated from Osaka University of Arts. He

has won numerous awards including “Best Young

Potential in the Performing Arts” and “Outstanding

Performance Award of the National Arts Festival”,

both by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. He is also

a renowned choreographer of Kabuki, Bunraku,

and Takarazuka Revue.

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AMAAN ALI KHAN

He is the son of Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan, a

renowned Sarangi Maestro in India. He was

initiated into Tabla from the early age of 7. He

performs widely at national and international

concerts.

FATEH ALI KHAN

He belongs to the sixth generation of a family

of Sarangi Players of Moradabad Gharana. He was

initiated into vocal music from the age of seven

but he found his true joy in the ‘Sitar’, which he

was initiated into by the Great Sitar maestro Shri

Satish Kumarji. He then trained under the late Ustad

Shamshuddin Faridi Desai. He is now under

the personal guidance and training of his father

Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan.

Khan has collaborated on numerous contemporary

and classical music albums with artist across India

and internationally.

SANGITA CHATTERJEE

She was initiated into dance under the able tutelage

of world renowned Kathak Guru Smt Vaswati

Misra. Her guru helped her imbibe within herself

the essence of kathak, it’s lyrical and sensuous

movements and the treasure of its scintillating

rhythmic patterns and subtle abhinaye. Presently

she is the artistic director at Kalpataru Arts.

The Japan Foundation was established in 1972 by

special legislation in the Japanese Diet and became an

Independent Administrative Institution in October 2003.

The mission of the Japan Foundation is to promote

international cultural exchange and mutual understanding

between Japan and other countries. The only office located

in South Asia, the Japan Foundation, New Delhi was

established in 1994, and is active in three focused areas:

Arts and Culture; Japanese Studies and Intellectual

Exchange; Japanese-Language Education Overseas.

The Japan Foundation, New Delhi

5A, Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV

New Delhi 110024, India

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