Japanese Film Screening Tour 2022
2022/11/24
Admission Free
1. Film Information
2. Location & Date/Time
- Wil SG (30 August - 20 September)
- Fribourg (22 September - 14 October)
- Zurich (05 October - 30 November)
- Bern (February 2023 - March 2023)
3. Contact
1. Film Information
(Japanese Original with English Subtitle)

©2018 "We Make Antiques!"
[ Story ]
A dowdy antique dealer Norio finds a valuable tea cup of the most famous Japanese tea master Sen no Rikyu* from the 16th century when searching inside a storehouse of a rich family. Norio deceives the homeowner Sasuke to get it for almost nothing, but it turns out that Sasuke is a mere house-sitter and the teacup is made by Sasuke himself. When Norio learns that Sasuke used to be a hopeful potter derailed by an antique authenticator Norio himself has a painful history against, the two decide to make the gamble of a lifetime against the authenticator they both have a score to settle with. Involving their wives and children, this act of fraud goes quite unexpectedly.
*Sen no Rikyu
Sen no Rikyu, also known as Rikyu, is considered the most famous tea master who had established the Japanese way of the tea ceremony, chanoyu. He emphasized the simplicity of a tea ceremony and also is said to have worked as a fixer in Sengoku period in the 16th century. Though he ended up killing himself ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was a general at that time, his way of the tea ceremony still fascinates people today.

©2018 "We Make Antiques!"
[ Staff & Cast ]
Director: TAKE Masaharu
Starring:
NAKAI Kiichi ── KOIKE Norio
SASAKI Kuranosuke ── NODA Sasuke
Release in Japan: January, 2018 / 110 min / color
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2018 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
2018 Toronto International Film Festival
2018 Asian Film Festival of Dallas
[ Screening Schedule ]
- Wil SG: Tue., 30 August, 19:00~
- Fribourg: Thu., 22 September, 18:00~
- Zurich: Wed., 5 October, 18:30~
- Bern: Tue., 7 February, 18:00~ & Thu., 2 March, 18:00~

©2019 "AWAKE" Film Partners
[ Story ]
Started playing shogi (Japanese chess) at young age, Eiichi and Riku grew up together, both devoted to shogi. But when they reached 20-year-old, Riku had become much stronger that Eiichi that it was impossible for him to defeat Riku. Being disappointed with his failure, Eiichi attends college, where he finds about AI programmed shogi. This encounter evokes Eiichi's passion to shogi and he puts all his efforts to create the program stronger. One day, he gets an offer for his computer shogi to play a match with a human player. As a former shogi player, Eiichi refuses this but his quest leads him down a familiar road where he once again must challenge Riku.

©2019 "AWAKE" Film Partners
[ Staff & Cast ]
Director: YAMADA Atsuhiro
Starring:
YOSHIZAWA Ryo ── KIYOTA Eichi
WAKABA Ryuya ── ASAKAWA Riku
Release in Japan: December, 2020 / 119 min / color
[ Screening Schedule ]
- Wil SG: Tue., 6 September, 19:00~
- Fribourg: Fri., 30 September, 18:00~
- Zurich: Wed., 26 October, 18:30~
- Bern: Thu., 9 February, 18:00~ & Tue., 7 March, 18:00~

©KITASHIRAKAWAHA
[ Story ]
Seventh Kitashirakawaha project from Kyoto University of the Arts Department of Film Production. This story about the oddball cohabitation of a conman and an elderly woman won the NETPAC Special Mention at the 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
A young guy (Fujiwara Kisetsu) who travels around scamming people shows up in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture to pick up cash from the old woman (Hara Chisako) he has targeted. But she insists that he is her grandson, so he ends up living with her. Gradually he starts to feel strangely comfortable.

©KITASHIRAKAWAHA
[ Staff & Cast ]
Director: YAMAMOTO Tatsuya
Starring:
FUJIWARA Kisetsu ── Shota
HARA Chisako ── YAMANISHI Tsuyako
Release in Japan: May, 2021 / 129 min / color
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2020 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
[ Screening Schedule ]
- Wil SG: Tue., 13 September, 19:00~
- Fribourg: Fri., 7 October, 18:00~
- Zurich: Wed., 9 November, 19:00~
- Bern: Thu., 16 February, 18:00~ & Thu., 9 March, 18:00

©Nagashima Tairiku Film Executive Committee
[ Story ]
Set in the small town of Nagashima, Kagoshima prefecture in southern Japan. Yuichi Hino farms yellowtail fish, a family business, for his livelihood. He lives with his wife Satsuki, his mother Mie and a 7-year-old son Towa. But Towa is not their own son. He came to live with them when he was one-years old as a foster child, and now Yuichi and Satsuki want to formally adopt him. They meet Yoshida at the child consultation center as they embark on the special adoption procedures with the Family Court, and find out how Towa was taken into care. They are shocked when they learn the name of Towa’s biological mother: Akane Sato, exactly the same as that of the woman who came to the island a few years ago and has since been working at the diner. The tensions between foster parents and biological mother, the presence of residents on the island and the children growing up there are depicted in a human drama.

©Nagashima Tairiku Film Executive Committee
[ Staff & Cast ]
Director: KOSHIKAWA Michio
Starring:
KANJIYA Shihori ── SATO Akane
YAMADA Maho ── HINO Satsuki
We Make Antiques!

©2018 "We Make Antiques!"
[ Story ]
A dowdy antique dealer Norio finds a valuable tea cup of the most famous Japanese tea master Sen no Rikyu* from the 16th century when searching inside a storehouse of a rich family. Norio deceives the homeowner Sasuke to get it for almost nothing, but it turns out that Sasuke is a mere house-sitter and the teacup is made by Sasuke himself. When Norio learns that Sasuke used to be a hopeful potter derailed by an antique authenticator Norio himself has a painful history against, the two decide to make the gamble of a lifetime against the authenticator they both have a score to settle with. Involving their wives and children, this act of fraud goes quite unexpectedly.
*Sen no Rikyu
Sen no Rikyu, also known as Rikyu, is considered the most famous tea master who had established the Japanese way of the tea ceremony, chanoyu. He emphasized the simplicity of a tea ceremony and also is said to have worked as a fixer in Sengoku period in the 16th century. Though he ended up killing himself ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was a general at that time, his way of the tea ceremony still fascinates people today.

©2018 "We Make Antiques!"
[ Staff & Cast ]
Director: TAKE Masaharu
Starring:
NAKAI Kiichi ── KOIKE Norio
SASAKI Kuranosuke ── NODA Sasuke
Release in Japan: January, 2018 / 110 min / color
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2018 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
2018 Toronto International Film Festival
2018 Asian Film Festival of Dallas
[ Screening Schedule ]
- Wil SG: Tue., 30 August, 19:00~
- Fribourg: Thu., 22 September, 18:00~
- Zurich: Wed., 5 October, 18:30~
- Bern: Tue., 7 February, 18:00~ & Thu., 2 March, 18:00~
AWAKE

©2019 "AWAKE" Film Partners
[ Story ]
Started playing shogi (Japanese chess) at young age, Eiichi and Riku grew up together, both devoted to shogi. But when they reached 20-year-old, Riku had become much stronger that Eiichi that it was impossible for him to defeat Riku. Being disappointed with his failure, Eiichi attends college, where he finds about AI programmed shogi. This encounter evokes Eiichi's passion to shogi and he puts all his efforts to create the program stronger. One day, he gets an offer for his computer shogi to play a match with a human player. As a former shogi player, Eiichi refuses this but his quest leads him down a familiar road where he once again must challenge Riku.

©2019 "AWAKE" Film Partners
[ Staff & Cast ]
Director: YAMADA Atsuhiro
Starring:
YOSHIZAWA Ryo ── KIYOTA Eichi
WAKABA Ryuya ── ASAKAWA Riku
Release in Japan: December, 2020 / 119 min / color
[ Screening Schedule ]
- Wil SG: Tue., 6 September, 19:00~
- Fribourg: Fri., 30 September, 18:00~
- Zurich: Wed., 26 October, 18:30~
- Bern: Thu., 9 February, 18:00~ & Tue., 7 March, 18:00~
Nosari – Impermanent Eternity

©KITASHIRAKAWAHA
[ Story ]
Seventh Kitashirakawaha project from Kyoto University of the Arts Department of Film Production. This story about the oddball cohabitation of a conman and an elderly woman won the NETPAC Special Mention at the 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
A young guy (Fujiwara Kisetsu) who travels around scamming people shows up in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture to pick up cash from the old woman (Hara Chisako) he has targeted. But she insists that he is her grandson, so he ends up living with her. Gradually he starts to feel strangely comfortable.

©KITASHIRAKAWAHA
[ Staff & Cast ]
Director: YAMAMOTO Tatsuya
Starring:
FUJIWARA Kisetsu ── Shota
HARA Chisako ── YAMANISHI Tsuyako
Release in Japan: May, 2021 / 129 min / color
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2020 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
[ Screening Schedule ]
- Wil SG: Tue., 13 September, 19:00~
- Fribourg: Fri., 7 October, 18:00~
- Zurich: Wed., 9 November, 19:00~
- Bern: Thu., 16 February, 18:00~ & Thu., 9 March, 18:00
After the Sunset

©Nagashima Tairiku Film Executive Committee
[ Story ]
Set in the small town of Nagashima, Kagoshima prefecture in southern Japan. Yuichi Hino farms yellowtail fish, a family business, for his livelihood. He lives with his wife Satsuki, his mother Mie and a 7-year-old son Towa. But Towa is not their own son. He came to live with them when he was one-years old as a foster child, and now Yuichi and Satsuki want to formally adopt him. They meet Yoshida at the child consultation center as they embark on the special adoption procedures with the Family Court, and find out how Towa was taken into care. They are shocked when they learn the name of Towa’s biological mother: Akane Sato, exactly the same as that of the woman who came to the island a few years ago and has since been working at the diner. The tensions between foster parents and biological mother, the presence of residents on the island and the children growing up there are depicted in a human drama.

©Nagashima Tairiku Film Executive Committee
[ Staff & Cast ]
Director: KOSHIKAWA Michio
Starring:
KANJIYA Shihori ── SATO Akane
YAMADA Maho ── HINO Satsuki
2. Location & Date/Time
Wil SG
in cooperation with Swiss Japanese Cultural Association Yamato〇 Location: Cinewil (Bahnhofpl. 7, 9500 Wil SG)
〇 Date / Time / Film:
- Tue., 30 August, 19:00~ / We Make Antiques!
- Tue., 06 September, 19:00~ / AWAKE
- Tue., 13 September, 19:00~ / Nosari - Impermanent Eternity
- Tue., 20 September, 19:00~ / After the sunset
An advance reservation is required. Please contact Swiss Japanese Cultural Association Yamato or visit the website of Cinewil.
TEL: +41 (0)71 911 40 50
E-Mail: vorstand@yamato-kultur.ch
Fribourg
in cooperation with Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Fribourg〇 Location: eikon (Rte Wilhelm-Kaiser 13, 1700 Fribourg)
〇 Date / Time / Film:
- Thu., 22 September, 18:00~ / We Make Antiques!
- Fri., 30 September, 18:00~ / AWAKE
- Fri., 07 October, 18:00~ / Nosari - Impermanent Eternity
- Fri., 14 October, 18:00~ / After the sunset
An advance registration is required. Please refer to the website of the University of Fribourg: https://tinyurl.com/jsf2022
Zurich
in cooperation with Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Universitiy of Zurich〇 Location: Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, Room RAA-G-01, Rämistrasse 59, 8006 Zürich
〇 Date / Time / Film:
- Wed., 05 October, 18:30~ / We Make Antiques!
- Wed., 26 October, 18:30~ / AWAKE
- Wed., 09 November,
18:30~→ 19:00~ / Nosari - Impermanent Eternity - Wed., 30 November, 18:30~ / After the sunset
No advance reservation is required.
Bern
〇 Location: Japan Information and Cultural Center (Engestrasse 43, 3012 Bern), Embassy of Japan in Switzerland〇 Date / Time / Film:
- Tue., 7 February, 18:00~ / We Make Antiques!
- Thu., 9 February, 18:00~ / AWAKE
- Thu., 16 February, 18:00~ / Nosari - Impermanent Eternity
- Wed., 22 February, 18:00~ / After the sunset
- Thu., 2 March, 18:00~ / We Make Antiques!
- Tue., 7 March, 18:00~ / AWAKE
- Thu., 9 March, 18:00~ / Nosari - Impermanent Eternity
- Tue., 14 March, 18:00~ / After the sunset
An advance registration is required. Please register by email [jicc@br.mofa.go.jp] with your telephone number and the names of all participants.
3. Contact
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Japan Information and Cultural Center (JICC)
Embassy of Japan in Switzerland
Tel: +41-31-305 15 70
E-Mail: jicc@br.mofa.go.jp
Japan Information and Cultural Center (JICC)
Embassy of Japan in Switzerland
Tel: +41-31-305 15 70
E-Mail: jicc@br.mofa.go.jp