Japanese Film Screening Tour 2023

2023/11/1

 
Admission Free

1. Film Information
2. Location & Date/Time
3. Contact

Film Information

Neko Ninja


[ Story ]
Kagerota, a rogue ninja, is a wanted man as his clansman believes that he knows the whereabouts of scrolls containing the art of shapeshifting. Kagerota is taking “Father,” an overweight cat, in his bag, whom he believes to be the feline form of his long-disappeared and legendary ninja father Kuze Kenzan. Will he manage to turn “Father” back to his human appearance and escape his pursuers?

[ Staff & Cast ]
Director:
Takeshi Watanabe
Starring: 
Takurô Ôno – Kagerota
Akira Emoto – Kariyazaki
Izumi Fujimoto – Tsubame
Eiichirô Funakoshi – Kenzan

Release in Japan: 2017/color/ 1h 35m
 
[ Screening Schedule ]
Sun, September 10,10:30, Bern (Bernisches Historisches Museum)
Wed, September 13, 18:00, Fribourg
Wed, October 04, 18:30, Basel
Sat, October 21, 10:00, Vaduz
Wed, October 25, 18:15, Zurich
Wed, November 15, 18:15, St. Gallen
Mon, February 05, 18:30, Bern (JICC)
 

Brave Father Online – Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV


[ Story ]
When Akio’s father suddenly quits his job and retires without giving out any explanation to the family one day, Akio gifts him the online game "Final Fantasy XIV", hoping to understand him better by secretly interacting with him as an anonymous online avatar. Little does the young man know what his father is going through...

[ Staff & Cast ]
Directors:
Teruo Noguchi, Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Starring: 
Yui Imaizumi – Kataoka
Minako Kotobuki – Aru (voice)
Kô Maehara – Kensuke
 
Release in Japan: 2019/color/1h 54m
 
[ Screening Schedule ]
Sat, September 09, 14:30, Bern (Bernisches Historisches Museum)
Wed, September 20, 18:00, Fribourg
Wed, October 11, 18:30, Basel
Sat, October 21, 13:00, Vaduz
Wed, November 08, 18:15, Zurich
Thu, November 23, 18:15, St. Gallen
Tue, February 06, 18:30, Bern (JICC)
 

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

 

[ Story ]
In an alternate post-war Japan, three teenagers become obsessed with a mysterious tower that soars high into the sky. They build a makeshift aircraft and promise to fly to the tower together one day, but one of them disappears before its completion. A few years later, the tower is suddenly activates and triggers a phenomenon that threatens the world. And the friend who vanished without a trace may hold the key to everything...

[ Staff & Cast ]
Original story, screenplay and director: Makoto Shinkai
Starring: 
Hidetaka Yoshioka – Hiroki Fujisawa (voice)
Masato Hagiwara – Takuya Shirakawa (voice)
Yuka Nanri – Sayuri Sawatari (voice)
 
Release in Japan: 2004/Colour/1hr 31min
 
[ Screening Schedule ]
Sat, September 09, 10:30, Bernisches Historisches Museum
Wed, September 27, 18:00, Fribourg
Wed, October 18, 18:30, Basel
Sat, October 21, 15:30, Vaduz
Wed, November 22, 18:15, Zurich
Wed, November 29, 18:15, St. Gallen
Thu, February 08, 2024, Bern (JICC)

Screening Times and Locations

Bern (Bernisches Historisches Museum):
in cooperation with Bernisches Historisches Museum
〇 Location: Bernisches Historische Museum,  Helvetiaplatz 5 · 3005 Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde, UG
〇 Date / Time / Film: 
Sat, September 09,10:30, The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Sun, September 10,14:30, Brave Father Online – Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV
Sun, September 10,10:30, Neko Ninja

※No advance reservation is required.
 
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: 
Wed, September 13, 18:00, Neko Ninja
Wed, September 20, 18:00, Brave Father Online – Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV
Wed, September 27, 18:00, The Place Promised in Our Early Days

​※No advance reservation is required.
 
Basel:
in cooperation with University of Basel 
〇 Location: Universität Basel, Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, 4051 Basel (October 04 & 11 will be in Hörsaal 001 and on October 18 in Hörsaal 102, site map)
〇 Date / Time / Film: 
Wed, October 04, 18:30, Neko Ninja
Wed, October 11, 18:30, Brave Father Online – Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV
Wed, October 18, 18:30, The Place Promised in Our Early Days

※No advance reservation is required. 
 
Vaduz:
in cooperation with University of Liechtenstein
〇 Location: Universität Liechtenstein, Hörsaal H1, Fürst-Franz-Josef-Strasse, FL-9490 Vaduz (site map)
〇 Date / Time / Film: 
Sat, October 21, 10:30, Neko Ninja
Sat, October 21, 13:00, Brave Father Online – Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV
Sat, October 21, 15:30, The Place Promised in Our Early Days
The event is kindly supported by

※No advance reservation is required.
 
Zurich:
in cooperation with Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Universitiy of Zurich
〇 Location (Neko Ninja): Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich, Room RAA-G-01, Rämistrasse 59, 8006 Zürich 
〇 Location ("Brave Father Online" and "The Place Promised in our Early Days"): University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich, Room:  KO2-F-152 
〇 Date / Time / Film: 
Wed, October 25, 18:15, Neko Ninja
Wed, November 08, 18:15 Brave Father Online – Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV
Wed, November 22, 18:15 The Place Promised in Our Early Days
 
※No advance reservation is required.
 
St. Gallen:
In cooperation with Asia Club, University of St. Gallen 
〇 Date / Location / Time / Film: 
Wed, November 15, Universität St. Gallen, Raum A 09-012, Dufourstrasse 50, 9000 St. Gallen, 18:30, Neko Ninja
Thu, November 23, SQUARE, Guisanstrasse 20, 9000 St. Gallen (Raum: Rosenberg, 11-0051 ), 18:15, Brave Father Online – Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV
Wed, November 29, „theStage“, St. Jakob-Strasse 21, 9000 St. Gallen, 18:15, The Place Promised in Our Early Days
 
※No advance reservation is required.
 
Bern (JICC, 2024):
〇 Location: Japan Information and Cultural Center (Engestrasse 43, 3012 Bern), Embassy of Japan in Switzerland
〇 Date / Time / Film: 
Mon, February 05, 18:30, Neko Ninja  
Tue, February 06, 18:30, Brave Father Online – Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV
Thu, February 08, 18:30, The Place Promised in Our Early Days
 
An advance registration is required. Please register by email [jicc@br.mofa.go.jp] with your telephone number and the names of all participants.

Contact

ContactIf 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
 
 
In cooperation with Japan Foundation / Bernisches Historisches Museum / University of Fribourg
University of Zurich / University of Basel / University of St. Gallen / University of Liechtenstein



  

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