Japanese Film Festival 2010 is organized by The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur, Golden Screen Cinemas and GSC International Screens.  A total of eight (8) films will be showcased during this festival, which include “Dear Doctor”, “THE SUMMIT: A Chronicle of Stones”, “Feel the Wind”, “NORIBEN～The Recipe of Fortune”, “One Million Yen Girl”, “YAMAZAKURA ? The Cherry Tree in the Hills”, “Dog in a Sidecar” and “5 Centimeters per Second”.  All films are in Japanese with English titles.

Duration: 17 (Thu)?21 (Mon) June 2010

Venue: GSC Mid Valley & GSC 1 Utama

Ticket: RM5 per ticket

Reservation: Call GSC at 03-8312 3456 or log on to www.gsc.com.my

Duration: 25 (Fri)?27 (Sun) June 2010

Venue: GSC Gurney Plaza

Ticket: RM5 per ticket

Reservation: Call GSC at 04-222 3456 or log on to www.gsc.com.my

* Ticket can be purchased from GSC box office or e-payment facilities at www.gsc.com.my two (2) days before the date of screening. For telephone booking, please call 03-83123456 (Klang Valley) or 04-2223456 (Penang).

 

Film Titles	Date & Time
	Mid Valley	1 Utama	Gurney Plaza
Dear Doctor	Sun, 20th June @ 4.15pm	Fri, 18th June @ 9.00pm	Sun, 27th June @ 3.20pm
	Mon, 21st June @ 9.00pm	Sat, 19th June @ 6.00pm
Dog in a Sidecar	Sun, 20th June @ 12.00pm	Fri, 18th June @ 7.00pm	Sun, 27th June @ 1.15pm
		Sat, 19th June @ 1.20pm
Feel the Wind	Sun, 20th June @ 6.45pm	Thu, 17th June @ 6.45pm	Sun, 27th June @ 7.00pm
		Sat, 19th June @ 8.30pm
NORIBEN ～ The Recipe of Fortune～	Thu, 17th June @ 8.45pm	Sun, 20th June@ 3.00pm	Sat, 26th June @ 3.20pm
	Sat, 19th June @ 1.30pm	Mon, 21st June @ 7.00pm
One Million Yen Girl	Fri, 18th June @ 6.00pm	Sun, 20th June @ 5.20pm	Sat, 26th June @ 7.10pm
	Sat, 19th June @ 4.00pm
THE SUMMIT: A Chronicle of Stones	Fri, 18th June @ 8.30pm	Sun, 20th June @ 8.00pm	Sat, 26th June @ 9.50pm
	Sat, 19th June @ 6.30pm
YAMAZAKURA ? The Cherry Tree in the Hills	Sun, 20th June @ 2.00pm	Thu, 17th June @ 9.30pm	Fri, 25th June @ 9.20pm
	Mon, 21st June @ 6.30pm	Sat, 19th June @ 3.20pm	Sun, 27th June @ 9.50pm
5 Centimeters per Second	Thu, 17th June @ 6.30pm	Sun, 20th June @ 1.20pm	Fri, 25th June @ 7.40pm
	Sat, 19th June @ 12.00pm	Mon, 21st June @ 9.00pm	Sat, 26th June @ 1.15pm

The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur

Golden Screen Cinemas

GSC International Screens

The Japan Club of Kuala Lumpur

Consulate-General of Japan in Penang

My FM

Cinema Online

“Dear Doctor”（2009）
[Dir] NISHIKAWA Miwa
[Cast] SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube, Eita, YO Kimiko, YACHIGUSA Kaoru

A young doctor, a recent graduate of a Tokyo medical school is assigned as an intern to a small mountain village. Tidy rice paddies layer the mountainside and there’s not a store in sight. It is a typically under-populated village with a majority of elderly villagers. There, he encounters Ino, a veteran doctor who is awfully friendly.

“Dog in a Sidecar”（2007）
[Dir] NEGISHI Kichitaro
[Cast] TAKEUCHI Yuko, MATSUMOTO Hana, FURUTA Arata

Kaoru looks back on her summer holidays in her 4th year at school 20 years ago. During the holidays, her mother suddenly left home. Instead, Yoko-san appeared. She is bold, easy-going, not bothered by details and jauntily drives a German-made Road Racer. Shy and introvert Kaoru is gradually attracted to Yoko whose character is completely opposite to hers.

“One Million Yen Girl”（2008）
[Dir] TANADA Yuki
[Cast] AOI Yu, MORIYAMA Mirai, Pierre TAKI

Suzuko graduates from a college, but without any skills to speak of, she becomes a job-hopping part-timer. Then she gets convicted for a trivial incident and neighbors and her family treat her as a nuisance. Suzuko decides to save up one million yen to leave for somewhere where no one knows her, and then to move onto another town with another one million yen saved up.

“THE SUMMIT: A Chronicle of Stones”（2009）
[Dir] KIMURA Daisaku
[Cast] ASANO Tadanobu, KAGAWA Teruyuki, MATSUDA Ryuhei

The year is 1907. Shibasaki, renowned for his skills as a surveyor, is suddenly called to General Staff Headquarters, where he receives orders to conquer Mt. Tsurugidake, the last uncharted region of Japan. The mountain stands 2,999m above sea level and sometimes referred as “needle mountain” or “mountain of death” for its inaccessibility.

“YAMAZAKURA ? The Cherry Tree in the Hills”（2007）
[Dir] SHINOHARA Tetsuo
[Cast] TANAKA Lena, HIGASHIYAMA Noriyuki, SHINODA Saburo

In the late Edo period, Noe has lost her first husband and under advisement, has married into the Isomura family. However, Noe is unable to adapt to the family traditions, making her everyday life miserable. One day, on the way home from visiting her aunt’s grave, she encounters a samurai under a wild cherry tree. The man cuts off a branch of the tree for her.

“5 Centimeters per Second”（2007）
[Dir] SHINKAI Makoto
[Cast] MIZUHASHI Kenji, KONDO Yoshimi, HANAMURA Satomi

Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari had been apart since they left elementary school, however, they kept in touch by exchanging letters as they had feelings for each other. One day in winter, Takaki left Tokyo and set off for Tochigi where Akari lives. The train is delayed by heavy snow and he is alone in his carriage, as the time ticks away.