The Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival (KKIFF) 2012 is now in its 4th year. This event will take place from 8th – 14th June 2012. The Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur is proud to present a Japanese animation “Mai Mai Miracle”, and a comedy film “Double Trouble”.
The ticket price is RM5 per screening. Tickets are available from 8 May 2012 at GSC Suria Sabah. These two films are in Japanese with English subtitles.
Event: KKIFF 2012 “Screening of Foreign Films”
Date: 13 & 14 June 2012
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: GSC Suria Sabah
Fee: RM5.00 per person
Mai Mai Miracle
KATABUCHI Sunao / 2009 / 95min / Colour
Based on the novel by TAKAGI Nobuko
Cast (voice): FUKUDA Mayuko, MIZUSAWA Nako
Date: Wednesday, 13th June 2012
Time: 7.30pm
An exuberant tomboy, Shinko feels completely at home in the wheat fields of the small town of Kokuga, where she races imaginary creatures and daydreams of the ancient capital city of Suo, on which Kokuga now stands. Nine-year-old Kiiko has a very different temperament ? shy, withdrawn, still mourning a mother she barely remembers. A transplant from Tokyo, Kiiko, with her exotic Western dress and pale complexion, is marked as alien by her rural schoolmates.
Double Trouble
MATSUOKA Joji / 2008 / 112min / Colour
Original Story: TATEKAWA Shinosuke
Cast: KOBAYASHI Kaoru , YASUDA Narumi , ITO Atsushi, YUKI Saori, ASADA Miyoko
Date: Thursday, 14th June 2012
Time: 7.30pm
It?s December 30, and everyone is milling about. But the ?incident? that rocked this small town began with a single phone call. ?Hello, Mitama Cultural Center. Yes, you?re calling to confirm your concert, correct? That?s right. Mitama Chorus Girls, tomorrow evening at 7:00. All set. We?ll see you then.? Thus the cultural center?s director confidently replies to the caller. But just a moment later, he realizes that they are hardly ?all set?! There?s the ?Mitama Chorus Girls? and the ?The Mitama Ladies? Chorus?: two similar-sounding names that were confused by this hapless director. Of all things, his error results in a double-booking for New Year?s Eve!
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