The Weekend Japanese Film Show has been organised by Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur (JFKL) regularly for over 10 years. The programme takes place every first Saturday of the month and is free of charge. All films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

In partnership with the National Academy of Arts, Culture & Heritage (Aswara), the programme is held at the Faculty of Film and Video?s Mini Theatre.

Date: 6 December 2014, 3:00 pm
Venue: Dewan Kuliah Utama, Aswara, 464, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
Admission: Free

For maps of the venue, please download our flyer below.

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Murasaki: A Man Fascinated by Colour
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(川瀬美香 KAWASE Mika/2002/77 min/Documentary)

Sachio Yoshioka is a Kyoto-based textile dyer renowned for procuring colours from organically grown plants and pure spring water, a technique increasingly rare in the modern age. As a result, his family studio –  established at the end of the Edo era (mid-19th century) ? creates hues surpassing any produced chemically in a laboratory.

Mika Kawase’s debut documentary provides an in-depth look at the daily workings of Yoshioka and his long-serving natural dyeing artisan, Fukuda Denshi; two members of a community intent on protecting nature, history and culture.