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: 4th October 2014, 3:00 pm
Venue: Pawagam Mini, Tingkat 3 (Bangunan Baru), Aswara, 464, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Admission: Free
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Death of a Japanese Salesman
エンディングノート
(Colour / 2011 / 90min/ Documentary)
Tomoaki Sunada was a typical sales representative who spent more than four decades working in the same company. Upon his retirement at 67 years old, he was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. This was an unexpected and grave miscalculation for an often meticulous wheeler and dealer. His filmmaking daughter captures his final days as he threw himself into making an ending note, a memorandum for the family of the deceased inherent in Japanese society.
Mami?s feature-length debut was a commercial and critical success, winning film festival prizes in Chicago, Dubai and Sydney. The Japan Times described it as one of the top ten best local films of the year, praising the director for providing ?an unflinching, unsentimental view of the dying process.
