Japan Film Festival 2009

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. We will gather in The Higher Ground. How long we stay in The Higher Ground depends on whether there is a line-up. If people are already lined up outside of The Plaza Theatre at 6:00pm, we will leave The Higher Ground together right away SO PLEASE BE ON TIME.

The films are showing across the street at The Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Rd NW.

Presented by the Japan Foundation, Plaza Theatre, and the Consulate General of Japan

All Films are in Japanese with English Subtitles. Free admission to films, but it is first come, first-served, limited by seating capacity of theatre.

7:00pm: The Stars Converge / 「チルソクの夏」 / 114 MIN / Kiyoshi Sasabe / 2003
A nostalgic cross-culture love story that resonates with popular songs from the late 1970s.

9:20pm: Women in the Mirror / 「鏡の女たち」 / 129 MIN / Yoshihige Yoshida / 2003
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Yoshida Yoshishige's return to the director's chair after a 14-year absence.