| Start: | Jul 1, '10 05:00a |
| End: | Jul 11, '10 |
| Location: | Manila, Philippines |
to think before I used to go with my fellow J-Club members who were diehards...
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July 1 - 11 (Shang Cineplex Cinema 4, Shangri-La Plaza, EDSA, Mandaluyong City)
July 23-25 (Gaisano South City Mall, Davao City)
August 3-8 (Ayala Center Cinema 4,Cebu City)
August 18-21 (UP Film Institute, Diliman, Quezon City)
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Now on its 12th year, “Eigasai,” which literally means ‘film festival’ once again proudly presents the much-awaited contemporary Japanese films beginning on July 1 at Shang Cineplex Cinema 4 to open the month-long festivity.
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here is the link to the schedules in different venues:
http://www.jfmo.org.ph/articles_arts-and-culture/film_festivals/arts_and_culture_film_festival-eigasai-screening-schedule.php
I wonder which films would be recommended as must-see?
from the website of Japan Foundation:
ReplyDeleteIn celebration of the Philippines–Japan Friendship Month, the Japan Foundation, Manila, in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan, the Shangri-La Plaza Mall (EDSA), and the UP Film Institute (Diliman), proudly presents the much-awaited “Eigasai 2010” a Japanese Contemporary Film Festival on July 1 at Shang Cineplex Cinema 4 to open the month-long festivity.
Now on its 12th year, “Eigasai,” which literally means ‘film festival’, aims to bolster further the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Japan by continuously providing an opportunity for Filipinos to enhance the understanding and appreciation of Japanese arts and culture explored in this medium. This year’s offering brings together eight contemporary films and 2 anime films in 35mm and DVD format. An invitational screening of Always Sunset on Third Street 2 (Always zoku San-chome no yuhi, 2007) by director Yamazaki Takashi will be held on July 1 (Thursday) at 7:00 p.m. at the Shangri-La Plaza Cinema 4, Edsa, Mandaluyong City.
Completing this year’s roster of exciting films to be featured are
The Battery - Future in Our Hands （Batterii, 2007）directed by Takita Yojiro,
I Just Didn’t Do It (Soredemo boku wa yatte nai, 2007) directed by Suo Masayuki,
How to Become Myself (Ashita no watashi no tsukurikata, 2007) directed by Ichikawa Jun,
The Bandage Club (Houtai kurabu, 2007) directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Glasses (Megane, 2007) directed by Ogigami Naoko,
Fourteen (Juyon-sai, 2007) directed by Hirosue Hiromasa,
TOKYO TOWER Mom & Me, and Sometimes Dad (Tokyo tawaa Okan to boku to tokidoki oton, 2007) directed by Matsuoka Joji,
and the two anime films Miyori in the Sacred Forest (Miyori no mori, 2007) directed by Yamamoto Nizo and
Frantz Kafka’s A Country Doctor (Kafka Inaka isha, 2007) directed by Yamamura Koji.
All films will be shown with English subtitles. Admission is free. Screening venues are at the Shangri-La Plaza Cinema 4 (July 1 to 11) and UP Film Institute (August 18 to 21). For detailed screening schedules and inquiries, please access the Japan Foundation, Manila website: www.jfmo.org.ph or call the JFM telephone numbers (+632) 811-6155 to 58.
for the anime part its on Sunday and both almost at the same time :-(
ReplyDelete04-Jul, Sun, 1:30pm
Frantz Kafka’s A Country Doctor
04-Jul, Sun, 2:00pm
Miyori in the Sacred Forest
oh dear...researching Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor
ReplyDeleteKafka Inaka isha（田舎医者） seems to indicate its too deep for my distracted mind..
Interpretation
Louis H. Leiter saw in the tale a cogent argument for existentialism:
"A Country Doctor" comments on man, who, buffeted by the scheme of things, is unable to transcend the part assigned him by the absurdity of that existence. Because he does not lack conscious knowledge of his condition, but refuses to act in the face of his portentous freedom, the doctor, an archetype of the anti-existential hero, deserves his fate. Lacking the human stuff necessary to create and structure situations, he permits himself to be manipulated by the groom, the family, and the horses; but he becomes, by submitting, a tool within the situations they create. Never, consciously, does he attempt through an overt act, until too late, to establish his own essence, to rise above any manipulative value he possesses for others. As doctor he is a thing, an object, a tool; as man he is nothing.
*mutters* am so not in the mood for thinking over existentialism these days...
Miyori of the Forest is very much in the vein of Miyazaki's wonderful "Princess Mononoke", "Spirited Away" and "My Neighbor Totoro", the excellent "Earth Maiden Arjuna" and the equally excellent series "Mushishi" (AKA "Bugmaster").
ReplyDeleteYAY!
might catch this in UP cause it's nearer =) will you dare go to Shang? i saw it in the news. it's really sad
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the news...please don't tell me the teacher committed suicide inside the theater?
ReplyDeletehindi guro, doktor ang nagpakamatay sa shang. lumundag mula sa mataas na floor
ReplyDeleteay oo..dentist pala...but was it determined suicide or pushed off?
ReplyDeleteeven so...tsk..tsk...
Latest news say that it was most likely a suicide. A witness described her as going over the escalator.
ReplyDeleteto reach the stage of going through all the trials, getting one's degree and being a dentist..tapos mag suicide lang..its a sad ending...also, hirap naman sa mall, anybody can just jump off if ganon..
ReplyDeleteMall management insists that their place is safe (inspite of the incident).
ReplyDeleteSome say that the moment a person starts the act of suicide, he is no longer sane or normal. Because it is not normal, indeed it goes against all human instincts, to kill oneself.
ReplyDeletewell, I suppose it might be true..after all, take SM..anybody can just go over the rails there too...siguro yung Glorietta 1-4 lang ang di pwede...coz its not that high :-) hopefully one who tries to may have sprains or fractures something...
ReplyDeletethat is because it reminds me of a joke told before ..of the difference between one who jumps from 2nd floor and from 20th floor :-)
so how about Japan? suicide seems to be high...does this mean maraming abnormal na Hapon?
ReplyDeleteIf the premise is that the act of suicide is not a normal human act, then it stands to reason that the Japanese suicide are abnormal. Unless...they are not human.
ReplyDeleteand so abnormality may translate to not being human...inhumanity?
ReplyDeleteunless not being human equals being abnormal...
ay...kagigising lang eh...magkape nga muna ako before trying to present myself with a veneer of normalcy...
ano Marie? baka tmrw na lang ako sa anime :-)
am wondering if open ba Shang ngayon..
bukas yun, tingin mo titiisin ng shang ang milyong milyong revenue for the day dahil lang sa nangyari
ReplyDeletee kc like yung sunog sa Rustans di ba..yung sa grocery ba yon nangyari recently...di ba sinara?
ReplyDeleteay talaga?
ReplyDeleteI remember coz I had reunion lunch kc with a couple of my high school batchmates...tapos yung isa naka-check-in sa Shangrila Edsa...when we passed by sa mall...e sarado..kc nga may sunog don sa grocery...which I think was Rustans..
ReplyDeleteApril 24 pala yon...
For those who may be interested:
ReplyDeleteDate Time Length Title (English)
04-Jul Sun 1:30pm 0:21 Frantz Kafka’s A Country Doctor
2:00pm 1:56 Miyori in the Sacred Forest
4:30pm 2:23 I Just Didn’t Do It
7:00pm 2:22 TOKYO TOWER Mom & Me, and Sometimes Dad
05-Jul Mon 2:00pm 1:54 Fourteen
4:30pm 2:23 I Just Didn’t Do It
06-Jul Tue 2:00pm 1:46 Glasses
4:30pm 1:58 The Bandage Club
07-Jul Wed 2:00pm 1:37 How to Become Myself
4:30pm 1:59 The Battery Future in Our Hands
7:00pm 2:26 Always Sunset on Third Street 2
08-Jul Thu 2:00pm 1:54 Fourteen
4:30pm 2:22 TOKYO TOWER Mom & Me, and Sometimes Dad
09-Jul Fri 2:00pm 1:58 The Bandage Club
4:30pm 2:26 Always Sunset on Third Street 2
7:00pm 0:21 Frantz Kafka’s A Country Doctor
7:30pm 1:56 Miyori in the Sacred Forest
10-Jul Sat 2:00pm 1:37 How to Become Myself
4:30pm 1:59 The Battery Future in Our Hands
7:00pm 2:26 Always Sunset on Third Street 2
11-Jul Sun 1:30pm 0:21 Frantz Kafka’s A Country Doctor
2:00pm 1:56 Miyori in the Sacred Forest
4:30pm 1:46 Glasses
7:00pm 2:22 TOKYO TOWER Mom & Me, and Sometimes Dad
Argh!
ReplyDeleteThe film was to be shown 2 pm.
I was there 12:40 pm...no more tickets..not for the 1:30, not for the 2...
so what to do when I already travelled to Shang?
E di..Eclipse na lang ;-(
And I was so looking forward to watching the anime that I even woke up before my usual time..*sigh*
everything is on the internet dont worry
ReplyDeletestreaming ako sister...di ako nag-do-download...but well, cge, I will try to look for it...or if you do have a good link to try out...please give me a hoot...
ReplyDeleteganto, pag me kelangan ka na book or movie or tv show sa internet in google type the full title tapos lagyan mo ng word na "torrent". you need a torrent application to download it. if you're browser is opera may torrent downloader na na kasama yun. i'll teach you when i sleep over there
ReplyDeleteMarie...di ako pwede mag download usually..but cge, baka pwede don sa kabilang laptop ko na personal (I don't like downloading usually and have some patience when it comes to streaming hehe)...
ReplyDeletemy browsers are just IE and Firefox..I'd prefer not to install another one...
cge, to our next food trip or massage or when you come on over to sleep...este to work..hahaha
IE? hello, dark ages!!
ReplyDeletehello...standard sa aming work laptop ang IE...
ReplyDeletebawal nga Firefox sana i-install eh..hehehe..oops..yata everyone ang access nitong post na ito..mabuking pa ako..
oh ok it's for work - you are forgiven by me. lol
ReplyDeletedi ka pa satisfied na at least may Firefox ako? :-)
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