June 8, 2012: The CJS and JAVA present MOTEKI at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival

The Canada Japan Society (CJS) and the Japanese Visitors Association (JAVA) are proud to be sponsoring the incredibly popular comedy MOTEKI during the first ever Toronto Japanese Film Festival (www.torontojff.com) this June at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC). This inaugural festival will be a two week showcase of the best of Japanese contemporary cinema in Toronto. Proceeds will go to the JCCC’s Japan Earthquake Relief Fund.

Moteki is the story of a 31 year-old virgin Yukiyo Fujimoto, a young fellow with no money, no aspirations and no girlfriend. Leaving his temp job, he decides to finally get a life and lands a job as a writer for an Internet news site. But love continues to elude him. At the nadir of his loneliness and social isolation comes the arrival of his “Moteki” – a period of sexual magnetism and romantic irresistibility.
Suddenly he finds himself in the amorous sights of four very attractive but very different women. Is Yukiyo ready for all the joy, heartbreak, promise, delusion, ecstasy, and agony that await him? Will he reach the elusive promised land of true love (sex included)?

Moteki is hilarious, energetic and heartfelt with extravagant visuals and an eclectic mix of main and subculture J-POP. Nominated for numerous Japanese Academy Awards, it was a Top Film selection of 2011 by The Japan Times, Kinema Jumpo and Eiga Geijutsu. 


MOTEKI
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre,
6 Garamond Court, Toronto
Friday, June 8th, 2012
7 pm start


Tickets purchased through JAVA or the CJS will be at a discounted rate of $8 each. They can be purchased at the following events:

CJS Ichimokukai – Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 – MANPUKU, 105 McCaul St, Units 29-31 (in the Village by the Grange building) 6pm – 10pm – Ask for Jeff

JCSA Language Exchange – Saturday, May 5th, 2012 – the University of Toronto’s Sandford Fleming Building (room 3201), 10 Kings College Road, 2:30pm – 5pm – Ask at front desk

High Park Spring Picnic with JAVA, JCSA, & JETAA – Sunday, May 6th, 2012 – High Park, (see javatoronto.com for location details), 1pm – 4pm – See JAVA Staff

CJS Annual General Meeting – Friday, May 11th, 2012 – National Film Board Theatre, 150 John Street (at Richmond), 2nd Floor 9pm – 11pm – Ask for Jeff

JAVA Pub Night – Friday, May 11th, 2012 – Alio, 108 Dundas St W, 8pm – 12pm – Ask at front desk

JCSA Language Exchange – Saturday, May 12th, 2012 – the University of Toronto’s Sandford Fleming Building (room 3201), 10
Kings College Road, 2:30pm – 5pm – Ask at front desk

JCSA Language Exchange – Saturday, May 19th, 2012 – the University of Toronto’s Sandford Fleming Building (room 3201), 10 Kings College Road, 2:30pm – 5pm – Ask at front desk

JCSA Language Exchange – Saturday, May 26th, 2012 – the University of Toronto’s Sandford Fleming Building (room 3201), 10 Kings College Road, 2:30pm – 5pm – Ask at front desk

JCSA Language Exchange – Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 – the University of Toronto’s Sandford Fleming Building (room 3201), 10 Kings College Road, 2:30pm – 5pm – Ask at front desk

CJS Ichimokukai – Thursday, June 7th, 2012 – MANPUKU, 105 McCaul St, Units 29-31 (in the Village by the Grange building) 6pm – 10pm – Ask for Jeff

For more information or ticket inquiries, please contact:
CJS: jeff@cjst.org
JAVA: letsjavatoronto@gmail.com