November, 2015 - JAPANESE MOVIES AT THE TORONTO REEL ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

 

The Canada Japan Society is proud to once again be a sponsor for the TORONTO REEL ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, taking place from November 5 to 15^th, 2015. www.reelasian.com

This year we are co-sponsoring THREE J movies with a Japanese theme.

MISS HOKUSAI – Directed by Keiichi Hara, and based on the manga Sarusuberi by Hinako Sugiura, this anime feature is the untold story of artist O-Ei, aka Katsushika Oi, a free-spirited woman overshadowed by her larger-than-life father (Katsushika Hokusai ) in the late Edo Period.

http://www.reelasian.com/festival-events/miss-hokusai/

Saturday November 7, 2015 @ 9:00 pm  | AGO Jackman Hall

 

BALI BIG BROTHER – Directed by Toshio Lee, and adapted from Sho Kuroiwa’s best seller If You Work Abroad You Can Become a Tycoon, this film is a charming comedy with an all-star cast that transports the audience to the tropical paradise of Bali, while reminding everyone that wealth requires responsibility and happiness is simply a state of mind.

http://www.reelasian.com/festival-events/bali-big-brother/

Sunday November 8, 2015 @ 1:00 pm     | AGO Jackman Hall

 

INITIATION LOVE –  Directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Initiation Love tells the story of awkward and overweight Yuki Suzuki. Invited as a filler on group date, he meets the pretty and disarmingly forthright Mayu (Maeda Atsuko). After Mayu gifts him a pair of Nikes, Yuki promises to take up running and get in shape…once he does an off-kilter love triangle ensues!

http://www.reelasian.com/festival-events/initiation-love/

 Thursday November 12, 2015 @ 7:00 pm              | Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre 

 

CANADA JAPAN SOCIETY members can use promo code “astro19” to save 25% off regular ticket prices (online sales only…NOT valid for “Initiation Love” at the JCCC).  Feel free to use the code for most Reel Asian films you book online.

Thursday, December 10, 2015 - Royal Ontario Museum Daytime Lecture with Dr. Asato Ikeda: A Transnational History of Japanese Prints: the Inuit-Japan Exchange of the 1950s

Royal Ontario Museum Daytime Lecture with Dr. Asato Ikeda: A Transnational History of Japanese Prints: the Inuit-Japan Exchange of the 1950s

Thursday, December 10
11AM TO 12PM
Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6)...
 
FREE with admission to the ROM

Come on out to hear in person Dr. Ikeda’s presentation on the Inuit-Japan Exchange of the 1950’s!

Based on the true story of Canadian artist James Houston, ROM's Asato Ikeda takes you on an intercontinental journey between Canada's Far North and Japan. Explore the artistic exchange between Inuit and Japanese printmakers in the mid-Twentieth Century, and its impact on the history of Japanese woodblock prints.