All About Lily Chou-Chou

The Canada Japan Society is proud to present a screening of Shunji Iwai’s 2001masterpiece “All About Lily Chou-Chou”, a brutal tale of teenaged isolation, bullying, and fan obsession, Iwai tells the story of high school students trying to transcend their troubled lives through their worship of the fictional pop icon, Lily Chou-Chou. Shot luminously on digital video and featuring the music of Claude Debussy this is a film not onlt for lovers of Japanese cinema, but of cinema period!

Admission: $8.00 ($5.00 for CJS members)
Friday, November 16, 2007
7:00pm - 9:30pm
National Film Board Theatre
150 John Street
Toronto, ON

Post party will be at Everest Café 224 QUEEN ST W

Email: jeff@cjst.org

"Changing Japan - Looking back and looking ahead"

An Event Not to be Missed!

Kick off event for a new Japan-Canada business speaker series
co-hosted by the JCCC and the CJS of Toronto

"Changing Japan - Looking back and looking ahead
An evening with Robert Ulmer "

The Canada Japan Society of Toronto and the JCCC are pleased to present the first of a business speaker series - an evening with Robert Ulmer, a respected expert on Japan. He will present his views on the changes Japan has been going through and the changes Japan will continue to experience. If you are interested in Japan and in Canada-Japan relations, this is one event you cannot miss!

Robert Ulmer is one of the founding members of the Canada Japan Society of Toronto and is presently representing the Government of Ontario in Japan as Counselor of Ontario International Marketing Centre at the Embassy of Canada in Japan. He was formerly with Scotiabank and with JETRO.

DATE: Thursday, November 8th
TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
PLACE: JCCC (6 Garamond Court, Toronto)
FEE: $10.00
Light refreshments will be served

Please RSVP to 416-441-2345 by Friday, Nov. 2.

The Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival

This is the fifth year of the festival which presents innovative short films highlighting contemporary Japanese culture.

The festival is held at:
Innis Town Hall,
2 Sussex Avenue @ St. George Street (one block south of Bloor)

Dates & Screening Times
Thu, Nov. 8th - 6:30pm, 8:15pm
Fri, Nov. 9th - 6:30pm, 8:15pm, 10:00pm
Sat, Nov. 10th - 4:45pm, 6:30pm, 8:15pm, 10:00pm Sun, Nov. 11th - 6:30pm

Ticket Information

Single Ticket: $7 in advance, $10 at the door
5 Screenings Pass: $27 in advance, $35 at the door
Closing Party: $10 in advance

Advance Tickets are on sale now at
Queen Video (480 Bloor St. W. & 412 Queen St. W.) Little Tokyo (199 Augusta Ave.) SANKO (730 Queen St. W.)

A complete schedule and description of each film is available on the festival web site at http://www.tjsff.ca

The Reel Asian Film Festival

The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and. Works include films and videos by East and Southeast Asian artist in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over the world. Of special note to Japanese Film fans is their closing night film: “SAKURAN” (2007) by Mika Ninagawa.

November 14-18
Various Locations
Film schedules can be found here: http://www.reelasian.com/schedule.php
Ticket information can be found here: http://www.reelasian.com/boxoffice/

The Canada Japan Society is co-presenting a special party during the festival:
Canadian Filmmakers Party: Lightning Doodle Project
Nov 15 2007, 8:30pm
SPIN Gallery, 1100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor
Details here: http://www.reelasian.com/party.php?party_id=16

For more information on either of the festivals, please visit their websites or don’t hesitate to contact me. Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Jeff Harju
jeff@cjst.org

KAIRO (PULSE) directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

The Canada-Japan Society is proud to present a special screening of the original J-horror classic,  Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Kairo (Pulse)'.  After discovering a mysterious site online a group of young men and women begin to suspect that something very strange is going on on the internet, but when people  suddenly start disappearing, could this 'haunting' herald the end of the world?

The screening will be followed by food and drink at the Sushi Queen on Queen West near University. Admission only $8.00 ($5.00 CJS Members)

This event is set for 7:00 pm on Friday, October 19, 2007 at the National Film Board Theatre, 150 John Street.

Space is limited so please RSVP to jeff@cjst.org