Japanese Film Festival | ACMI

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Japanese Film Festival

Experience the best in contemporary Japanese cinema, from film festival favourites and box-office hits to indie gems and quirky anime

22 Nov - 2 Dec 2018

Sharing the best in Japanese cinema for 2018, the 22nd Japanese Film Festival (JFF) celebrates diversity, highlighting unique stories told from unexpected angles and welcoming the exciting next generation of Japanese filmmaking talent.

Alongside the international film festival favourites, box office hits and risk-taking debuts, the Japanese Film Festival also includes a program of classic films. With 35mm films by directors from the Golden Age and New Wave periods of Japanese cinema, experience the history and legacy of Japan's rich cinematic culture - past and present.

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Films

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One Cut of the Dead

A zombie film gone wrong - in all the right ways

22 – 30 Nov 2018 96 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Nihonbashi

Based on the novel 'Nihonbashi' by Kyoka Izumi

23 Nov 2018 112 mins Free - bookings required

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Killing

If you can’t kill, your sword is meaningless

23 – 25 Nov 2018 90 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Dynamite Graffiti

It’s not all peachy in the life of a pornographer

23 Nov 2018 138 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Summer Blooms

A slice-of-life film that captures those delicate moments before life-changing decisions are made

24 Nov 2018 93 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Yakiniku Dragon

Charred by the outside world, tender at heart

24 Nov – 1 Dec 2018 126 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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SUKITA / The Shoot Must Go On

The one person David Bowie welcomed into his life with a camera

24 Nov 2018 115 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Love At Least

A story about the weight of the world and the buoyancy of hope

24 Nov 2018 109 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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The Third Murder

Can a criminal lawyer find a singular truth within different people’s truths?

24 Nov 2018 124 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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The Affair

Based on the novel 'Joen' by Masaaki Tachihara

25 Nov 2018 98 mins Free

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Goodbye, Grandpa!

A dysfunctional family is forced to reunite in this introspective feel-good drama

25 Nov 2018 104 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Tampopo

The universally loved ramen western returns to the big screen in digitally remastered 4K

25 Nov 2018 115 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

Navigate the tumultuous 1920s with the help of female sumo athletes, womanising anarchists, and vengeful vigilantes

25 Nov 2018 189 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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The Pornographers

Based on the novel 'The Pornographers' by Akiyuki Nosaka

26 Nov 2018 128 mins Free

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A Geisha

Based on the novel 'Gionbayashi' by Matsutaro Kawaguchi

27 Nov 2018 84 mins Free

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The Blood of Wolves

A gritty cop thriller set in 1980s Hiroshima at the brink of a Yakuza turf war

27 Nov – 1 Dec 2018 126 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Juvenile Jungle

Based on the novel 'Crazed Fruit' by Shintaro Ishihara

28 Nov 2018 86 mins Free

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Thicker Than Water

Sibling rivalry reaches all-out war in this darkly humorous family drama with a twist

28 Nov 2018 103 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Ramen Shop

From Japan to Singapore, connecting memories and family through food

29 Nov 2018 90 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Call Boy

Undressing female desire through the eyes of a call boy

29 Nov 2018 119 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Night is Short, Walk on Girl

An epic night out filled with chance encounters and strange romance

30 Nov 2018 93 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Wilderness

An award-winning five-hour epic and film festival favourite

1 Dec 2018 304 mins Special Screening Pricing $25

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We Make Antiques!

An antiques dealer and a ceramicist walk into a sushi bar

1 Dec 2018 105 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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My Friend 'A'

A powerful slow-burn thriller on regret and redemption

1 Dec 2018 129 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Manji: The Goddess of Mercy

Based on the novel 'Quicksand' by Junichiro Tanizaki

2 Dec 2018 90 mins Free

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River's Edge

A brutal and turbulent coming-of-age drama

2 Dec 2018 118 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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The Scythian Lamb

One sleepy village. Six convicted murderers

2 Dec 2018 126 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14

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Oh Lucy!

A dark comedy about culture clash and self-discovery

2 Dec 2018 96 mins Full $18.50 Concession $16.50 Member $14