June 4 - Nippon Connection - Japanese Film Festival 2015

Nippon BookCrossing

Free admission
Tuesday, June 2 - Sunday, June 7 Mousonturm Café

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Tokyo Reverse

A video installation by SANDL
Free admission
Tuesday, June 2 – Sunday, June 7 Mousonturm 1.OG

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Japanese Boardgames Go & Shogi

Free admission

Go
Wednesday, June 3 – Sunday, June 7 (Naxoshalle Tea Lounge)
Thursday, June 4, 19:00 free introduction for adults with Gunnar Dickfeld

Shogi
Saturday, June 6, 11:00 – 24:00 Naxoshalle Café
Sunday, June 7, 11:00 – 21:00 Naxoshalle Café

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Tea Lounge & Café

Free admission
Tuesday, June 2 – Sunday, June 7 Naxoshalle

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Live Painting with Kozue KODAMA

Free admission
Wednesday, June 3, – Saturday, June 6, Naxoshalle Café

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Japanese Massages

Shiatsu Massage
Thursday, June 4 – Friday, June 5 11:00 – 18:00 Naxoshalle Café
Appointments on site

Kaifuku Seitai Massage
Saturday, June 6 – Sunday, June 7 11:00 – 18:00 Naxoshalle Café
Appointments on site

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Nippon Yatai – Japanese market

Admission free
Mousonturm first floor / Mousonturm Studio 2 / Naxoshalle Café
Tuesday, June 2, 17:00 – 24:00
Wednesday, June 3, 13:30 – 24:00
Thursday, June 4, – Saturday, June 6, 11:00 – 24:00
Sunday, June 7, 11:00 – 21:00

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Blindly in Love

箱入り息子の恋
Hakoiri musuko no koi
Director: Masahide ICHII
Japan 2013, HDcam, 117 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
German premiere
Thursday, June 4, 12:00 Mousonturm Saal

Details Blindly in Love

Cooking class: Yokai Watch-Bento

Workshop in Japanese with German translation
Thursday, June 4, 12:00 Mousonturm Studio 1

Details Cooking class: Yokai Watch-Bento

Japanischkurs für Kids mit Manga und Anime

Japanese Language Course for Kids with Manga and Anime

For kids ages 8 and up
Workshop in German
Thursday, June 4, 12:00 Mousonturm Studio 3

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No Silence, Please! Ichiro KATAOKA presents: The Police Officer

警察官
Keisatsukan
Director: Tomu UCHIDA
Japan 1933, 35mm, 121 min, Japanese with English subtitles
Accompanied by cinema narrator (benshi) Ichiro KATAOKA and musical accompaniment by Günter A. Buchwald
Thursday, June 4, 12:00 Cinema in the German Film Museum

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Tama Art University Special

We Don’t Go Home
姉と弟　こどもと大人（とそうでないひと）
Ane to ototo kodomo to otona (to sodenai hito)
Director, script & camera: Aya KAWAZOE
Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 40 min, Japanese with English subtitles
German premiere

A Song that Never Ends
終わりのない歌
Owari no nai uta
Director & script: Sora HOKIMOTO
Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 68 min, Japanese with English subtitles
International premiere in the presence of the director
Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
Thursday, June 4, 12:30 Naxoshalle Kino

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Makeup for Kids

Free admission
Thursday, June 4, 14:00 – 17:00 Site in front of the Naxoshalle
Saturday, June 6, – Sunday, June 7, 14:00 – 17:00 Site in front of the Naxoshalle

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Kabukicho Love Hotel

さよなら歌舞伎町
Sayonara Kabukicho
Director: Ryuichi HIROKI
Japan 2014, DCP, 135 min, Japanese with English subtitles
German premiere in the presence of the director
Competition Nippon Cinema Award
Thursday, June 4, 14:30 Mousonturm Saal

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Baby-Shiatsu Workshop

Suitable for babies up to the crawling age
Workshop in German
Thursday, June 4, 15:00 Mousonturm Studio 3

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Hold Your Breath Like A Lover

息を殺して
Iki o koroshite
Director: Kohei IGARASHI
Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 85 min, Japanese with English subtitles
German premiere in the presence of the director Kohei IGARASHI and the producer Makoto OKI
Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
Thursday, June 4, 15:00 Naxoshalle Kino

Details Hold Your Breath Like A Lover

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

かぐや姫の物語
Kaguyahime no monogatari
Director: Isao TAKAHATA
Japan 2013, DCP, 137 min, German, FSK 0
Special Screening: Nippon Kids
Thursday, June 4. 15:30 Mal Seh'n Kino

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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Director: Isao TAKAHATA
German
Thursday, June 4, 15:30 Mal Seh'n Kino

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The Coming of "Anime": Misconceptions & Clarifications

Lecture by Roland Domenig in English
Free admission
Thursday, June 4, 16:00 Mousonturm Studio 1

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Tokyo University of the Arts: Animation

In presence of Yuichi ITO
Thursday, June 4, 17:00 Naxoshalle Kino

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Burning Soul – Tokyo Punk Photography

by Hiroko MATSUSHITA
Free admission
Ausstellungsraum Eulengasse
Wednesday, June 3 – Sunday, June 14
Vernissage: Wednesday, June 3, 19:00
Opening hours:
Thursday 17:00 – 21:00
Friday 15:00 – 18:00
Saturday and Sunday 15:00 – 19:00

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Game Center

Admission free (minimum age for admission 18 years)
Mousonturm Studio 2
Tuesday, June 2, 17:00 – 24:00
Wednesday, June 3, 13:30 – 24:00
Thursday, June 4, – Saturday, June 6, 11:00 – 24:00
Sunday, June 7, 11:00 – 21:00

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The Round Table

円卓こっこ、ひと夏のイマジン
Entaku kokko, hitonatsu no imagin
Director: Isao YUKISADA
Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 113 min, Japanese with English subtitles
European premiere
Competition Nippon Cinema Award
Thursday, June 4, 17:30 Mousonturm Saal

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KUROSAWA – Die Ästhetik des langen Abschieds

A reading with Dr. Marcus Stiglegger in German
Free admission
Thursday, June 4, 17:30 Mousonturm Café

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Her Granddaughter

娚の一生
Otoko no issho
Director: Ryuichi HIROKI
Japan 2015, DCP, 119 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
German premiere in the presence of the director
Competition Nippon Cinema Award
Thursday, June 4, 18:00 Mal Seh’n Kino
Saturday, June 6, 14:30 Mousonturm Saal

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Sake Lounge

Admission free
Tuesday, June 2 – Saturday, June 6, 18:00 – 23:00 Uhr Mousonturm 1. OG

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Fukushima and the Cinema of Slow Death

A lecture by Dan O’Neill in English
Admission free
Thursday, June 4, 18:00 Mousonturm Studio 3
CANCELLED

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Soup Lounge

Free admission
Mousonturm Café
Tuesday, June 2, & Wednesday, June 3, starting from 17:00
Thursday, June 4, starting from 18:30
Friday, June 5, – Sunday, June 7, starting from 17:00

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Chigasaki Story

3泊4日、5時の鐘
Sanpaku yokka, goji no kane
Director & script: Takuya MISAWA
Japan / Thailand 2014, Blu-ray, 89 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 6
German premiere in the presence of the director
Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
Thursday, June 4, 19:30 Naxoshalle Kino

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100 Yen Love

百円の恋
Hyakuen no koi
Director: Masaharu TAKE
Japan 2014, DCP, 113 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
German premiere in the presence of director Masaharu TAKE, actress Sakura ANDO and script writer Shin ADACHI
Competition Nippon Cinema Award
Thursday, June 4, 20:00 Mousonturm Saal

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Nippon Home Cinema

With Dr. Marcus Stiglegger and Kai Naumann
Thursday, June 4, 20:00 Mousonturm Studio 1

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Parasyte: Part 1

寄生獣
Kiseiju
Director: Takashi YAMAZAKI
Japan 2014, HDcam, 108 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 16
German premiere
Competition Nippon Cinema Award
Wednesday, June 3. 17:00 Mousonturm Saal
Thursday, June 4, 20:30 Mal Seh'n Kino

Details Parasyte: Part 1

Film Talk

With Yuichi ITO (professor at Tokyo University of the Arts and director HARBOR TALE)
Moderation: Catherine Munroe Hotes
Free admission
Thursday, June 4, 20:30 Mousonturm Studio 3

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DUAL CITY

デュアル・シティ
Director: Yokna HASEGAWA
Japan 2015, Blu-ray, 100 min, Japanese with English subtitles
International premiere in the presence of the director
Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
Thursday, June 4, 22:00 Naxoshalle Kino

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Parasyte: Part 2

寄生獣完結編
Kiseiju kanketsu hen
Director: Takashi YAMAZAKI
Japan 2015, HDcam, 117 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 16
German premiere, in presence of the actor Tadanobu ASANO on June 3
Competition Nippon Cinema Award
Wednesday, June 3, 19:30 Mousonturm Saal
Thursday, June 4, 22:30 Mal Seh'n Kino

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Film Talk

With Sakura ANDO (actress 100 Yen Love; 0.5 mm)
Moderation: Maggie Lee
Free admission
Thursday, June 4, 22:30 Mousonturm Studio 3

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A Courtesan with Flowered Skin

花宵道中
Hanayoi dochu
Director: Keisuke TOYOSHIMA
Japan 2014, DCP, 102 min, Japanese with English subtitles
German premiere
Competition Nippon Cinema Award
Wednesday, June 3, 22:45 Mal Seh’n Kino
Thursday, June 4, 22:45 Mousonturm Saal

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