Nippon Cinema

Japan as a film nation is very much alive. Japanese films account for more than 50% of their home country’s box office, and Japanese filmmakers are regularly invited to international film festivals. However, Japanese film does not figure as prominently in the international debate as it did in the 1990s. Still, this year’s NIPPON CINEMA program shows that Japan is a film force to be reckoned with. MIIKE, Sabu and TSUKAMOTO present their freshest films in years; Ryuichi HIROKI, Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI and Yuya ISHII reconfigure the Japanese family drama while Tetsuya NAKASHIMA takes cinema to dangerous new places. All that and the spectacle and entertainment of PARASYTE and SOLOMON’S PERJURY to boot!

In 2015, the audience will once again be able to bestow the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD upon their favorite film. The prize money of 2,000 € is donated by Bankhaus Metzler from Frankfurt.

100 Yen Love

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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Zatoichi – Der Blinde Samurai

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

  • 座頭市
    Zatoichi
  • Director: Takeshi KITANO
  • Japan 2003, Blu-ray, 116 min, Japanese with German subtitles, FSK 16
  • Film breakfast
  • Sunday, June 7, 10:30 Die Käs

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Blindly in Love

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

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Chasuke’s Journey
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Chasuke’s Journey

  • 天の茶助
    Ten no Chasuke
  • Director & script: Sabu
  • Japan/France 2015, DCP, 106 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
  • Sunday, June 7, 17:30 Mousonturm Saal

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A Courtesan with Flowered Skin

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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Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain

  • 野火
    Nobi
  • Director: Shinya TSUKAMOTO
  • Japan 2014, DCP, 87 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Friday, June 5, 22:15 Mousonturm Saal
  • Saturday, June 6, 22:30 Mal Seh'n Kino

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Her Granddaughter

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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Kabukicho Love Hotel

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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Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

  • トレジャーハンター・クミコ
  • Director: David Zellner
  • USA 2014, DCP, 105 min, English / Japanese with English subtitles
  • Sunday, June 7, 19:45 Mousonturm Saal
    With award ceremony

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La La La at Rock Bottom

La La La at Rock Bottom

  • 味園ユニバース
    Misono Universe
  • Director: Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
  • Japan 2015, DCP, 103 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Saturday, June 6, 22:45 Mousonturm Saal
  • Sunday, June 7, 18:00 Mal Seh'n Kino

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My Man
© 2014 "My Man" Film Partners

My Man

  • 私の男
    Watashi no otoko
  • Director: Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI
  • Japan 2014, DCP, 129 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • German premiere in the presence of Director Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI and main actor Tadanobu ASANO
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Tuesday, June 2, 19:30 Mousonturm Saal
    (with presentation of Nippon Honor Award)
  • Wednesday, June 3, 20:00 Mal Seh'n Kino

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Our Family

Our Family

  • ぼくたちの家族
    Bokutachi no kazoku
  • Director: Yuya ISHII
  • Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 117 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Wednesday, June 3, 14:30 Mousonturm Saal

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Over Your Dead Body

Over Your Dead Body

  • 喰女 – クイメ –
    Kuime
  • Director: Takashi MIIKE
  • Japan 2014, DCP, 94 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Tuesday, June 2, 22:45 Mousonturm Saal
  • Friday, June 5, 22:45 Mal Seh'n Kino

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Pale Moon

Pale Moon

  • 紙の月
    Kami no tsuki
  • Director: Daihachi YOSHIDA
  • Japan 2014, DCP, 126 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Saturday, June 6, 20:15 Mousonturm Saal
  • Sunday, June 7, 20:00 Mal Seh'n Kino

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Parasyte: Part 1

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

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Parasyte: Part 2

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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The Round Table
©2014 “THE ROUND TABLE” Film Partners

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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Seven Weeks

Seven Weeks

  • 野のなななのか
    No no nanananoka
  • Director & Script: Nobuhiko OBAYASHI
  • Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 171 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Friday, June 5, 14:00 Mousonturm Saal

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Silent Color Silent Voice

Silent Color Silent Voice

  • 島の色 静かな声
    Shima no iro shizukana koe
  • Director & Script: Ayako MOGI
  • Germany/Japan/France 2008, Blu-ray, 75 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • Wednesday, June 3, 20:00 Mousonturm Studio 3
  • Nippon Film Dinner

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Solomon’s Perjury 1: Suspicion

Solomon’s Perjury 1: Suspicion

  • ソロモンの偽証 前篇・事件
    Soromon no gisho: zenpen jiken
  • Director: Izuru NARUSHIMA
  • Japan 2015, HDcam, 121 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
  • International premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Friday, June 5, 17:45 Mal Seh’n Kino
  • Sunday, June 7, 12:00 Mousonturm Saal

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Solomon’s Perjury 2: Judgment

Solomon’s Perjury 2: Judgment

  • ソロモンの偽証 後篇・裁判
    Soromon no gisho: kohen saiban
  • Director: Izuru NARUSHIMA
  • Japan 2015, HDcam, 146 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
  • International premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Friday, June 5, 20:00 Mal Seh’n Kino
  • Sunday, June 7, 14:30 Mousonturm Saal

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Uzumasa Limelight

Uzumasa Limelight

  • 太秦ライムライト
    Uzumasa Limelight
  • Director: Ken OCHIAI
  • Japan 2014, DCP, 103 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Friday, June 5, 17:30 Mousonturm Saal
  • Saturday, June 6, 20:30 Mal Seh’n Kino

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The Voice of Water

The Voice of Water

  • 水の声を聞く
    Mizu no koe o kiku
  • Director: Masashi YAMAMOTO
  • Japan 2014, HDcam, 129 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 16
  • In the presence of the director
  • Saturday, June 6, 17:15 Mousonturm Saal

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The World of Kanako

The World Of Kanako

  • 渇き。
    Kawaki.
  • Director: Tetsuya NAKASHIMA
  • Japan 2014, DCP, 118 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • German premiere
  • Competition Nippon Cinema Award
  • Friday, June 5, 19:45 Mousonturm Saal
  • Saturday, June 6 18:00 Mal Seh'n Kino

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