June 5 - 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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Kinema Club Conference

Film and Moving Images from Japan NOW – Film in the New Media Ecology
Conference in English
Free admission
Friday, June 5, 9:00 – 12:30
Saturday, June 6, 9:00 – 12:30
Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Theater, Film and Media Science, room: IG 7.312

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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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Culinary Tour

Duration: ca. 3 h
Guided tour in German
Meeting point: Fountain at "Kaiserplatz", Frankfurt (metro station "Willy-Brandt-Platz")
Wednesday, June 3, 16:00
Friday, June 5, 11:00

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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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Appleseed Alpha

アップルシード　アルファ
Director: Shinji ARAMAKI
Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 93 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 12
Friday, June 5, 12:00 Mousonturm Saal
Sunday, June 7, 22:30 Mal Seh'n Kino

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The Cockpit

Director: Sho MIYAKE
Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 64 min, Japanese with English subtitles
German premiere
Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
Friday, June 5, 13:00 Naxoshalle Kino

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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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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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Film Criticism in Japan

A lecture by Maria Römer, M.A. in in English
Admission free
Friday, June 5, 15:00 Mousonturm Studio 3

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Hello, Supernova

ハロー、スーパーノヴァ
Director: Yuichiro KONNO
Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 88 min, Japanese with English subtitles
International premiere in the presence of the director and the film crew
Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
Friday, June 5, 15:00 Naxoshalle Kino

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Cooking class: Onigiri

Workshop in German
Friday, June 5, 16:00 Mousonturm Studio 1

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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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Shinji SOMAI and the Long Take

Lecture by Aaron Gerow in English
Free admission
Friday, June 5, 17:00 Kino im Deutschen Filmmuseum

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A Little Girl's Dream

夢は牛のお医者さん
Yume wa ushi no oishasan
Director: Yoshiaki TOKITA
Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 86 min, Japanese with English subtitles
International premiere
Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
Friday, June 5, 17:15 Naxoshalle Kino

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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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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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Sake Workshop

Workshop in German
Friday, June 5, 18:00 Mousonturm Studio 3

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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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Dreamy Fifteen

翔んだカップル
Tonda kappuru
Direktor: Shinji SOMAI
Japan 1980, 16mm, 106 min, Japanese with English subtitles
German premiere
Friday, June 6, 18:00 Cinema in the German Film Museum

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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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JVTA presents: Shinsengumi

新選組
Shinsengumi
Director: Kon ICHIKAWA
Japan 2000, Blu-ray, 86 min, Japanese with English subtitles
International premiere
Friday, June 5, 20:00 Naxoshalle Kino

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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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Typhoon Club

台風クラブ
Director: Shinji SOMAI
Japan 1984, 16mm, 114 min, Japanese with English subtitles
Friday, June 5, 20:15 Cinema in the German Film Museum

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Karaoke Party

Admission free
Friday, June 5, starting 21:00 Mousonturm Café

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Usaginingen

Audio-Visual Performance
Friday, June 5, 21:00 Mousonturm Studio 1

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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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Film Talk

With Keiko ARAKI (director of PIA Film Festival, Tokyo) and Tokitoshi SHIOTA (director of Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival)
Moderation: Roland Domenig
Free admission
Friday, June 5, 22:15 Mousonturm Studio 3

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Treasure Ship: Latitudes of Lust

色道四十八手　たからぶね
Shikido shiju hatte: takarabune
Director & script: Koichiro IKAWA
Japan 2014, Blu-ray, 71 min, Japanese with English subtitles
International premiere in the presence of the director and the film crew
Competition Nippon Visions Jury Award and Nippon Visions Audience Award
Friday, June 5, 22:15 Naxoshalle Kino

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Love Hotel

ラブホテル
Director: Shinji SOMAI
Japan 1985, 16 mm, 88 min, Japanese with English subtitles
With an introduction by Dimitri Ianni
Friday, June 5, 22:30 Cinema in the German Film Museum

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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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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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