2022 Official Selection (May 21 - 30, 2022)
In-Theater Screenings (Chicago, IL, 3 films)
Festival Opening
Drama | Japan | Japan | 2020 | 93 min. | North American Premiere
Sat, May 21 @ 7:00pm CDT
at The Logan Theatre, Chicago, IL
Japanese Style
On New Year’s Eve, two strangers must share a tuk-tuk, an auto rickshaw, all the way to Yokohama. As their …
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Special Presentation
Drama | Japan | 2021 | 72 min. | R12+ | North American Premiere
Tue, May 24 @ 7:00pm CDT
at Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
Followed by Director’s virtual Q&A
truth: 1 Night,1 Room,
3 Baddest Bitches
A man, loved by three women, suddenly dies. On the night of his funeral, the three women gather in his studio …
Festival Closing
Documentary, Music | Japan | 2019 | 111 min. | International Premiere
Sun, May 29 @ 7:00pm CDT
at Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
The Seppuku Pistols
(Documentary)
2022 Audience Award Winner
Director and The Band Remarks: here
Appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments, the Seppuku Pistols are a taiko music …
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Virtual Screenings (U.S. only, 11 films)
Drama | Japan | 2021 | 74 Min. | International Premiere
Actress Montage
Four floundering actresses: an idol seeking answers in drugs and religion; a debutant besieged by …
Documentary, Ainu | Japan | 2019 | 61 min. | Midwest Premiere
Ainu - Indigenous People of Japan
Hokkaido is the homeland of the Ainu people. This documentary portrays four individuals with diverse …
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Drama, Romance | Japan | 2020 | 69 min. | North American Premiere
Arano
When Arano asks his classmate Fuko to be his art model, Fuko collapses under the intensity of the sensation …
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Drama | Japan | 2021 | 115 min. | Midwest Premiere
Before the Rainbow Falls
Despite continuing to play in his unsuccessful band, Kohei is surrounded by good friends and …
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Drama | Japan | 2022 | 86 min. | International Premiere
Howling
Ryuji is in 40s and has no job, no honor, no money, and no woman, but is suddenly offered a chance to prove …
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Drama | Japan | 2012 | 93 min. | Tribute
MY HOUSE
Suzumoto and Sumi creatively master their independent lives while living in a park in ….
Drama | Japan | 2020 | 118 min. | Midwest Premiere
Osaka Bros
This film’s screening has been suspended. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Horror, Romance | First Feature | Japan | 2021 | 84 min.
PARALLEL
The story unfolds with a coincidental meeting of a murderer, who repeatedly kills in the guise of an anime …
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Documentary | Japan | 2019 | 83 min.| North American Premiere
Shinjuku Tiger
A mysterious masked man appears in Shinjuku in 1972. Wearing a tiger mask, he continues to deliver …
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Drama | Japan | 2019 | 113 min. | North American Peremiere
The Takatsu River
The transmission of Kagura Dance, said to be the origin of kabuki, is the constant work of a story of people …
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Drama | Japan | 2022| 89 min. | North American Premiere
The World of You
Due to a life-threatening chronic illness, Yuki's goal is just to survive high school. But when she meets Maki …
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