O Japanese Film Festival (JFF), projeto realizado pela Japan Foundation para promover o cinema japonês em todo o mundo realiza o festival JFF Plus: Online Festival com exibição online e gratuita de recentes filmes.
O JFF Plus: Online Festival acontece durante 10 dias exibindo filmes recentes do cinema contemporâneo japonês, entusiastas podem ver os com horários pré-definidos e de diversos gêneros e gostos.
Todos os filmes do JFF Plus: Online Festival que estão na programação dedicada ao Brasil possuem legendas em português, inglês e outros idiomas, os filmes ficarão disponíveis por 24h a partir do horário programado, após o limite de validade não será mais possível das play no filme.
A Japan Foundation é a única instituição do Japão dedicada a realizar programas do âmbito cultural de aprofundamento do entretenimento entre o Japão e os outros países , com sede em Tóquio e 24 escritório em 23 países incluindo Brazil – SP
JFF Plus: Online Festival
Quando: de 05 à 14.02 com filme iniciando sempre as 21h
Quanto: Grátis
Onde: Site do JFF
_Programação_
Para ver os filmes basta clicar no nome que você será redirecionado
Dia 05.02
Project Dreams – How to Build Mazinger Z’s Hangar
Dir.HANABUSA Tsutomu, 2020, Drama • 1h 55m
Company employees are depicted earnestly grappling with meaningless things in this drama. Doi of the Maeda Construction Company’s Advertising group has little passion for his work. One day the group’s leader Asagawa declares, “Let’s build the hangar for Mazinger Z!” Having been dragged in by Asagawa, Doi and his co-workers commence putting on appearances of having taken on this request from a fantasy world.
A Story of Yonosuke
Dir.OKITA Shuichi, 2013, Drama • 2h 40m
It nostalgically depicts the interactions between a good-natured young man and his friends, while interweaving the past and present. In 1987, a youth named Yonosuke who is unable to decline the requests of others leaves his hometown of Nagasaki to start university life in Tokyo. One day as he is juggling classes and extracurricular activities, he goes to a driving school and meets Shoko, the daughter of a company president, who takes a liking to him.
GON, THE LITTLE FOX
Dir.YASHIRO Takeshi, 2019, Animation • 27min
When Gon, a playful orphaned fox, finds that young Hyoju has lost his mother, he tries to comfort him and make amends for his own earlier mischiefs by secretly bringing small gifts to the boy every day. But Hyoju doesn’t realize who is behind the anonymous gifts, and the two are headed for a heartbreaking climax.
Dia 06.02
Sumikkogurashi: Good to be in the corner
Dir. Mankyu, 2019, Animation • 1h 5m
Sumikko and friends discover a pop-out picture book in the basement of Cafe Sumikko, their favorite coffeeshop. As they look at the book, the pop-ups suddenly start moving and Sumikko and friends get sucked into the book.
Stolen Identity
Dir. NAKATA Hideo, 2018, Mystery, Thriller • 1h 56m
Surreal terror of the heroine is depicted throughout the film, after personal information from a smartphone is stolen, which later leads to a murder case.
One day, Asami calls her boyfriend, but a stranger answers the phone. He explains he found her boyfriend’s phone, and returns it a few days later. Since then, strange things keep happening to Asami. She is now a target of a serial killer who gradually exposes her secret.
Key Of Life
Dir.UCHIDA Kenji, 2012, Comedy • 2h 8m
Sakurai is a struggling actor, and Kondo is a hit-man with amnesia. Sakurai, who became a hit-man on a whim, finds himself taking on dangerous jobs. Kondo, caught up in pretending to be Sakurai for a play, is being wooed by Kanae.
Drawer Hobs
Dri.KISE Kazuchika, 2011, Animation • 24min
Unfulfilled call-center employee Noeru lives alone in a cheap apartment in a big city. One day, without notice, her mother sends her an old and bulky chest of drawers. Not exactly the most welcome piece of furniture for Noeru’s tiny place! But from that day, breakfast is ready in the morning although she doesn’t recall of having cooked any. And the kitchen is clean and tidy instead of the usual mess. And… wait, what are those weird kids doing in her room?
Dia 07.02
Peace
Dir. SODA Kazuhiro, 2010, Documentary • 1h 15m
In Okayama City in Okayama Prefecture, Soda’s father-in-law Kashiwagi Toshio is a driver for the elderly and disabled, and his mother-in-law Hiroko runs an non-profit organization. The yard in front of their home has become a haven for stray cats. Their simple everyday life offers glimpses of the meaning of peace.
One Night
Dir. SHIRAISHI Kazuya, 2019, Drama • 2h 3m
A mother and her three children find their fate thrown into chaos by an incident that happened one night. The family members each go their separate ways but reunite after 15 years and struggle to restore their family bonds.
PIGTAILS
Dir. ITAZU Yoshimi, 2015, Animation • 28min
The earth shook. The sea roared. And then… There is a small house solitary standing by the seaside. A pigtail-braided girl has been living there alone since that fateful day. Mail is no longer delivered, but even this morning, she’s hanging out the laundry as usual. A thought-provoking fable of hope and rebirth in a cruel and gentle world after an unnamed disaster.
Dia 08.02
Tremble All You Want
Dir. OHKU Akiko, 2017, Drama, Comedy • 1h 57m
4-year-old office employee Yoshika has a secret crush on her former junior high school classmate Ichi, but then her colleague Ni asks her to be his girlfriend. She’s excited but ambivalent about being asked out by a guy for the first time in her life, and she decides to throw a reunion party so she can see Ichi again. Yoshika anguishes over her feelings about Ichi versus Ni and ideals versus reality.
Lady Maiko
Dir. SUO Masayuki, 2014, Musical, Comedy • 2h 15m
Haruko aspires to become a maiko, and makes her way to Shimohachiken, a geisha quarter in Kyoto. She is accepted for an apprenticeship through the auspices of Kyono, a linguistic scholar who is intrigued by her thick Kagoshima and Tsugaru dialect, and trains furiously to become a fully-fledged maiko.
NORMAN THE SNOWMAN -The Northern Light
Dir. YASHIRO Takeshi, 2013, Animation • 25min
As the first snow falls on a town in the northern country, a boy sneaks out of his house to board a northbound train with his friend “Norman the Snowman.” They are off to witness the beautiful wonders of nature that Norman had always talked about.
Dia 09.02
Tora-san in Goto
dir. OURA Masaru, 2016, Documentary • 1h 54m
A documentary shot from 1993 and over 22 years chronicled a large family who make their living as udon noodle makers on the Goto Archipelago in Nagasaki Prefecture. Inuzuka Torao, known as “Tora of Goto” runs an udon noodle making business on the Goto Archipelago. Everyday, his seven children wake up at 5am, help with the business for an hour, then head for school. Over the 22 years the documentary follows them, the children all grow up.
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
Dir. OZU Yasujiro, 1952, Classic • 1h 55m
The story is about a middle aged couple who are different in every way, from each other. However in a critical situation, they find a hope for a renewal of their marriage when they share a simple meal together. As with all of OZU’s films, the family unit, in crisis, is portrayed, with warmth, humor, and resignation to the limit of life.
KICK-HEART
Dir. YUASA Masaaki, 2013, Animation • 13min
Kick-Heart is a love story between Romeo, a successful pro-wrestler, and Juliet, a nun who lives a secret double-life as a female pro-wrestler. Romeo’s secret is that he enjoys taking a beating in the ring, while Juliet feels invigorated when facing her opponents as a wrestler. When the two meet in the ring, the fireworks fly. Will Juliet reveal her true identity to the one she loves? Will Romeo be able to share his secret to the world?
Dia 10.02
RAILWAYS
dir. NISHIKORI Yoshinari, 2010, Drama • 2h 10m
Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over his work and has no time for his family. But one day, his mother in Shimane falls ill, and his best friend dies in an accident. Grief-stricken, Hajime returns home, where memories of his childhood dream come back to him. He had always wanted to be a train conductor and drive the local “bataden” Ichibata Electric Railway.
Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday
Dir. OKITA Shuichi, 2014, Drama • 1h 28m
Comedy about the struggles of seven aging women on a tour to view fall foliage who get lost in the mountains. Seven aging women get together for a tour of fall foliage that includes hot springs and a spectacular waterfall. They enjoy themselves as they head up the mountain, but their tour guide vanishes. Left behind in the mountains, the seven women begin to discover themselves as they deal with survival.
NORMAN THE SNOWMAN-On a Night of Shooting Stars
Dir. YASHIRO Takeshi, 2016, Animation • 25min
Tomorrow is the night of the shooting stars! A new chapter of “Norman the Snowman” begins as Norman and the Boy embark on another venture to see the star-filled sky.
Dia 11.02
Tokyo Marble Chocolate
Dir. SHIOTANI Naoyoshi, 2007, Animation • 60min
Serious and generous, but a bit shy, Yudai has been unsuccessful with the opposite sex. Chizuru is an energetic and cheerful girl, but when it comes to boyfriends, she’s been unlucky and clumsy, and never had a steady relationship. This is the first Christmas the couple spends together. Chizuru loves animals and Yudai plans to give her a rabbit in a box, but it turns out to be… a mini donkey?! As the funny creature escapes, Chizuru goes after it, and Yudai loses sight of them both…
Café Funiculi Funicula
Dir. TSUKAHARA Ayuko, 2018, Drama, Fantasy • 1h 56m
Urban legend has it that you can return to your chosen point in the past at Funiculi Funicula, the coffee shop where Tokita Kazu works. Kiyokawa Fumiko hears the rumor and shows up to talk again with her childhood friend, who left for the US after they had a fight. But, several rules must be obeyed in order to travel back to the past.
The Girl from the Other Side
Dir. KUBO Yutaro e MAIYA Satomi
ouch not the Outsiders, lest ye become an Outsider. But when two creatures belonging to opposite kinds -a lost little girl from the Inside and a demonic beast-looking Outsider- initiate an impossible coexistence on the same side of the forest, their bond seems to transcend their incompatible natures and the unnamed curse that has divided the world. Based on Angouleme-nominated, eponymous best-selling graphic novel by manga artist Nagabe.
Dia 12.02
0.5mm
Dir. ANDO Momoko, 2014, Drama • 3h 16m
Sawa works as a caretaker. One day she gets involved into unexpected events which have her lose her job and money. Not having a house to live and money to spend, she begins to hunt for her “clients” in the street, suggesting to take care of them as a sleep-in caretaker. She targets old men who seem having problems in their lives. At first they get confused by Sawa’s aggressive attitude and lots of energy, but gradually let her into their lives, and their “almost dead” lives start to shine again…
TSUKIJI WONDERLAND
Dir. Naotaro Endo, 2016, Documentary • 1h 50m
Through the lives of professionals working at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, the film portrays how Tsukiji has been the center of fish culinary culture and helped Japanese food culture to flourish as we know it today.
Moon of a sleepless night
Dir. YASHIRO Takeshi, 2015, Animation • 27min
A squirrel and a boy set out on a journey together to restore daylight. They must find and release the moon stuck high up on a tree somewhere far, far away.
Dia 13.02
DANCE WITH ME
dir. YAGUCHI Shinobu, 2019, Musical Comedy • 1h 43m
Shizuka works at a big Tokyo trading company and harbors a secret crush on her dashing boss. One weekend she takes her niece to visit a carnival hypnotist to inspire her for an upcoming school musical. But it is Shizuka who falls under the spell and she is soon breaking uncontrollably into song and dance whenever she hears music. Shizuka must embark on a cross country hunt for the hypnotist to break the spell, singing and dancing all the way!
The Great Passage
Dir. ISHII Yuya, 2013, Drama, Romance • 2h 13m
Drama about the passion of an editor who struggles to create a dictionary, as depicted over a fifteen-year period. Publishing house salesman Majime has an earnestness about him that sets him apart from his peers. But he has a discerning sensibility when it comes to language, which lands him in the dictionary editorial department. He ends up editing “The Great Passage,” a huge dictionary with 240,000 entries.
Li’l Spider Girl
Dir. KAIYA Toshihisa, 2012, Animation • 24min
Everything started from an old book telling the story of an expert magician who defeated a giant spider monster in ancient times. Antique book dealer Amane Suzuri, who is trying to sell the book in order to pay the rent, would have never imagined that after reading this story to Mizuki, the building owner’s young niece, he could find himself face-to-face with a scared, twenty-centimeter-tall, eight-legged baby arachnid girl. And she’s the sweetest thing in the world… or not?
Dia 14.02
Little Nights, Little Love
dir. IMAIZUMI Rikiya, 2019, Romance, Drama • 1h 59m
Sato is an employee conducting a survey in front of Sendai Station. Saki takes the survey and the two ultimately become a couple. 10 years later, Sato proposes to Saki on the occasion of their 10th anniversary.
Our 30-Minute Sessions
Dir. HAGIWARA Kentaro, 2020, Romance • 1h 54m
Teen music romance featuring singing and instrumental scenes with a fresh cast of young actors. College student Sota picks up a cassette tape left behind by musician Aki when he died a year ago. When the tape is played back, Aki takes over Sota’s body for just 30 minutes. They share the same body and rush to reunite a band that split up and bring a smile to Aki’s girlfriend Kana’s face.
Fonte: JFF Plus: Online Festival
