

OCTOBER 19, 5PM - PREMIERE IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN AT BIO RIO WITH YOSHIKI Q&A - TICKETS (SOLD OUT)

OCTOBER 18, 8PM - PREMIERE IN HELSINKI, FINLAND AT FINNKINO TENNISPALATSI WITH YOSHIKI Q&A - TICKETS (SOLD OUT) | MORE THEATERS OCTOBER 17, 6PM - PREMIERE IN OSLO, NORWAY AT CINEMATEK WITH YOSHIKI Q&A - TICKETS (SOLD OUT) OCTOBER 16, 9:30PM - PREMIERE IN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND AT HET KETELHUIS W/ YOSHIKI Q&A - TICKETS (SOLD OUT) | MORE THEATERS OCTOBER 16, 7:15PM - PREMIERE IN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND AT HET KETELHUIS W/ YOSHIKI Q&A - TICKETS (SOLD OUT) | MORE THEATERS OCTOBER 15, 8PM - PREMIERE IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA AT GARTENBAUKINO WITH YOSHIKI Q&A - TICKETS OCTOBER 14, 9PM - PREMIERE IN FLORENCE, ITALY WITH YOSHIKI Q&A - TICKETS (SOLD OUT) | INFO | MORE THEATERS Based on an award-winning novel, the film premieres in the Tokyo festival’s main competition.OCTOBER 12, 8PM - PREMIERE IN BERLIN, GERMANY AT CINESTAR BERLIN WITH YOSHIKI Q&A - TICKETS (SOLD OUT) | MORE THEATERS Indie sensation, Rikiya Imaizumi’s latest romantic drama is about a woman obsessed with a guy who treats her as disposable. Tatsushi Omori (“Ravine of Goodbye”) directs much-lauded veteran Kirin Kiki (“Shoplifters”), playing the heroine’s teacher, in one of her last performances before her death this year at age 75. One day he is startled to see a familiar face, that of a senior detective dead for four years.Ī drama, based on a best-selling essay collection, about a woman’s 25-year association with the Japanese traditional tea ceremony. Masaharu Take and Shin Adaci – director and scriptwriter, respectively, of the 2014 hit boxing film “100 Yen Love” – have reteamed to make a thriller about a police investigator with a knack for remembering faces. Ryuhei Matsuda (“Gohatto”) stars as the struggling hero.

Indie stalwart, Toshiaki Toyoda has put aside his signature violence and surrealism to direct a biopic of a young Japanese chess prodigy who fails to enter the pro ranks, but who makes a miraculous comeback on the verge of middle age.

When reshoots are suddenly ordered, instead of rounding up the lead detective’s missing co-star, the film’s makers decide to cast various available actors in the part. Masaaki Ito’s adaptation of an original story by veteran comedy writer and director Kankuro Kudo (“Too Young to Die”) involves the filming of a suspense drama. Haru Kuroki (“The Little House”) stars as the owner. He begins working at the store – and joins her in a battle with a menacing customer who has threatened and injured her. A beautiful young bookstore owner with incredible expertise impresses a man who is selling a rare book belonging to his grandmother. Yukiko Mishima, director of the acclaimed 2017 drama “Dear Etranger,” has returned with a literary mystery, based on En Mikami’s best-selling novel.
