October 11, 2019

Yoshimi Itazu's Fukushima disaster-themed short film Pigtails is screening at the 21st Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF 2019). Director Yoshimi Itazu will be hosting a Q&A session at the end of the October 20th screening.

Screening schedule: Special Talk 1
Date: October 20, 2019 (Sun)
Time: 14:00
Place: Komacon Theater

Date: October 22, 2018 (Tue)
Time: 13:30
Place: CGV Bucheon 4

Born in Japan in 1980, Itazu began his professional career at the age of 18 joining Studio Gallop, where he was mentored by veteran Tsukasa Tannai (supervising animator in Laputa: Castle in the Sky). As an animator, Itazu has worked with directors such as Satoshi Kon (Paranoia Agent, Paprika), Hayao Miyazaki (The Wind Rises) and Mitsuo Iso (Denno Coil). He made his debut as character designer and lead animator in a feature film in Keiichi Hara's Annecy-winning Miss Hokusai (2015). His first directorial effort was the Fukushima disaster-themed short Pigtails (2015), which won 24 awards. In 2017, he directed his first TV series, Welcome to the Ballroom.

BIAF official website:
http://www.biaf.or.kr/

© 2015 Machiko Kyo/SHUEISHA, ITSV

December 6, 2018

Artworks and production materials (originals and replicas) from Production I.G's feature films Miss Hokusai and Jin-Roh are on display at the MANGA<->TOKYO Exhibition, held at the Grande Halle, La Villette, Paris, from November 29 through December 30, 2018.

Keiichi Hara's Miss Hokusai, based on the comic book created by Edo lifestyle expert Hinako Sugiura (also featured at the exhibition) offers one of the most lively renderings found in anime of early XIX century's Edo, as the city of Tokyo was known until 1868. Hiroyuki Okiura's Jin-Roh is set in a bleak and lavishly-rendered alternate post-war Tokyo of the Sixties, a critical time of passage from civil unrest to an affluent yet politically indifferent society.

Detailed information are available from the exhibition's official website.

The MANGA<->TOKYO exhibition offers a portrayal of the city of Tokyo and its iconic and ever-changing landscape, from Edo times to its most futuristic mutations, through the multiple depictions and interpretations offered by Japanese manga, animation, games, and SFX films (tokusatsu).

The exhibition is part of the official program of "Japonismes 2018: le sâmes en résonance", an extensive cultural season to showcase the unrevealed beauty of Japanese culture in France. This exhibition plans on displaying as many as 90 different works, which will provide a complex experience of the city of Tokyo.

Organized by The Japan Foundation; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Agency for Cultural Affairs;
Organization for Promoting Manga and Animation; La Villette.

Exhibition original poster illustration by Yoh Yoshinari / Graphic design by Tsuyoshi Kusano
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© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners
© 1999 Mamoru Oshii/BANDAI VISUAL•Production I.G

December 6, 2018

Yoshimi Itazu's directorial debut Pigtails and other short films from Production I.G are screening at the Akiba Pass Festival 2019, the touring event focusing on Japanese animation to be held from January 26 through February 10 at several locations in Germany and Austria.

The complete line-up, screening under the collective title Legends of Production I.G includes:

- Pigtails (28', 2015)
Directed by Yoshimi Itazu (Miss Hokusai, Welcome to the Ballroom)
A thought-provoking metaphorical fable portraying the unspeakable feelings that engulfed an entire nation in the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima disaster.
Winner of 24 awards.

- Kick-Heart (12', 2013)
Directed by Masaaki Yuasa (Tatami Galaxy, Lu Over the Wall)
A love story between two people that each have a secret to hide. One a pro-wrestler, the other a nun. Losing never felt so good.
Annecy 2013: Official Short Competition
Fantasia 2013: Best Animated Short Winner

- Li'l Spider Girl (25', 2012)
Directed by Toshihisa Kaiya (FLCL Progressive ep 2, Haikyu!!)
A broken antiquarian meets with a scared, eight-legged baby arachnid slipped out from an ancient book. And she's the sweetest thing in the world... or not?
SICAF 2013: Grand Prize Winner
Sitges 2013: Focus Asia Jury's Special Mention

- Drawer Hobs (24', 2011)
Directed by Kazuchika Kise (Ghost in the Shell, Made in Abyss)
Noeru is a single woman with an uninteresting job. One day her life changes suddenly as six weird kids materialize in her tiny apartment....
SICAF 2011: Official Short Competition
Sitges 2011: Official Anima't Competition

- Oval x Over (9', 2005)
Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (Gurren Lagann, KILL la KILL)
An over-the-top parody of the sports anime classics of the '70s, cleverly mixing a professional-style live commentary of a car race with flashbacks unveiling the three main characters' past, with both dramatic and hilarious results.
Running against destiny was never this much... hot?

Screening schedule:
Date: January 26, 2018 (Sat)
Time: 17:25
Place: Hamburg / UCI Mundsburg

Date: January 27, 2018 (Sun)
Time: 15:00
Place: Berlin / CineStar Original

Date: February 2, 2018 (Sat)
Time: 12:30
Place: Frankfurt / CineStar Metropolis

Date: February 2, 2018 (Sat)
Time: 17:30
Place: Köln / Cinedom

Date: February 2, 2018 (Sat)
Time: 10:00
Place: Leipzig / Cineplex

Date: February 2, 2018 (Sat)
Time: 12:30
Place: Pasching / Hollywood Megaplex Plus City

Date: February 3, 2018 (Sun)
Time: 17:30
Place: Dortmund / CineStar

Date: February 9, 2018 (Sat)
Time: 12:30
Place: Nürnberg / CINECITTA' Multiplexkino

Date: February 9, 2018 (Sat)
Time: 15:00
Place: München / mathäser Filmpalast

Date: February 10, 2018 (Sun)
Time: 12:30
Place: Stuttgart / Metropol Filmtheater

Date: February 10, 2018 (Sun)
Time: 15:00
Place: Wien / UCI Kinowelt Millennium City

For more information, please visit the Akiba Pass Festival official website (German only).

© 2015 Machiko Kyo/SHUEISHA, ITSV
© 2012 Masaaki Yuasa, Production I.G
© 2012 Production I.G
© 2011 Kazuchika Kise/Production I.G/Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs
© 2005 Imaitoonz/Production I.G

June 23, 2017

The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) announced The World of Keiichi Hara, a special showcase dedicated to the work of award-winning director Keiichi Hara in this year's Animation Focus section of the festival. TIFF 2017 will be held in Tokyo from October 25 through November 3.

2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Japanese animation, as well as TIFF's first 30 years. To celebrate both milestones, TIFF has decided to pay homage to Keiichi Hara for his outstanding achievments in filmmaking, and whose increasing international acclaim has confirmed his prominent role in both current and future anime culture.

Miss Hokusai Screening Schedule:
Date: October 30, 2017 (Thu)
Time: 20:40
Place: Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills Screen 6
Director Keiichi Hara and music composer Harumi Fuuki are expected guests after the screening.
*Film screening in Japanese with English subtitles
*English translation for the guest panel available

Animation Focus highlights innovative directors who have contributed to the phenomenal success of the industry. Previous editions have been dedicated to Hideaki Anno and Mamoru Hosoda. The World of Keiichi Hara will be the first-ever major retrospective of Hara's work, encompassing his career through TV productions, feature films and commercial films. Screening will be followed by panel sessions with special guests. More details will be announced at the TIFF line-up press conference slated for late September.

Born in 1959, Hara worked extensively on popular family TV shows, such as Doraemon and especially Crayon Shin-chan, that he directed from 1996 to 2004. He also scripted ten Crayon Shin-chan movies, directing six. Hara then shifted to independent filmmaking, pursuing more personal projects. International recognition came with Japan Academy Prize-winning Summer Days with Coo (2007) and especially with Colorful (2010), greeted with the Jury's Special Distinction and the Audience Award at Annecy 2011. Hara admires classic Japanese filmmakers such as Yasujiro Ozu and Keisuke Kinoshita. To the latter, he dedicated his first live-action movie in 2013, Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story. His latest animated film, Miss Hokusai (2015) won prestigious international awards at Annecy, Fantasia, Sitges and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and was described by French newspaper Le Monde as "a lesson of elegance".

Established in 1985, the Tokyo International Film Festival is the only Japanese film festival accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF). One of Asia premiere film festivals, TIFF seeks out excellent films from around the world and brings them to Tokyo, where filmmakers and film fans can enjoy them, meet young filmmakers, and be inspired.

TIFF 2017 official website (English): http://2017.tiff-jp.net/en/

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

August 30, 2017

Yoshimi Itazu's directorial debut Pigtails will be screening at the Japan Information & Culture Center (JICC) of the Embassy of Japan in Washington DC on September 21, as part the New York Japan CineFest 2017 touring program.

Established in 2012 and now in its seventh year, the New York Japan CineFest (NYJCF) is a film festival of short films from up and coming Japanese and Japanese-American filmmakers. It has been presented in New York City at the Asia Society and since 2015 has expanded by holding screenings around the U.S. and in Japan. The festival focuses on the independent filmmakers who committed to achieving their full potential and expressing their voice and vision to the world.

The New York Japan CineFest returns to the JICC for the third year in a row to present a night of seven animated short films to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Japanese animation.

Screening schedule:
Date: September 21, 2017 (Thu)
Time: 6:30pm
Place: JICC, 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 100, Washington DC

For more information, please visit the JICC official website

© 2015 Machiko Kyo/SHUEISHA, ITSV

August 21, 2017

Five films from Production I.G will be screening at the first edition of the Los Angeles Anime Film Festival (LA-AFF), to be held in Los Angeles from September 15 to 17, 2017.

The lineup includes Pigtails (by Yoshimi Itazu), Miss Hokusai (by Keiichi Hara), Ghost in the Shell (by Mamoru Oshii), Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (by Mamoru Oshii), and 009 Re:Cyborg (by Kenji Kamiyama).

Pigtails and Miss Hokusai will be screening as part of a double-feature program on September 17. The two films share the same staff in several key roles, such as scriptwiter (Miho Maruo), colour designer (Satoshi Hashimoto), director of photography (Koji Tanaka), the nearly once-off team of Ghibli and Satoshi Kon veteran key animators (Toshiyuki Inoue, Megumi Kagawa, Michiyo Suzuki, Kazuki Hoshino, Shingo Takenaka, Norio Matsumoto, Hiroko Minowa), and of course chief animator Yoshimi Itazu, who also made his directorial debut in Pigtails. Itazu is currently directing his first TV series, Welcome to the Ballroom. This screening is offering a rare opportunity to appreciate the same staff performing in two completely different styles.

2017 marks the 100th year since animation was born in Japan, and LA-AFF has committed to bring popular titles from recent years as well as timeless classics, selecting a lineup that represents the full range of artistic expression, profoundness, and diversity of Japanese animation. LA-AFF will be showing films loved by people of all ages in the mecca of entertainment, Los Angeles, providing a full audio and video experience on the big screen, or the environment these works were originally conceived for.

Screening schedule:

Miss Hokusai
Date: September 16, 2017 (Sat)
Time: 10:30 am
Place: Regal L.A. LIVE Screen #10

009 Re:Cyborg
Date: September 16, 2017 (Sat)
Time: 1:30 pm
Place: Regal L.A. LIVE Screen #10

Ghost in the Shell
Date: September 16, 2017 (Sat)
Time: 8:15 pm
Place: Regal L.A. LIVE Screen #10

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Date: September 16, 2017 (Sat)
Time: 10:30 pm
Place: Regal L.A. LIVE Screen #10

Pigtails + Miss Hokusai double feature presentation
Date: September 17, 2017 (Sun)
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Regal L.A. LIVE Screen #10

Check the LA-AFF official website for additional screening information.

© 2015 Machiko Kyo/SHUEISHA, ITSV
© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners
© 2012 009 RE:CYBORG Production Committee
© 2004 Shirow Masamune/KODANSHA · IG, ITNDDTD
© 1995 Shirow Masamune/KODANSHA · BANDAI VISUAL · MANGA ENTERTAINMENT

July 21, 2017

Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence will be screening at the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as part of a special program entitled "Future Imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction", to be held at MoMA, New York from July 17 through August 31, 2017.

The exhibition includes more than 40 science-fiction films from all over the world by directors such as Kathryn Bigelow, Jean-Luc Godard, David Cronenberg, Michael Snow, Alexander Sokurov, and Steven Spielberg. According to the MoMA, these filmmakers "have explored ideas of memory and consciousness; thought, sensation, and desire; self and other; nature and nurture; time and space; and love and death. Their films, lying at the nexus of art, philosophy, and science, occupy a twilight zone bounded only by the imagination, where "humanness" remains an enchanting enigma."

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is the only animated feature film from Japan included in the program.

MoMA official program describes the film as follows:
The breadth of its literary and philosophical pretensions -quoting Milton, Confucius, Asimov, La Nouvelle Eve, and the legend of the Golem, just for starters- is matched only by the splendor of its aesthetics [...].

The Museum of Modern Art was founded in 1929 and today is one of the world's largest museums devoted to modern and contemporary art. Central to The Museum of Modern Art's mission is the encouragement of an ever-deeper understanding and enjoyment of modern and contemporary art by the diverse local, national, and international audiences that it serves.

An ideal sequel to the groundbreaking 1995 classic, and a visionary apotheosis of sound an visual magniloquence, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence became the first ever (and as of today, the only) Japanese animated feature film to be nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It was awarded Best Asian Film at Sitges in the same year.

Screening schedule:
Date: August 18, 2017 (Fri)
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: T2, Theater 2

Date: August 19, 2017 (Sat)
Time: 4:00 pm
Place: T2, Theater 2

Check here for additional screening information and the program page.

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June 9, 2017

Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria is holding a special screening of Keiichi Hara's award-winning feature film, Miss Hokusai in concomitance with the exhibition Hokusai to be held at the museum from July 21 through October 15, 2017.

The Hokusai exhibition features 129 prints, four paintings and ten rare books on loan from the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, Matsumoto, with special features including a selection of Hokusai's early works and complete sets of his most famous series, including Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Tour of Famous Waterfalls, Unusual Views of Celebrated Bridges, Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands, Birds and Flowers and Ghost Tales. A further selection of original Hokusai paintings on loan from Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, will mark the first time Hokusai's works in this medium will be exhibited in Australia.

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is the oldest and most visited gallery in Australia. Founded in 1861, today the NGV holds the most significant collection of art in the region; a vast treasury of more than 70,000 works that span thousands of years and a wealth of ideas, disciplines and styles.

Screening schedule:
Date: July 30, 2017 (Sunday)
Time: 2pm
Place: NGV International - Clemenger BBDO Auditorium

Check here for additional screening information

Check here the National Gallery of Victoria Hokusai exhibition page

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

June 6, 2017

London's British Museum is holding a special screening of Keiichi Hara's award-winning feature film, Miss Hokusai, in concomitance with the exhibition, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave held at the museum from May 25 through August 13, 2017.

The exhibition focusses on the last 30 years of Hokusai's life - a time when he produced some of his most memorable masterpieces. Items will include prints, paintings and illustrated books, many of which are on loan from 32 different collections scattered across Japan, Europe and the USA. Many of the works are in the UK for the first time. This includes two magnificent and rarely seen painted ceiling panels for a festival cart, known as the Male Wave and the Female Wave, that Hokusai made for his patron in Obuse in 1845, when he was eighty-six. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see these extraordinary works together.

Established in 1753, the British Museum is the first national public museum in the world, and one of the largest, visited by nearly 6 million people every year. Its collection of Japanese ukiyo-e is said to be around 70,000 items.

Screening schedule:
Date: July 1, 2017 (Saturday)
Time: 14:30
Place: BP Lecture Theatre

Check here for additional screening information

Check here the British Museum Hokusai Exhibition page

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

June 6, 2017

Keiichi Hara's award winning feature film, Miss Hokusai is screening at estAsia 2017, an Asian cinema film festival to be held at Reggio Emilia, Italy between June 12 and 18, 2017. In its second year, and presented with the patronage of the Magnani Palace Foundation and the City of Reggio Emilia, estAsia is a showcase on Asian cinema aimed to encourage and foster intercultural dialogue and understanding with Asian communities residing in Italy.

Screening schedule:
Date: June 16, 2017 (Friday)
Time: 20:45
Place: Cinema Rosebud

estAsia 2017 official website:
http://estasia.altervista.org/

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

May 12, 2017

Yoshimi Itazu's directorial debut Pigtails will be screening at the New York Japan CineFest 2017, to be held in New York City (NY) on June 1-2, 2017. The screening marks the film's New York premiere.

Established in 2012, the mission of New York Japan CineFest is to explore and find unique talent, support their work, vision and cause, providing creative playground in the most exciting city in the world, New York City. Organised in cooperation with the Asia Society, NYJCF focuses on independent filmmakers who committed to making their full potential to express their voice and vision to the world.

Screening schedule:
Date: June 2nd, 2017 (Fri)
Time: 6:30pm
Place: Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York

For more information, please visit the New York Asia Society website:
http://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/new-york-japan-cinefest-2017-program-2

NYJCF official website:
http://nyjcf.com/

© 2015 Machiko Kyo/SHUEISHA, ITSV

December 9, 2016

Keiichi Hara's award winning feature film, Miss Hokusai is screening in Milan as part of a special programme dedicated to art in Japanese cinema, entitled "Hokusai, il monte Fuji, i luoghi e i volti del Giappone" (Hokusai, Mount Fuji, Places and Faces of Japan). The screenings are presented with the patronage of the City of Milan in cooperation with the Italian Film Library, in concomitance with an exhibitions of ukiyo-e from Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro at the city's Royal Palace, and in celebration of the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Italy. The screenings are taking place at the Film Library's venue, Spazio Oberdan.

Screening schedule:
Date: December 29, 2016 (Thu)
Time: 21:15
Place: Spazio Oberdan - Sala Alda Merini

Date: January 1, 2017 (Sun)
Time: 15:00
Place: Spazio Oberdan - Sala Alda Merini

Date: January 5, 2017 (Thu)
Time: 17:00
Place: Spazio Oberdan - Sala Alda Merini

Date: January 6, 2017 (Fri)
Time: 19:00
Place: Spazio Oberdan - Sala Alda Merini

Spazio Oberdan official website:
http://oberdan.cinetecamilano.it/

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

September 21, 2016

Keiichi Hara's Miss Hokusai is receving theatrical distribution in North America by GKids, starting on October 14, 2016.

Check the theatre nearest to you:

http://www.gkids.com/films/miss-hokusai/.

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

September 21, 2016

The Comics Art Museum (Musée de la BD) in Brussells, Belgium, in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy, is holding a special screening of Miss Hokusai on September 27, starting from 18:00.
The screening, in Japanese with English subtitles, will be followed by a Q&A session with director Keiichi Hara.

For more information please refer to the museum's official website:

https://www.comicscenter.net/en/news-flash/movie-screening-at-the-museum.

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

June 17, 2016

Keiichi Hara's Annecy-winning animated feature film, Miss Hokusai is receiving theatrical release in Germany by Kazé / AV Visionen starting from June 16, 2016.

List updated as of June 16, 2016

Berlin:
CinemaxX Potsdamer Platz
Moviemento
Central
Brotfabrik Kino
b-ware! Laden Kino
Acud

Nationwide:
Dresden: Schauburg
Leipzig: Kinobar Prager Frühling
Rostock: Lichtspieltheater Wundervoll
Düsseldorf: Bambi
Köln: Filmpalette
Frankfurt: Mal seh'n
Freiburg: Harmonie
Karlsruhe: Schauburg-Theater
Hamburg: Kino 3001
Hamburg: CinemaxX Dammtor
Hannover: CinemaxX Raschplatz
Kiel: Studio Filmtheater am Dreiecksplatz
München: Neues Monopol Filmtheater
München: Werkstatt-Kino
Nürnberg: Meisengeige
Nürnberg: Cinecitta
Stuttgart: Metropol

Locations and venues subject to change. Please check the theatre nearest to you on Filmstarts.

German official website:
http://www.misshokusai-derfilm.de/.

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

June 17, 2016

Keiichi Hara's latest film Miss Hokusai is being featured at the "Hokusai x Manga" exhibition, currently held at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (MKG) of Hamburg, Germany. The exhibition, held from June 10 through September 11, aims to establish a link between Edo period popular culture, such as ukiyo-e depicting actors, warriors and courtesans, and present-day Tokyo pop culture, made of manga, anime and idols, both so hugely influential on the West. The corner dedicated to Miss Hokusai features production material never shown to the public before.

With approximately 500,000 objects from 4,000 years of human history the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg is one of the most influential museums for arts and crafts in Europe. Opened in 1877, the MKG tells the remarkable story of human creativity. The top-class collections range from Ancient art to Contemporary art and include the European, Islamic and East Asian cultural regions.

For further information, opening time and entrance fees, please refer to MKG Hamburg's official website:
http://www.mkg-hamburg.de/en/home.html

Miss Hokusai is screening in theatres throughout Germany from June 16.
More info on the German official website:
http://www.misshokusai-derfilm.de/.

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

January 29, 2015

Keiichi Hara's award-winning animated film, Miss Hokusai is scheduled for a number of theatrical screenings in the United Kingdom from February through March 2016 as part of the The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme. Check the theatre closest to you!

Screening schedule:
Date: February 5, 2016 (Fri)
Time: 6:30pm
Place: ICA (London)

Date: February 6, 2016 (Sat)
Time: 6:10pm
Place: Phoenix (Leicester)

Date: February 13, 2016 (Sat)
Time: 3.10pm
Place: Watershed (Bristol)

Date: February 14, 2016 (Sun)
Time: 4.00pm
Place: Showroom Cinema (Sheffield)

Date: February 15, 2016 (Mon)
Time: 6.45pm
Place: QUAD (Derby)

Date: February 19, 2016 (Fri)
Time: 6:00pm
Place: Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Aberystwyth)

Date: February 21, 2016 (Sun)
Time: 3:30pm
Place: Dundee Contemporary Arts (Dundee)

Date: March 3, 2016 (Thu)
Time: 8.00pm
Place: Brewery Arts Centre (Kendal)

Date: March 9, 2016 (Wed)
Time: 7:30pm
Place: Exeter Phoenix (Exeter)

Date: March 20, 2016 (Sun)
Time: 6:30pm
Place: HOME (Manchester)

For further information and screening time updates, please refer to The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme official website:
http://www.jpf-film.org.uk/films/miss-hokusai

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

September 16, 2015

Keiichi Hara's Annecy-winning latest animated feature film, Miss Hokusai is receiving extensive theatrical release in France by Eurozoom starting from September 2, 2015.

"Lesson of elegance." (Le Monde)
"Impressionist portrait." (Libération)
"Splendid" (Télérama)
"Confirmation of Keiichi Hara's talent" (Cahiers du Cinema)

List updated as of September 16, 2015

Paris:
Le Publicis Champs Élysées
Les Sept Parnassiens
MK2 Bibliothèque
MK2 Hautefeuille
MK2 Beaubourg
Majestic Bastille
Ciné Chaplin St Lambert
Ciné Chaplin Denfert
Le Brady
Les 3 Luxembourg
Le Studio 2
Studio des Ursulines

Nationwide:
Achères: Pandora
Aix-en-Provence: Le Mazarin
Agen: Les montreurs d'images
Angers: Les 400 Coups
Arles: Actes Sud
Auterive: L'Oustal
Avignon: Le Pandora
Beauvais: Cinespace
Besançon: Victor Hugo
Blagnac: Rex
Blanc Mesnil: Louis Daquin
Bordeaux: UGC Ciné Cité
Brest: Les Studios
Castanet-Tolosan: MJC Ciné 113
Caussade: Ciné Théâtre
Charleville Mezières: Metropolis
Clermont-Ferrand: Les Ambiances
Colmar: Colisée
Conflans Ste Honorine: Cinéville
Crépy en Valois: Les Toiles
Dax: Grand Club
Dijon: Devosge
Évreux: Pathé
Frontone: Ciné Fronton
Graulhet: Vertigo
Grenoble: Le Méliès
Hérouville: Café des images
Les Mureaux: Frédéric Dard
Lille: Le Majestic
Lyon: UGC Ciné Cité
Marseille: Le Prado
Mayenne: Vox
Meru: Domino
Metz: Caméo Ariel
Mezieu: Ciné Meyzieu
Moëlan-sur-Mer: Le Kerfany
Monsenpron-Libos: Liberty
Montbeliard: Colisée
Montpellier: Diagonal Capitole
Nancy: Caméo Commandaire
Nanterre: Les Lumières
Nantes: Le Concorde
Nantua: Le Club
Nice: Les Variétés
Nîmes: Le Sémaphore
Orléans: Les Carmes
Pessac: Jean Eustache
Plougastel: L'image
Quiberon: Le Paradis
Quimper: Dupleix
Rennes: Ciné TNB
Rouen: Omnia République
Rumilly: Le Concorde
Saint Égrève: Le Vence
Saint-Étienne: Le Méliès
Saint-Martin-en-Haut: Paradisio
Saint Pierre d'Oléron: Eldorado
Seynod: L'Auditorium
Strasbourg: UGC Ciné Cité Étoile
Tarare: Jacques Perrin
Thouars: Le Familia
Toulouse: Utopia
Tours: Studio
Uzes: Capitole
Vauréal: L'Antarès
Valence: Le Navire

Locations and venues subject to change. Please check the theatre nearest to you on AlloCiné

© 2014-2015 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

January 23, 2015

Hiroyuki Okiura's award-winning second directorial effort A Letter to Momo is scheduled for a number of theatrical screenings in the United Kingdom from February through March 2015 as part of the The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme. Check the theatre closest to you!

Screening schedule:
Date: February 1, 2015 (Sat)
Time: 2:00pm
Place: ICA (London)

Date: February 10, 2015 (Tue)
Time: 8.15pm
Place: mac birmingham (Birmingham)

Date: February 14, 2015 (Sat)
Time: 3.00pm
Place: Watershed (Bristol)

Date: February 15, 2015 (Sun)
Time: 6.00pm
Place: QUAD (Derby)

Date: February 21, 2015 (Fri)
Time: 3.30pm
Place: Dundee Contemporary Arts (Dundee)

Date: February 28, 2015 (Sat)
Time: 3.50pm
Place: Filmhouse (Edinburgh)

Date: March 7, 2015 (Sat)
Time: 1.00pm
Place: Tyneside Cinema (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Date: March 14, 2015 (Sat)
Time: 1.00pm
Place: Showroom Cinema (Sheffield)

Date: March 21, 2015 (Sat)
Time: 1.45pm
Place: Broadway Cinema (Nottingham)

Date: March 22, 2015 (Sun)
Time: TBC
Place: Queen's Film Theatre (Belfast)

For further information, please refer to The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme official website:
http://www.jpf-film.org.uk/films/a-letter-to-momo

© 2012 "A Letter to Momo" Film Partners

May 30, 2014

Keiichi Hara's new feature film, Miss Hokusai will be presented in the Work-in-Progress (WIP) section of Annecy Film Festival 2014. The conference will introduce the fascinating character of O-Ei, master Hokusai's highly talented yet almost unknown third daughter, and the technical challenges the staff has taken in the rendition of 1814 Japan's landscape and customs.

For more information about Miss Hokusai, to be released in 2015, please refer to our dedicated page here.

Conference schedule:
Date: June 11, 2014 (Wed)
Time: 9:30
Place: Salle Pierre Lamy

Access to the conference is restricted. Please check Annecy 2014 official website:
http://www.annecy.org/home/

© 2014 Hinako Sugiura•MS.HS / Sarusuberi Film Partners

September 25, 2013

Hiroyuki Okiura award-winning second directorial effort, A Letter to Momo is receiving extensive theatrical release in France from September 25, 2013.

In Paris, the film is playing at the following venues: Bastille, Le Brady, Le Cinéma des Cinéastes, Elysées Lincoln, Etoile Lilas, Les Sept Parnassiens, Studio des Ursulines, UGC Ciné Cité Bercy and UGC Orient Express.

It is also playing in the following cities: Argenteuil, Arles, Auch, Avignon, Blagnac, Blanquefort, Bobigny, Bordeaux, Boulogne-Billancourt, Chambéry, Chatenay Malabry, Château-Arnoux, Châteauroux, Clermont-Ferrand, Créteil, Dax, Dijon, Forcalquier, Grenoble, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, La Roche-sur-Yon, La Tour-du-Pin, Le Mans, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Melun, Montigny le Bretonneaux, Montpellier, Montreuil, Mulhouse, Nantes, Nîmes, Pantin, Pau, Perpignan, Pessac, Pont-à-Mousson, Port-de-Bouc, Puteaux, Questembert, Quimper, Reims, Rennes, Romainville, Rouen, Saint-Ouen, Saintes, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tours, Tremblay-en-France, Valence, Vitry-sur-Seine.

Venues and cities may change. Please check your local information.

© 2012 "A Letter to Momo" Film Partners

March 29, 2013

Kenji Kamiyama's highly anticipated stereoscopic 3D feature film, 009 Re:Cyborg is having its European premiere at the prestigious British Film Institute in London, UK, on April 4, 2013. Director Kamiyama and producer Tomohiko Ishii will be attending the screening. A Q&A session with the two guests will follow the screening.

Kamiyama and Ishii will also attend the Scottish premiere of the film, to be held on April 6th at the Glasgow Film Theatre.

009 Re:Cyborg is slated for theatrical release in the UK from June 2013.

BFI screening information:
Date: April 4, 2013 (Tue)
Time: 8:20pm
Place: NFT1

GFT screening information:
Date: April 6, 2013 (Sat)
Time: 1:25pm
Place: GFT 1

For more information, please refer to the following official websites:

BFI
https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/preview-009-re-cyborg-3d

GFT
http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/whats_on/5076_009_re_cyborg_3d

© 2012 009 RE:CYBORG Production Committee

November 18, 2011

Hiroyuki Okiura's feature film A Letter to Momo is screening as the closing night's special movie at the animation film festival Carrefour de l'animation, held in Paris from December 1st through 4th at the prestigious Forum des Images.

Screening schedule:
Date: December 4, 2011 (Sun)
Time: 20:30
Place: Salle 500

official website:
http://www.forumdesimages.fr/fdi/Festivals-et-evenements/Carrefour-de-l-animation/(offset)/30

© 2012 "A Letter to Momo" Film Partners

November 30, 2010

Shinsuke Sato's Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror is screening at Otaka 2010, the annual Japanese animation film festival held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from December 2 to 5, 2010.

Screening schedule:
Date: December 4, 2010 (Sat)
Time: 17:00
Place: 3 salé

Screening schedule may change. Please refer to the Otaka 2010 official website:
http://www.otaka.lt/

© 2009 FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK / Production I.G / DENTSU / PONY CANYON

November 30, 2010

Shinsuke Sato's Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror is screening at Animation Nation 2010, the animation film festival organized by the Singapore Film Society from December 1 to 8, 2010 in Singapore.

"At once heartwarming and breathtakingly beautiful, Oblivion Island invites the viewer to step aboard a dramatic rollercoaster, taking you on a fantastical, visually-titillating spin through a story which spirals, twists and hurtles in every unpredictable direction." (from Animation Nation 2010 official website)

Screening schedule:
Date: December 2, 2010 (Thu)
Time: 7:00pm
Place: National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre

Date: December 6, 2010 (Mon)
Time: 7:00pm
Place: National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre

Screening schedule may change. Please refer to the Animation Nation 2010 official website:
http://www.sfs.org.sg/animation/2010/index.html

© 2009 FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK / Production I.G / DENTSU / PONY CANYON

November 12, 2010

Australia's annual Japanese Film Festival will be screening Tokyo Marble Chocolate and Oblivion Island: Haruka at the Magic Mirror, and anime creator Naoyoshi Shiotani will appear as guest of honour.

The bittersweet romantic comedy Tokyo Marble Chocolate (2007) is Shiotani's directorial debut, and it was awarded the Grand Prize in the Feature Film Category of the 12th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF 2008). Japan Academy Prizes-winner and APSA-nominated Oblivion Island (2009) is Production I.G's first 3DCGI movie, for which Shiotani contributed animation direction, storyboards, the island concept design, and the design for Cotton, the movie heroine's supercute stuffed animal.

Learn more about Naoyoshi Shiotani in our featured interviews about Tokyo Marble Chocolate and Oblivion Island.

The two movies will be screened within the Special Event: Anime Matsuri 2 programme in Sydney only on November 27, 2010. Both movies are showing in Australia for the first time.

Organized by the Japan Foundation, Sydney, and now in its fourteenth year, the Japanese Film Festival showcases the latest Japanese movies to the Australian audience.

Screening schedule (Anime Matsuri 2 programme):
Date: November 27, 2010 (Sat)
Time: 4:45pm
Place: Event Cinemas George Street (505 - 525 George St, Sydney)

Screening schedule may change. Please refer to the 14th Japanese Film Festival official website:
http://14th.japanesefilmfestival.net/filmlist.html

© 2007 Production I.G
/ Project Tokyo Marble Chocolate
© 2009 FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK / Production I.G / DENTSU / PONY CANYON

August 13, 2010

Mizuho Nishikubo's anime documentary Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai is screening at the Japanisches Kulturinstitut (Japanese Culture Institute) of Cologne, Germany, as part of a special programme focusing on period movies, and entitled "Genealogy of Heroes and Anti-Heroes."
Musashi is opening the programme on September 2, and it will be followed by 16 more movies, from directors such as Kon Ichikawa, Kihachi Okamoto, Kenji Misumi and Takeshi Kitano.

Admission is free.

Screening schedule:
Date: September 2, 2010 (Thu)
Time: 19:00

Date: September 6, 2010 (Mon)
Time: 19:00

Place:
Japanisches Kulturinstitut
Universitätsstr. 98
50674 Cologne, Germany
Tel: 0221-9405580
Fax: 0221-9405589

Screening schedule may change. Please refer to the Japanisches Kulturinstitut official website:
http://www.jki.de/

© 2009 Production I.G/Musashi Production Committee

June 30, 2009

Production I.G will be hosting a panel at Japan Expo 2009, the Japanese culture-focused French convention held in Paris from July 2 to 5, and celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

Mizuho Nishikubo, director of Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, President & CEO of Production I.G, will be attending as guests.

Come see sneak previews of Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai and Production I.G latest line-up, Tales of Vesperia and Oblivion Island!

Event: Japan Expo 2008
Panel: Musashi / Production I.G Panel
Guests: Mizuho Nishikubo and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Place: Parc d'expositions (Paris-Nord Villepinte), Hall 4, Salle de Conferences
Date: July 3, 2009 (Fri)
Time: 12:00 - 13:00 pm

From 13:30, meet Director Nishikubo and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa for an signing session in Signing Room 2B, with exclusive Musashi Scrolls for the first lucky ones!

For more information:
http://www.japan-expo.com/art-241-en-schedule.html

Japan Expo website:
http://www.japan-expo.com/

© 2009 Production I.G/Musashi Production Committee

© NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc./TOV Project
Original Character Design © KOUSUKE FUJISHIMA

© 2009 Fuji Television Network·Production I.G