Osaka Hamlet

Osaka Hamlet

Directed by : MITSUISHI Fujiro Produced by : ITO Hidehiro , ASAHI Masatsugu [ Cast ] MATSUZAKA Keiko KUBO Fusako KISHIBE Ittoku KUBO Takanori MORITA Naoyuki KUBO Yukio HAZAMA Kanpei KUBO Hisanori KATO Natsuki AKASHI Yuka [ Staff ] MATSUSHITA Junichi Executive Producer ENDO Koji Music ITO Hidehiro Screenplay INOMOTO Masami Cinematography OBA Hayato Production […]


Komaki NAGAI, 31, was raised in the working-class Kyojima area of Tokyo. She has had enough of her good-for-nothing younger husband, Noritomo, and takes her daughter, Noriko, aka ‘Nonchan,’ back to live with her mother at the Kyojima home that she was raised in. Komaki doesn’t want to become a burden to her mother, Fumiyo, […]


The Japan Foundation, New Delhi invites you to the exhibition of collection of remarkable graphic posters from the 80’ and 90’, depicting the tremendous changes in economy of Japan in that period. These are works of the following 15 renowned Japanese graphic designers : Yusaku  kamekura Kiyoshi  awazu Kazumasa  Nagai Ikko  Tanaka Makoto  Nakamura Mitsuo  […]


Seven Samurai (SHICHININ NO SAMURAI 七人の侍) B & W / Standard / 1954 / 207 min / Toho Screenplay by: Akira KUROSAWA, Shinobu HASHIMOTO, Hideo OGUNI Photography: Asakazu NAKAI Art Director: Takashi MATSUYAMA Music: Fumio HAYASAKA Produced by: Sojiro MOTOKI CAST: Kanbei: Takashi SHIMURA Kikuchiyo: Toshiro MIFUNE Kyuzo: Seiji MIYAGUCHI Gorobei: Yoshio INABA Shichiroji: Daisuke […]


Setting: Okinawa in the 1990s. Synopsis: Nanako quits her job in Tokyo to return to her home island where her grandfather, Keitatsu and grandmother Nabbie, still live. The ferry is captained by a young man she knew when she lived on the island as a child. Also aboard is a quaint fellow, Sanra, dressed in a dandy […]


Kiru KIRU   斬る(岡本喜八) B & W / Scope /1968 /114 min / Toho Directed by: Okamoto Kihachi Screenplay by: Okamoto Kihachi, Murao Akira Photography: Nshigaki Rokuro Art Director: Akune Iwao Music: Sato Masaru Based on a novel by: Yamamoto Shugoro Produced by: Tanaka Tomoyuki CAST: Genta (Hyodo Yagenta): Nakadai Tatsuya Tabata Hanjiro (Hanji): Takahashi Etsushi […]


Synopsis: A bold adaptation of the Shakespeare classic by Nakae Yuji, director of Nabbie’s Love (Nabbie no Koi). Set on a small Okinawa island, this is a story filled with happiness woven between humans and kijimun (spirits). The cast stars Taira Tomi and a well known collection of Okinawan talent from Nakae’s previous productions. Exhausted […]


The Throne of Blood KUMONOSU-JO   蜘蛛巣城 B & W / Standard / 1957 / 110 min / Toho Directed by: Kurosawa Akira Screenplay by: Oguni Hideo, Hashimoto Shinobu, Kikushima Ryuzo, Kurosawa Akira Photography: Nakai Asakazu Art director: Muraki Yoshiro Music: Sato Masaru Based on a play by: William Shakespeare Produced by: Kurosawa Akira, Motoki Sojiro […]


‘The Japan Foundation’ and ‘National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea’ co- organizes the 9th AMCC Conference in Korea in November, 2013. The Applications can be accepted till 15th September, 2013. CONFERENCE FRAMEWORK The conference aims to assemble the next generation of curators in a workshop and meeting to discuss common concerns, explore the […]


JF Chat Room – Let’s Speak in Japanese! Come join our casual conversation and meet new friends! you’ll enjoy chatting with native Japanese speakers. The conversation for the Chat Room will be in Japanese. All levels are welcome. The Chat Room is conducted once a month on Saturdays from July to March. 1. Date: 17th March 2018 […]