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Hachiko
This heart – warming movies about a dog’s devotion to his master is based on a true story. It also embodies the virtue of loyalty that is so prized by the Japanese. A puppy is sent from Akita Prefecture in northern Japan to Professor Ueno of Tokyo University in Tokyo. Though ailing, it soon recovers, […]
Children On The Island
The main theme of this film centers on the importance of teacher/pupil rapport. The sub-theme points out the futility of war. It is 1928, and Hisako Oishi becomes the teacher of the primary school on Island in the Seto Inland Sea. Her pupils, the sons and daughters of the village shop keepers, number an even […]
Tokyo Heaven
Yu is a “campaign girl.” Her face adorns all the advertising for a new product. Her biggest problem is the managing director of the advertising agent, Shirayuki, whose sexual advances offend her. Mid- campaign, while riding in the car, he starts harassing her and tries to feel her up. Attempting to escape his advances, she […]
‘from the shore’
The Japan Foundation brings paintings exhibition by Yuriko Lochan. Yuriko Lochan is a Japanese artist living in India since 1987. She has graduated and holding Masters Degree in painting from Kyoto City University of Arts, one of the best fine art institutions in Japan. She has been holding her solo exhibitions in India as well […]
BUDDIES
Spring, 1935. Shuzo Kadokura, president of a successful munitions factory, still has an eye for the ladies, even though he is married. Senkichi Mizuta, a modest businessman, is very much family oriented. However, despite their differences in personality, they have been friends for more than 20 years. Kimiko, Kadokura’s wife, arranges a meeting between Mizuta’s […]
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