Welcome
To JFF 2018
Back for our 10th edition!
The full programme has now been unveiled.
Featured Films
At the Terrace
Kenji Yamauchi, 2016
As a dinner party winds down, a few people gather on the terrace at the back of a lavish suburban home. At first, the conversation is polite - there’s only two or three two couples, but most are only casual acquaintances or colleagues. However, aft
Survival Family
Shinobu Yaguchi, 2017
One fateful day, the Suzuki family - your typical Tokyo middle class family - wake up to a changed world. The electricity has stopped flowing, technology is no longer working, and people aren’t quite sure how to handle it. As the days pass, an init
Lu Over the Wall
Masaaki Yuasa , 2017
Following his parents’ divorce, loner teenager Kai moves with his father from Tokyo to the declining fishing town of Hinashi to live with his grandfather. He finds little to amuse him in this new location, preferring to spend long periods by himsel
Mary and the Witch's Flower
Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2018
Set in the magical world of a school for witches, Mary and the Witch's Flower is a sublime blend of magic and fantasy that will sweep audiences along with its charming, heartfelt adventure.
Close-Knit
Naoko Ogigami, 2017
When her mother disappears from home - not for the first time - 11-year-old Tomo finds herself once again taken in by her loving uncle Makio. This time things are a little different, as Makio is no longer living alone - he’s instead sharing his hom
Tokyo Ghoul
Kentaro Hagiwara, 2017
Based on a manga by Sui Ishida, Tokyo Ghoul unfolds in an alternative modern-day Japan where superhuman beings known as Ghouls live among us. These vampire-like creatures look like humans but are actually monsters that feed solely on human flesh.
Welcome
To JFF 2018
Back for our 10th edition!
The full programme has now been unveiled.
The 2018 Festival will again feature a diverse and packed programme of films, which includes work of the most acclaimed filmmakers from contemporary Japanese cinema, and covers a variety of themes, genres and topics.
This year we will host screenings at venues in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Tipperary, Dublin, Sligo, Waterford and Dundalk,
We hope that you will be able to join us.
Enjoy & Arigato!