Welcome
To JFF 2017
Back for our ninth year! This year's Festival is a continuation of the highly successful collaboration between the Embassy of Japan and access>CINEMA, with support from the Ireland Japan Association and the Japan Foundation.
Featured Films
Japanese Girls Never Die
Daigo Matsui, 2016
Haruko (played by Hana and Alice’s Yu Aoi) is stuck in a rut. Rapidly hurtling towards her 30s, she’s stuck in a dead-end job. She has fallen for her eccentric neighbour Soga, but he constantly rebuffs any affection she shows. One day, Haruko mys
Kizumonogatari – Part 3: Reiketsu
Tatsuya Oishi, 2017
With help of Meme Oshino, Koyomi takes back the limbs of Kiss-shot after defeating the three vampire hunters: Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter. On seeking out Kiss-Shot, with the intention of becoming human again, she reveals to Koyomi the co
Harmonium
Koji Fukada, 2016
Toshio (Kanji Furutachi) lives with his wife Akie (Mariko Tsutsui) and daughter Hotaru (Momone Shinokawa). He operates a small workshop out of his house, and spends little time with his family except for during meals. One day Yasaka (Tadanobu Asano),
Pecoross’ Mother and Her Days
Azuma Morisaki , 2013
Yuichi Okano (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged magazine ad salesman who enjoys his hobbies of manga art and playing music more than his job. He is an eternal optimist and the shape of his head has earned him the nickname ‘Pecoross’ because of its l
Sketches of Kaitan City
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, 2010
New Year’s Eve, Kaitan City. A worker is made redundant due to a downsizing of the city’s shipyard; an old woman refuses to leave her home even though it is in an area planned for redevelopment; a manager of the local planetarium suspects his wif
The Letter
Jiro Shono, 2006
Since they lost their parents, Takeshi has provided for his younger brother Naoki, and works hard to ensure that his sibling will get to university. But when Takeshi is fired from his job, he is forced to take desperate measures to ensure that his br
Welcome
To JFF 2017
Back for our ninth year! This year's Festival is a continuation of the highly successful collaboration between the Embassy of Japan and access>CINEMA, with support from the Ireland Japan Association and the Japan Foundation.
The 2017 Festival features a diverse and packed programme of 21 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 46 screenings at venues in Dundalk, Cork, Galway, Maynooth, Sligo, Limerick, Dublin and Waterford.
We hope that you will be able to join us.
Enjoy & Arigato!