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
We Are X
Stephen Kijak, 2016
X JAPAN might not be a household name in the West, but they’re one of the most successful and iconic heavy metal bands of all time. The band - originally known simply as X - was formed by drummer Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi while they were stil
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale
Tomohiko Ito, 2016
In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. With the popularity of Virtual Reality in decline, this new device uses Augmented Reality (AR) technology to get players into the
The Long Excuse
Miwa Nishikawa, 2016
Sachio is a very successful but arrogant writer who is cheating on his wife Natsuko. During a trip away, Natsuko and her friend Yuki are killed in a bus accident. Sachio - whose celebrity status has led to media interest in the tragedy - initially fi
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
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
Yoji Yamada, 2015
Medical student Yoji becomes one of the thousands of victims of the US atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki in August 1945. His death leaves his mother Nobuko - who works as a midwife - living at home alone, albeit with regular visits from Yoji’s fiancé
Happy Hour
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2015
Four female friends approaching middle age - Akari (Sachie Tanaka), Sakurako (Hazuki Kikuchi), Fumi (Maiko Mihara) and Jun (Rira Kawamura) - agree to attend a weekend workshop hosted by an eccentric artist. When the group heads out for a few drinks a
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!