Welcome To JFF 2019
Ireland's only truly national film festival
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Featured Films
Want A Home That Sparks Joy: KonMari Event
Event, 2019
The KonMari method of tidying has taken the world by storm, thanks to the Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. The method encourages keeping only those things that speak to the heart, and discard items that no longer spark joy. Join us a
The Gun
Masaharu Take, 2018
On a night-time walk along a Tokyo riverbank, university student Toru stumbles across a dead body, beside which lies a gun. From the moment he impulsively decides to take the gun, Toru’s world starts to change. At first, just knowing that he has th
Killing
Shinya Tsukamoto, 2018
Mokunoshin Tsuzuki is a talented young samurai, living a quiet life helping out the villagers in an isolated rural community. During a training session, Mokunoshin’s sword skills are spotted by an older samurai named Sawamura. The older man is trav
75 Years In Japan
James Creedon, 2018
In 1935, Sister Paschal (Jennie) O' Sullivan - a young nun from Co Cork - said goodbye to her family and left on the long journey to Japan to become a missionary there. She would go on to spend the next 75 years in the country, most of that time teac
Of Love & Law
Hikaru Toda, 2017
In her debut feature documentary, Hikaru Toda explores a side of Japan that the rest of the world rarely sees. Fumi and Kazu are personal and professional partners - they operate the first and only law firm in Japan set up by an openly gay couple, Dr
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Macoto Tezuka, 1985
When singers Kan and Shingo are invited to meet with a record company executive, they’re given an unexpected offer: to form a pop duo known as the Stardust Brothers. It takes some persuading from their first and biggest fan Marimo, but eventually t
Welcome To JFF 2019
Ireland's only truly national film festival
Supported by:
Ireland's Japanese Film Festival is back!
The 2019 Festival features another 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 are hosting screenings from April 6th to 20th inclusive at venues in Dublin, Galway, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork, Sligo, Waterford and Dundalk.
We hope that you will be able to join us.
Enjoy & Arigato!