Welcome To JFF 2019
Ireland's only truly national film festival
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Featured Films
Mori, The Artist's Habitat
Shuichi Okita, 2018
Morikazu Kumagai (1880-1977) was a key figure in Japanese modern art, known for his colourful paintings of nature and animals. Mori, The Artist’s Habitat imagines one day in the life of the reclusive artist during his twilight years. Aged 94, he ma
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 Blood of Wolves
Kazuya Shiraishi, 2018
It’s the late 1980s, and Shogo Ogami is a veteran cop who’s rumoured to have ties to the yakuza. He’s partnered with straight-laced rookie Hioka to investigate the disappearance of an accountant who has links to gangsters. It doesn’t take lon
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
Born Bone Born
Toshiyuki Teruya, 2018
On the anniversary of their mother’s death, the Shinjo family reunite on the remote Okinawan island of Aguni Shima. Eldest son Tsuyoshi and his single sister Yuko have travelled the long distance home to help their father to carry out a senkotsu â€
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
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!