September 02, 09:00 • September 02, 21:30 • September 03, 16:30
On June 30, 1966, the home of senior managing director from a soy paste manufacturing company was set fire and 4 members of the household were killed in the Shizuoka prefecture. The Shizuoka police arrest Hakamada, a company employee and former professional boxer. At first Hakamada denies the allegation but just 3 days before being released from custody he confesses to the crime.
August 5
The event will be held in front of the Peace Belle, given to Montreal in 1998 by the city of Hiroshima to mark the twinning of the two cities.姉妹都市広島での平和記念式典と同じ時間に、モントリオールでも平和を願う式典が行われる。平和の鐘をつき、戦争のない平和な未来を願いながら黙祷をささげる。
September 02, 21:40 • September 03, 10:00 • September 04, 12:10
September 02, 21:40 • September 03, 14:50 • September 04, 21:40
When Hisazo returns home from battle in the Second World War his face has been burnt and he has lost his limbs. Still he is proud of his war medals.
September 02, 10:00 • September 02, 21:40 • September 05, 19:20
10 people answer an ad to get paid 112,000 yen per hour for participating in an experiment, which involves being under 24-hour surveillance in an individual room for 7 days. In each room there is a lethal weapon.
September 02, 12:00 • September 02, 19:00 • September 04, 19:20
One summer day Atsushi and his brother, Toki, and mother, Yumiko, travel from Tokyo to a small village in Taiwan. They want to return his father’s ashes to his birthplace.
August 30, 10:00 • August 31, 21:30 • September 01, 14:30
As the Edo period moves to the Meiji period, values and order of theworld are changing significantly. This film portrays the Inoyama family, which served the Maeda family from Kaga clan with an abacus instead of a sword.
Secrets and lies, love and loneliness. This is a beautiful and bitter love story. Ruriko is a popular teddy bear maker and has been married to Satoshi for 3 years. From the outside they are a perfect couple but in reality they don’t know how to fill the void in their marriage.
“Why were we born?” This is a moving childbirth documentary including children’s testimonies about their memories of being in the womb.
August 27 • 09:00:00 • CINÉMA IMPÉRIAL
August 27 • 21:30:00 • THÉATRE MAISONNEUVE
August 28 • 14:00:00 • CINÉMA IMPÉRIAL
Director : Hideyuki Hirayama
Cast : Etsushi Toyokama, Chizuru Ikewari, Koji Kikkawa, Naho Toda
During the Edo period Kanemi Sanzaemon, the head of Unasaka clan of north western Japan, kills Renko, a mistress of the lord Ukyo-Dayu who had a great influence on Ukyo for decision making. Three years later, after he loses his wife to illness, Sanzaemon tries to pay for what he did and searches for a place to die.
After I left Japan, Hiro and I learned that absence certainly made our love grow stronger. We texted daily, sent presents, and talked on Skype at all hours of the night. So when Hiro announced his impending trip to Canada, I was deliriously delighted.
For the first time ever, I am able to spend a whole 24 days here in Montreal, and I am experiencing the wonderful feel of its slower pace of life.
A retro-futuristic hangout for artists and creators. Laïka is an urban style cafe which opened in 1999.
