An exciting lineup of features and anime movies will be screened at the Kolkata edition of The Japanese Film Festival India, to be held at INOX South City Mall from January 18 to 21, the organisers announced on Monday.
Hosted by The Japan Foundation, the festival has already made its rounds in Delhi from October 12 to 15 and in Hyderabad and Chennai from November 2 to 5 last year. Before coming to Kolkata, it also took place in Bengaluru and Mumbai from December 7 to 10.
“It's time for the final city for JFF 2033: Kolkata!! Presenting the Kolkata schedule for Japanese Film Festival 2023The time to relax, enjoy and watch great films is finally here!! Venue: INOX South City Mall, Jadavpur, Kolkata. Dates: 18-21 January 2024,” the official X page of the film festival wrote alongside a screening schedule.
The Japanese Film Festival India will open on January 18 at 7:15 pm with Kei Ishikawa’s 2022 psychological thriller A Man, starring Satoshi Tsumabuki and Yuumi Kawai. On the next day, the first episode of the popular anime series Detective Conan will be screened from 6:30 pm, followed by Ryo Takebayashi’s sci-fi comedy Mondays: See You “This” Week at 8:30 pm.
Keisuke Yoshida’s 2021 drama film Intolerance, which received high praise in Mumbai and Bengaluru, will be shown on January 20 at 11:30am. Next in the lineup is Father of the Milky Way Railroad and Hirokazu Koreeda’s Monster, to be screened from 2pm and 4:45 pm respectively. Another movie, We Made a Beautiful Bouquet, will be the last film for the day.
A set of anime movies will be shown on January 21, beginning with Hayao Miyazaki’s 1979 film Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro at 11:30 am, followed by the drama film Anime Supremacy. Two Detective Conan movies — Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003) and The Last Wizard of the Century (1999) — will close the film festival.
There will be no intermission between the films, which can also be streamed on the official site of the festival.
The Japanese Film Festival in India was first held in India in 2017. Since then, the festival has been screening the latest offerings and classics from Japanese filmmakers in several cities across the country.