{"id":71875,"date":"2021-09-08T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.nl\/?p=71875"},"modified":"2021-09-08T12:03:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T10:03:46","slug":"5-films-you-shouldnt-miss-at-camera-japan-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/2021\/09\/5-films-you-shouldnt-miss-at-camera-japan-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"5 films you shouldn\u2019t miss at CAMERA JAPAN 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For its 16<sup>th<\/sup> edition CAMERA JAPAN has presented a varied programme, with both films and events, all focussed on Japanese culture. From drama to anime, and even a <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/japanese-rope-bondage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shibari\/Kinbaku<\/a> workshop, CAMERA JAPAN put together another interesting and entertaining edition that contains something for everyone.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is the second time this festival has taken place since the pandemic started and because of COVID-19 related restrictions, there is a limited screening room capacity. Be sure to book your tickets in advance to ensure yourself of a seat.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, let\u2019s have a look at what CAMERA JAPAN has in store for us. Here are five highlights from this year\u2019s programme.<\/p>\n<h3>461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son (2020)<\/h3>\n<p>A recently divorced musician, Kazuki, makes a deal with his son Koki after he fails his high school entrance exam. They agree that Koki will never skip school again and in return his father will make him lunch every day for the next three years. Kazuki\u2019s bento boxes help strengthen the bond between the two. A heart-warming and delicious drama about the relationship between a father and his teenage son.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Kaneshige Atsushi, who is also known for <em>Don\u2019t Cry, Mr. Ogre<\/em> (2019) and <em>Flight on the Water<\/em> (2020).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenings:<\/strong> Thursday 23 September &#8211; 13:30 (Rotterdam), Saturday 25 September &#8211; 19:45 (Rotterdam), Sunday 26 September &#8211; 15:00 (Rotterdam), Friday 1 October &#8211; 19:00 (Amsterdam) | <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/461-days-of-bento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Japanese title:<\/strong> 461\u500b\u306e\u304a\u3079\u3093\u3068\u3046 | 461kko no obento<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u6620\u753b\u300e461\u500b\u306e\u304a\u3078\u3099\u3093\u3068\u3046\u300f\u4e88\u544a\u6620\u50cf\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QVH2LKw6nXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Angry Rice Wifes (2021)<\/h3>\n<p>This historical drama takes place in 1918. The women of a coastal village are struggling to feed their families, while their husbands are away trying to catch fish. Food, and in particular rice, is getting more and more expensive. A number of women decide enough is enough and take action, starting the infamous rice riots. An entertaining historical film, with its fair share of comedic moments.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Motoki Katsuhide, known for Samurai Hustle (2014) and Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven (2000) among other films.<\/p>\n<p>On opening night, 23 September at 19:00 in Rotterdam, <em>Angry Rice Wives<\/em> will be screened after a taiko- and dance performance <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/opening-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tsunagari<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenings:<\/strong> Thursday 23 September &#8211; 19:00 (Rotterdam), Saturday 25 September &#8211; 12:15 (Rotterdam), Sunday 26 September &#8211; 10:15 (Rotterdam), Saturday 2 October &#8211; 16:30 (Amsterdam) | <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/angry-rice-wives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Japanese title:<\/strong> \u5927\u30b3\u30e1\u9a12\u52d5 | Dai kome s\u014dd\u014d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ANGRY RICE WIVES Trailer English Subtitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sh7uiUMfjXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Pompo the Cinephile (2021)<\/h3>\n<p>Joelle Davidovich \u201cPompo\u201d Pomponett produces B-grade action and erotic films, in the movie capital of the world \u201cNyallywood\u201d. When her assistant is moved by Pompo\u2019s new and exquisite script, telling her she should film it, Pompo tells him to film it himself instead. Making this Gene\u2019s directing debut. How will he bring her \u201cMasterpiece\u201d to life?<\/p>\n<p>This film is based on the eponymous manga and television series and directed by Hirao Takayuki, also known for <em>The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral<\/em> (2008) and<em> Yoyo and Nene, the Little Witch Sisters<\/em> (2013).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenings:<\/strong> Saturday 25 September \u2013 14:30 (Rotterdam), Sunday 26 September &#8211; 17:30 (Rotterdam), Saturday 2 October &#8211; 14:30 (Amsterdam) | <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/pompo-the-cinephile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Japanese title:<\/strong> \u6620\u753b\u5927\u597d\u304d\u30dd\u30f3\u30dd\u3055\u3093 | Eiga daisuki Pompo-san<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/zyW7zhwrsEk<\/p>\n<h3>Georama Boy, Panorama Girl (2020)<\/h3>\n<p>Haruko Shibuya, a high school student with an ordinary life, happens upon Kenichi Kanagawa, collapsed on a bridge after he\u2019d been beaten up. Haruko instantly falls for him, but Kenichi is more interested in another girl, Mayumi, who\u2019s the reason for the beating. A romance story, far from typical. A playful film that will keep you guessing.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the eponymous manga by Okazaki Kyoko and directed by Seta Natsuki, known for <em>PARKS<\/em> (2017) and <em>A Letter from Elsewhere<\/em> (2008), among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenings:<\/strong> Friday 24 September &#8211; 14:15 (Rotterdam), Sunday 26 September &#8211; 17:00 (Rotterdam), Saturday 2 October &#8211; 12:30 (Amsterdam) | <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/georama-boy-panorama-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Japanese title:<\/strong> \u30b8\u30aa\u30e9\u30de\u30dc\u30fc\u30a4\u30fb\u30d1\u30ce\u30e9\u30de\u30ac\u30fc\u30eb | Jiorama booi \u2022 panorama gaaru<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Georama Boy, Panorama Girl&quot; official trailer (Eng sub)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2gCR4A0VRMY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>The Goldfish: Dreaming of the Sea<\/h3>\n<p>Hana, an 18-year-old woman, grew up in an orphanage because of a crime her mother was accused of committing. As the oldest \u2018sister\u2019 in the home, Hana takes a newly sheltered and abused girl under her wing. An intimate and vulnerable drama about fragile girls living in a cruel world.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Ogawa Sara, who is also known for <em>She\u2019s Gone<\/em> (2018) and <em>BEATOPIA<\/em> (2017).<\/p>\n<p>The screenings in Rotterdam will be preceded by the short <em><a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/short-narumi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Narumi<\/a><\/em> directed by Yabe Rin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenings:<\/strong> Thursday 23 September &#8211; 17:15 (Rotterdam), Friday 24 September &#8211; 22:15 (Rotterdam), Saturday 25 September &#8211; 10:00 (Rotterdam), Sunday 3 October &#8211; 15:00 (Amsterdam) | <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/the-goldfish-dreaming-of-the-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Japanese title:<\/strong> \u6d77\u8fba\u306e\u91d1\u9b5a | Umibe no kingyo<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Goldfish: Dreaming of the Sea | FEFF 23 Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oCphTbB3zjE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Andere CAMERA JAPAN activiteiten<\/h3>\n<p>As mentioned before this edition of CAMERA JAPAN offers quite a few workshops, performances and exhibitions. There is a special <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/kids-day-4\/\">Kids\u2019 Day<\/a> again this year, where children can learn to write their names in Japanese and watch a selection of animation shorts. A sake tasting, two tea tasting workshops, a market and exhibitions by <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/asakusa-ronin-de-goede\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ronin de Goede<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/event\/spectrum-sawamura-yuta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sawamura Yuta<\/a>, to name just a few of the activities you can expect at CAMERA JAPAN this year.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out CAMERA JAPAN\u2019s full <a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programme<\/a>, as it contains many more films, shorts, workshops, performances and more.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/camerajapan.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CAMERA JAPAN<\/a><\/em><em> will take place from 22 to 26 September at LantarenVenster in Rotterdam with the usual kick-off at WORM on 22 September. Then the festival will move to Amsterdam for a long weekend from 30 September to 3 October.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For its 16th edition CAMERA JAPAN has presented a varied programme, with both films and events, all focussed on Japanese culture. From drama to anime, and even a Shibari\/Kinbaku workshop, CAMERA JAPAN put together another interesting and entertaining edition that contains something for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":71873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"4089"},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3071,4089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-other-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71875"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71903,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71875\/revisions\/71903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}