Japanese Film Festival showcase starting Sept 29

KOTA KINABALU: The Japanese Film Festival will be held at Suria Sabah cinemas here on Sept 29-Oct 2.

A statement received here yesterday said the festival was returning to Malaysia for its 14th installment and selected films will be shown in major towns and cities this month and October.

It boasts a thrilling slate of box office favourites, trophy magnets, eye-opening documentaries, and highly-anticipated manga adaptations. The country’s premiere showcase for new Japanese cinema promises a truly immersive cultural experience for audiences of all ages and tastes, the statement promised.

The month-long celebration did its rounds in the Klang Valley from Sept 7-13 at GSC Mid Valley, GSC 1 Utama, GSC Pavilion KL, and GSC NU Sentral. Penang (GSC Gurney Plaza on 14–17 September) is the next city on the nationwide tour, followed by Kuching (GSC CityONE Megamall on 21–24 September) and finally Kota Kinabalu (GSC Suria Sabah on 29 September–2 October).

The revelry was enhanced with a generous helping of star power, courtesy of matinée idol Saitoh Takumi who appeared at GSC Pavilion KL on Sept 5.

The in-demand actor sat in the director’s chair for his first feature-length production as he depicted two brothers coming to terms with their absent father’s death.

All films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

Source : New Sabah Times