The Japan Foundation Manila, celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Japanese Film Festival (JFF), widely known as EIGASAI, announced the full lineup of films and special guests for EIGASAI 2017. The festival will start from July 1 to August 29, 2017 in honor of the Philippines-Japan Friendship Month. The said festival will be showing 20 Japanese films of various genres selected for more than 100 screenings across six major cities nationwide. With that, the JFF | EIGASAI’s 20th anniversary edition is set to be the biggest and best yet.
Here are the list of Japanese movies to be shown here in Manila as well as the date of showing, location, time slot and movie fee:
July 6 - CCP Dream Theater (Free Admission)
- 2:00PM - Memories of You
- 4:00PM - In This Corner of the World + Special Talk
- 7:30PM - The Sting of Death
July 7 - FDCP (By Invitation Only)
- 7:00PM - Her Love Boils Bathwater + Nakano Ryota: Director's Talk
July 6 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (By Invitation Only)
- 7:30PM - OPENING FILM: Her Love Boils Bathwater
July 7 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (Php 100 per screening)
- 1:30PM - Chihayafu Part 1
- 4:30PM - The Magnificent Nine
- 7:30PM - Creepy
July 8 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (Php 100 per screening)
- 1:30PM - The Anthem of the Heart
- 4:30PM - Tsukiji Wonderland
- 7:30PM - Her Love Boils Bathwater + Director's Talk
July 9 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (Php 100 per screening)
- 1:30PM - What a Wonderful Family!
- 4:30PM - Sweet Bean (An)
- 7:30PM - The Long Excuse
July 10 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (Php 100 per screening)
- 1:30PM - Tsukiji Wonderland
- 4:30PM - The Mohican Comes Home
- 7:30PM - Asian Three-fold Mirror 2016: Reflections
July 11 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (Php 100 per screening)
- 1:30PM - The Long Excuse
- 4:30PM - Chihayafuru Part 1
- 7:30PM - Departures
July 12 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (Php 100 per screening)
- 1:30PM - The Anthem of the Heart
- 4:30PM - Chihayafuru Part 2
- 7:30PM - The Mohican Comes Home
July 13 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (Php 100 per screening)
- 1:30PM - The Magnificent Nine
- 4:30PM - What a Wonderful Family
- 7:30PM - Creepy
July 14 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (FREE / Tagalized)
- 1:30PM - Sadako vs. Kayako
- 4:30PM - If Cats Disappeared from the World
- 7:30PM - Bakuman
July 15 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (Php 100 per screening)
- 1:30PM - The Anthem of the Heart
- 4:30PM - The Long Excuse
- 7:30PM - Departures
July 16 - Shang Cineplex Cinema 2 - Shangri-la Plaza (Php 100 per screening)
- 1:30PM - Chihayafuru Part 2
- 4:30PM - Sweet Bean (An)
- 7:30PM - Tsukiji Wonderland
August 16 - UP Film Institute - UP Diliman (FREE)
- 1:00PM - Bakuman (Tagalized)
- 4:00PM - Chihayafuru Part 1
- 7:00PM - Tsukiji Wonderland
August 17 - UP Film Institute - UP Diliman (FREE)
- 1:00PM - Asian Three-fold Mirror 2016: Reflections
- 4:00PM - If Cats Disappeared from the World (Tagalized)
- 7:00PM - Creepy
August 18 - UP Film Institute - UP Diliman (FREE)
- 1:00PM - Departures
- 4:00PM - Chihayafuru Part 2
- 7:00PM - Poolsideman
August 19 - UP Film Institute - UP Diliman (FREE)
- 1:00PM - The Anthem of the Heart
- 4:00PM - Sweet Bean (An)
- 7:00PM - Her Love Boils Bathwater
August 5 - Cultural Center of the Philippines - Little Theater (FREE)
- 6:30PM - Poolsideman + Director's Talk
August 10 - Cultural Center of the Philippines - Little Theater (FREE)
- 6:30PM - Asian Three-fold Mirror 2016: Reflections
August 11 - Cultural Center of the Philippines - THB (FREE)
- 6:30PM - Poolsideman
Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis, except the screenings at Shang Cineplex Cinema which will be PHP 100 per one film screening. (All information above are from EIGASAI PH Flyers and Media Kit as of June 14, 2017).
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