Japanese Film Festival: Comedy 2012

HANOI: 25 Oct – 4 Nov 2012
National Cinema Center
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PHAN THIET: 16 – 18 Nov 2012
19/4 Cinema
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HCMC: 24 Nov- 1 Dec 2012
Dong Da Cinema

From the organizer:

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam shares the delight of hosting Japanese Film Festival: Comedy 2012 from 25 October – 1 December 2012 in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Phan Thiet City.

Japanese, businessmen in particular, are believed in overseas to be very serious and relatively weak in telling witty jokes to foreigners. In an extreme case, some even believe Japanese look like Noh masks with never showing any emotional expressions on faces. But of course, we tell jokes to each other, laughing at comical dramas on TV, on stage, and on film. In short, our senses of humors are packed and enriched in various cultural products including films.

In this year’s Japanese Film Festival, we introduce the diversity of comedy in hope to share our laughs and smiles with Vietnamese audience. 8 popular and smash-hit films all made in 2000s are carefully selected to showcase the variety of comical senses in Japanese film.

Languages:

In Hanoi: All films are in Japanese with subtitles in both Vietnamese and English. There is only 1 exception for Vietnamese children: “Summer Days with Coo” will have Vietnamese voice-over on Saturday 27 October at 9:15 am and on Saturday 3 November at 9:15 am.

In Phan Thiet and HCMC: All films are in Japanese with English subtitles and Vietnamese voice-over.

Tickets:

Hanoi: Free tickets to be distributed from 2pm, Fri 19 Oct at The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, 27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. [Opening hours: 09:30 -12:00/13:30-17:30 on weekdays, 09:30-11:30/12:30-18:00 on Saturdays, closed on Sundays]. First-come, first-served.

Phan Thiet and HCMC: Free admission, no tickets are required

For more information, please contact us at 04-3944-7419 or access our website for film list and screening schedule.