FREE Japanese film showing – this Thursday

また今週[こんしゅう]の木曜日[もくようび]に、日本[にほん]映画[えいが]の上映会[じょうえいかい]があります。いつものように無料[むりょう] (= free admission)です。今回[こんかい]は、アニメです。この映画[えいが]は4年前[ねんまえ]に日本[にほん]で上映[じょうえい]されました。とても人気[にんき]があったそうですよ。是非[ぜひ] (= by all means)来[]てくださいね!

Free Japanese film showing – September 2010
 
Date: Thursday 16 September 2010
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: L3
Contact: athena@waikato.ac.nz or 838-4042
 
Admission Free!
No booking required!
English sub-titles!
 
ALL WELCOME.
 
"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"
Anime
2006
98 min.
PG
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Voice: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Sachie Hara
 
There is a future that we can’t wait for.
 
Makoto is a cute, Japanese high school kid whose bike brakes fail, putting her in the path of an oncoming train and certain death. She opens her eyes to find herself minutes before the crash which she now can avoid. Using the new found gift of travelling backwards in time, Makoto, can retake tests and change events when things don’t go her way the first time. She also learns that we are all interconnected and that her actions bring complications and dangers to those closest to us.
 
Winner of the 2007 Japanese Oscar for Best Anime.
 
Film presented by the Consulate-General of Japan, The University of Waikato, The Japan Cultural Centre, Sydney (The Japan Foundation).

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