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[じょうえい]があります。いつものように無料[むりょう] (= free admission)です。是非[ぜひ] (by all means)来[]てくださいね! 

Free Japanese film showing – October 2010
 
Date: Thursday 7 October 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.
 
"Awakening!"(『魂萌え!』)
Drama
2006
125 min.
M
Director: Junji Sakamoto
Cast: Jun Fubuki, Yoshiko Mita, Etsuji Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa
 
After death the truth can hurt…
 
Soon after the sudden death of her husband, Toshiko finds out that he had been keeping secrets from her. Faced with not being able to take out her frustration on anyone, she decides to look further into the life of her late husband, and is surprised at what she discovers.
 
Based on a novel of the same title by Kirino Natsuo, whose "OUT" was nominated for the Edgar award (Best Novel) in the U.S. Directed by Sakamoto Junji of Face (Kao), KT and Aegis (Bokoku no Aegis). Entered into the Competition section at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2007.
Film presented by the Consulate-General of Japan, The University of Waikato, The Japan Cultural Centre, Sydney (The Japan Foundation).

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