Tehran to host Japanese Cinema Days

Iranian Artist Forum in Tehran is set to host the Japanese Cinema Days on the sidelines of the Japan Cultural Month currently underway in Iran.

During the three-day event, set to be held on October 31-November 2, three films of the contemporary Japanese cinema will go on screen.

Yusuke Okuda’s ‘Somebody’s Flowers’ will be shown on October 31. The film starts with a person dying in an accident when a flower pot falls off a balcony over his head. Another man whose father suffers from dementia wonders if it really was an accident.

The following day, Wednesday November 1, the audience will be offered ‘A Long Goodbye’ directed by Ryota Nakano. This one tells the story of Mari and Humi, whose mother breaks the news of their father suffering from dementia to them. The two must help their mother to come into terms with it and prepare themselves for the loads of emotions to come to them.

And the third film to hit the screen is Kotaro Wajima’s ‘The Lone Ume Tree’. It is about an old house left alone among new buildings. Tamako, a popular fortune teller, lives there alone with her son, Tadao, who is mentally-challenged and autistic. The unpredictable behavior of her son makes her neighbors constantly complain and want them to leave the neighborhood.

The Japan Cultural Month is an annual event, held by the Japanese embassy in Iran, during which a plethora of cultural activies are offered to those interested to know more about the Japanese traditions.

This year’s edition of the event that kicked off on October 8, is set to run through to November 20.

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