Japanese Cinema at the BFI London Film Festival 2024

Date: 2024 October 09 18:52

Posted by Joe

The good folks from the BFI have just sent us details of the upcoming Japanese films that'll be show cased at the BFI London Film Festival 2024.

The festival takes place from Wednesday 9th to Sunday 20th October 2024 at the BFI Southbank and other venues across London and the UK. They have a wide variety of award-winning, gritty and empowering East Asian films premiering at the festival this year. So check out the BFI London Film Festival 2024 Website for more details.

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Details as follows:

THE CATS of GOKOGU SHRINE - dir. Kazuhiro Soda
Love strand

An ample cat colony inhabits a Shinto shrine. Residents care for them; others disturbed by the mess. Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda observes their coexistence.


BLACK BOX DIARIES - dir. Shirori Ito
Debate strand

Journalist Shiori Ito investigates her own sexual assault, seeking to prosecute the high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case, exposing Japan's outdated judicial and societal systems.


HAPPYEND - dir. Neo Sora
Sutherland Award - First Feature Competition

In a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life, two rabble-rousing best friends are about to graduate high school. One night, they pull a consequential prank on their Principal, which leads to a surveillance system being installed in their school. Stuck between the oppressive security system and a darkening national political situation, the two respond in contrasting ways, leading them to confront differences they never had to face before.


THE COLOURS WITHIN - dir. Naoko Yamada
Family strand

Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the 'colors' of others. Colors of bliss, excitement, and serenity, plus a color she treasures as her favorite. She forms a band with two friends: Kimi, a classmate at her school who gives off the most beautiful color of all, and Rui, a music enthusiast whom she met at a used bookstore in a far corner of town.