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Japanese Film Festival 2001 - 29th September - 7th October 2001

Focus on Akira Kurosawa
THE BAD SLEEP WELL (WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU) Directed by Akira Kurosawa
QUIET DUEL (SHIZUKANARU KETTO) Directed by Akira Kurosawa
RED BEARD (AKAHIGE) Directed by Akira Kurosawa
NOT YET (MADADAYO) Directed by Akira Kurosawa
SANJURO (TSUBAKI SANJURO) Directed by Akira Kurosawa
DOOMED (TO LIVE) (IKIRU) Directed by Akira Kurosawa
NOWHERE MAN (MUNO NO HITO) Directed by Naoto Takenaka
BEIJING WATERMELON (PEKIN TEKI SUIKA) Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
TORA-SAN TAKES A VACATION (OTOKO WA TSURAI YO: TORAJIRO NO KYUJITSU) Directed by Yoji Yamada
KIKUJIRO (KIKUJIRO NO NATSU) Directed by Takeshi Kitano
ADRENALINE DRIVE Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
DON'T LOOK BACK (DOKO MADE MO IKOU) Directed by Akihiko Shiota
NABBIE'S LOVE (NABBIE NO KOI) Directed by Yuji Nakane

Japanese Film Festival 2002 - 11 October - 20 October 2002

Lightning [Inazuma] Directed by: Mikio Naruse
Flowing [Nagareru] Directed by: Mikio Naruse
Ugetsu [Ugetsu Monogatari] Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi
Juvenile [Jubunairu] Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
First Love [Hatsukoi] Directed by: Tetsuo Shinohara
Fifteen [Gakko 4] Directed by: Yoji Yamada
Ozamu Tezuka's Anime Directed by: Osamu Tezuka
Jumping (1984) Pictures At An Exhibition (1966)
Broken Down Film (1985)

Japanese Film Festival 2003 - September 26 - 5 October 2003

TWILIGHT SAMURAI [Tasogare Seibei] Directed by: Yamada Yoji
MOONLIGHT WHISPER [Gekko no Sasayaki] Directed by: Shiota Akihiko
MILLENNIUM ACTRESS [Sennen joyu] Directed by: Kon Satoshi

Focus on Fukasaku Kinji (1930-2003)
LOVERS LOST [Dotonborigawa]
THE GEISHA HOUSE [OMOCHA]
AMATEUR SINGING CONTEST [Nodo jiman]

A commemoration of Ozu Yasujiro's 100th birthday and 40th anniversary of death Ozu Yasujiro (1903-1963)
I WAS BORN, BUT ... [Umarete wa mita keredo]
LATE SPRING [Banshun]
TOKYO STORY [Tokyo monogatari]
EQUINOX FLOWER [Higanbana]
THE END OF SUMMER [Kohayagawa-ke no aki]
AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON [Sanma no aji]
TOKYO-GA Directed by: Wim Wenders

Japanese Film Festival 2004: Tokyo Stories 24 September - 3 October 2004

Focus on Yamada Yoji

IT'S TOUGH BEING A MAN [OTOKO WA TSURAI YO] Directed by: Yamada Yoji
TORA-SAN'S SUNRISE AND SUNSET [OTOKO WA TSURAI YO: YUYAKE KOYAKE] Directed by: Yamada Yoji
THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF [SHIAWASE NO KIIROI HANKACHI] Directed by: Yamada Yoji
MY SONS [MUSUKO] Directed by: Yamada Yoji

Focus on Ichikawa Jun

BU.SU Directed by: Ichikawa Jun
TSUGUMI Directed by: Ichikawa Jun
TADON AND CHIKUWA Directed by: Ichikawa Jun
OSAKA STORY [OSAKA MONOGATARI] Directed by: Ichikawa Jun
TOKYO DRIFTERS [TOKYO NAGAREMONO] Directed by: Suzuki Seijun
SCOUTMAN [PAIN] Directed by: Ishioka Masato
EDO PORN [HOKUSAI MANGA] Directed by: Shindo Kaneto
THE TASTE OF TEA [CHA NO AJI] Directed by: Ishii Katsuhito

Japanese Film Festival 2005: Adaptations 28 September - 9 October 2005

Focus on Nomura Yoshitaro (1919-2005)

ZERO FOCUS [ZERO NO SHOTEN] Directed by: Nomura Yoshitaro
THE CASTLE OF SAND [SUNA NO UTSUWA] Directed by: Nomura Yoshitaro
THE INCIDENT [JIKEN] Directed by: Nomura Yoshitaro

Focus on Ichikawa Kon

CONFLAGRATION [ENJO] Directed by: Ichikawa Kon
I AM A CAT [WAGAHAI WA NEKO DE ARU] Directed by: Ichikawa Kon
THE PHOENIX [HI NO TORI] Directed by: Ichikawa Kon
THE MAKIOKA SISTERS [SASAME-YUKI] Directed by: Ichikawa Kon
TONY TAKITANI Directed by: Ichikawa Jun
A LAUGHING FROG [WARAU KAERU] Directed by: Hirayama Hideyuki
L'AMANT Directed by: Hiroki Ryuichi
JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH [JOZE TO TORA TO SAKANA TACHI] Directed by: Inudo Isshin
LETTER FROM THE MOUNTAIN [AMIDA-DO DAYORI] Directed by: Koizumi Takashi
THE TRAGEDY OF "W" [W NO HIGEKI] Directed by: Sawai Shinichiro
AND THEN [SOREKARA] Directed by: Morita Yoshimitsu
WHEN THE RAIN LIFTS [AME AGARU] Directed by: Koizumi Takashi
POPPOYA -- RAILROAD MAN Directed by: Furuhata Yasuo

Japanese Film Festival 2006: Friendship 21 October - 29 October 2006

Director-in-Focus : Kitano Takeshi
KIDS RETURN Directed by: Kitano Takeshi
FIREWORKS [HANA-BI] Directed by: Kitano Takeshi KIKUJIRO [KIKUJIRO NO NATSU] Directed by: Kitano Takeshi

Director-in-attendance : Ogigami Naoko
YOSHINO’S BARBER SHOP [BARBER YOSHINO] Directed by: Ogigami Naoko
KAMOME DINER [KAMOME SHOKUDO] Directed by: Ogigami Naoko

FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN Directed by: Nomura Tetsuya/ Nozue Takeshi
CAPTAIN HARLOCK IN ARCADIA [WAGA SEISHUN NO ARCADIA] Directed by: Katsumata Tomoharu
ROBOCON Directed by: Furumaya Tomoyuki
A CLASS TO REMEMBER [GAKKO] Directed by: Yamada Yoji
A CLASS TO REMEMBER II (Also Known as THE LEARNING CIRCLE) [GAKKO II] Directed by: Yamada Yoji
A CLASS TO REMEMBER IV (Also Known as FIFTEEN) [GAKKO IV] Directed by: Yamada Yoji
SCARRED ANGELS [KIZU DARAKE NO TENSHI] Directed by: Sakamoto Junji
FREE AND EASY SPECIAL VERSION [TSURI-BAKA NISSHI SPECIAL] Directed by: Morisaki Azuma
DIXIELAND DAIMYO [JAZZ DAIMYO] Directed by: Okamoto Kihachi
THE ALL-OUT NINE- FIELD OF NIGHTMARES [GYAKKYO NINE] Directed by: Hasumi Eiichiro
WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY [PACCHIGI!] Directed by: Izutsu Kazuyuki
THE PROFESSOR AND HIS BELOVED EQUATION [HAKASE NO AISHITA SUSHIKI] Directed by: Koizumi Takashi
DEAD RUN [SHISSO] Directed by: Sabu LINDA LINDA LINDA Directed by: Yamashita Nobuhiro

Japanese Film Festival 2007: True.Romance 15 September - 23 September 2007

Actress-in-Attendance Yoshiyuki Kazuko

Director-in-Focus Imamura Shohei

Black Rain (Kuroi Ame) Directed by: IMAMURA Shohei
The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama Bushiko) Directed by: IMAMURA Shohei
Vengeance Is Mine (Fukushû suruwa wareniari) Directed by: IMAMURA Shohei
Eejanaika Directed by: IMAMURA Shohei
Nianchan Directed by: IMAMURA Shohei

Director-in-Attendance Ichikawa

Jun Dying at a Hospital (Byoin de shinu toiukoto) Directed by: ICHIKAWA Jun
Tokyo Marigold Directed by: ICHIKAWA Jun
How to Become Myself (Ashita no watashi no tsukurikata) Directed by: ICHIKAWA Jun

Inochi Directed by: SHINOHARA Tetsuo
The Sting of Death (Shi no Toge) Directed by: OGURI Kohei
The Strange Tale of Oyuki (Bokuto Kidan) Directed by: SHINDO Kaneto
Faraway Sunset (Toki rakujitsu) Directed by: KOYAMA Seijiro
Hachiko (Hachiko Monogatari) Directed by: KOYAMA Seijiro
Lost in the Wilderness (Uemura Naomi Monogatari) Directed by: SATO Junya
Appassionata (Jo no mai) Directed by: NAKAJIMA Sadao
Oriume Directed by: MATSUI Hisako
Gabai Granny (Saga no gabai baachan) Directed by: KURAUCHI Hitoshi
Life Can Be So Wonderful (Sekai wa tokidoki utsukushii) Directed by: MINORIKAWA Osamu
Moon and Cherry (Tsuki to Cherry) Directed by: TANADA Yuki
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (Megumi hikisakareta kazoku no sanjyuunen) Directed by: Patty KIM, Chris SHERIDAN