JF Theater (Film screenings) in November 2017 : Director : Nobuhiko OBAYASHI

Fri. 3 Nov. 2017
18:30
The Time Traveler
Directed by Obayashi Nobuhiko
1983
104 mins.
Kazuko , a high school student fainted in the chemistry laboratory surrounded with the fragrance of Lavender. After that, her sense of time has become confused. She told the mystery to Kazuo and when she went to his green house she happened to smell the fragrance of Lavender and lose her consciousness again. Back to the Chemistry laboratory with Kazuo, she saw him there. But he is now the doctor in the year of 2660 A.D. Eleven years later, Kazuko happened to see Kazuo but they left each other as if there was nothing happened to both of them.

Fri. 10 Nov. 2017
18:30
I are you you am me
Directed by Obayashi Nobuhiko
1982
112 mins.
Kazuo and Kazumi fall down a long flight of stone steps from a hilltop shrine. While unconscious, their bodies are exchanged. Upon regaining their consciousness, they develop feelings for each other.

Fri. 17 Nov. 2017
18:30
Good Bye for Tomorrow
Directed by Obayashi Nobuhiko
1995
142 mins.
Three months after the small passenger boat “Yobuko-maru” sinks off the coast of Onomichi, killing all 9 aboard, various relatives of the dead receive mysterious messages telling them to meet at midnight on Yobuko beach. One by one, the relatives who have faith in the “promise” of their dead loved ones gather at the beach. This gathering leads to all kinds of comic complications.

Fri. 24 Nov. 2017
18:30
Beijing Water melon
Directed by Obayashi Nobuhiko
1989
135 mins.
The film is based on a true story. It centers around Shunzo, a popular greengrocer who lives in a city near Tokyo. His life, and that of his wife, Michi and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.