| Fri. 1 Sep., 2017
18:30 | Water Boys [Sub ENG]
Director: Shinobu Yagushi | 2001
91 mins.
| | Suzuki a high school senior, is the last remaining member of Tadano High school’s swim team. If no new members join the team this year, it will be cancelled altogether, Fortunately, a pretty teacher, Sakuma is picked as the swim team’s New coach After Class, 30 young men gather at the poolside. She was assigned to work at a boy’s school. She announces to the students that she plans to teach them synchronized swimming in spite of their gender. Most of the young men flee instantly. | |
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| Fri. 8 Sep., 2017
18.30 | Robo-G
Director: Shinobu Yagushi
| 2011
111 mins.
| | Consumer electronics company employee Kobayashi is ordered to develop a bipedal robot, but fails miserably. He comes up with a plan to pass off a human in a suit as a robot, and finds an elderly man named Suzuki who fits inside the suit perfectly, but… | |
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| Fri. 15 Sep., 2017
18:30 | Happy Flight
Director: Shinobu Yagushi | 2008
103 mins. | | The setting of the film is an airport and airplanes. A great variety of “aviation professionals” such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers! Today was supposed to be any other day on the job, departing on schedule and heading safely to Honolulu, but… | |
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| Fri. 22 Sep., 2017
18:30 | Adrenaline drive
Director: Shinobu Yagushi | 1999
112 mins. | | After an unfortunate accident with a gangster in a black Jaguar, Suzuki, a rental car clerk, is forced to visit the yakuza’s lair. They are ready to break all of his fingers when a violent explosion rips through the den, killing almost the entire gang. Meanwhile, Shizuko, a plain, timid nurse, is stuck behind her glasses on the night shift at a local hospital. She has to go out to a local convenience store to buy something. Drawn to the demolished building by the explosion, Shizuko discovers Suzuki slightly wounded. She helps him into an ambulance. They are joined by the only other survivor, the Jaguar driver, who hovers near death. Before we know it, Suzuki and Shizuko are on the run with a trunk full of bloody cash and a very enraged mobster. The timid young pair savor their first real taste of life as they fall in love, dodging the yakuza’s vengeance. This is one of the funniest comedies to emerge from Japan in recent years. | |
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| Fri. 29 Sep., 2017
18:30 | My Secret cache
Director: Shinobu Yagushi | 1992
100 mins. | | Sakiko who works in a bank loves money more than anything in the world. One day she knows about the 500 million yen cash hidden in the labyrinthian jungle. She displays her unbelievable power and starts an adventure in search for the money… Shinobu Yaguchi is one of the most talented new generation film directors. This fresh and very humorous comedy makes a big topic and was awarded the Judge’s special prize in the Hawaii International Film Festival. | |
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