Screening Japan - documentaries and dramas by NHK World-Japan
2019/3/14
Consulate General of Japan in Kolkata organized a 6 day long screening of 12 documentaries and 2 dramas from Japan in collaboration with Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre, I & CA Department, Government of West Bengal and NHK World-Japan.
The screenings were held at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan and at Nandan III.
From the screenings, people of Kolkata got to know about how Japan recovered after World War II and became an emblem of peace and friendship. Also, it was very touching to see how people of Japan suffered during the Great East Japan Earthquake. The film lovers also got a glimpse of the famous Hokusai paintings together with the memoire of the famous artist Katsushika Hokusai.
The people also enjoyed the drama which depicts the situation faced by a British national who came to settle in Japan with his Japanese wife.
The documentaries and dramas were highly appreciated by the people of Kolkata.
The screenings were held at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan and at Nandan III.
From the screenings, people of Kolkata got to know about how Japan recovered after World War II and became an emblem of peace and friendship. Also, it was very touching to see how people of Japan suffered during the Great East Japan Earthquake. The film lovers also got a glimpse of the famous Hokusai paintings together with the memoire of the famous artist Katsushika Hokusai.
The people also enjoyed the drama which depicts the situation faced by a British national who came to settle in Japan with his Japanese wife.
The documentaries and dramas were highly appreciated by the people of Kolkata.
Synopsis and Screening Schedule
| Venue: Rabindra Okakura Bhavan | ||||
| Date | Title | Plot | Time | Clip |
| 9 March 2019 (Sat) |
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki | In 2013, film director and animator Hayao Miyazaki suddenly announced his retirement at the age of 72. But he couldn't shake his burning desire to create. Can an old master who thinks he's past his prime shine once again? |
4:00 PM
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| Living Ninja Legend | Centuries later, one ninja is still with us who teaches a supreme form of self-defense to more than 100,000 students around the world, including FBI agents and army personnel. Let’s investigate the hidden power of this ninja master. | 5:30 PM |  |
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| Home Sweet Tokyo | An Englishman moves to Japan and faces cultural and language barriers. Full of laughter and love, witness life in Tokyo through the eyes of a foreigner who just wants to keep his family safe and happy. | 6:30 PM |  |
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| 10 March 2019 (Sun) |
Tsuruko's Tea Journey | A 70 year old woman decided to embark on a unique nationwide pilgrimage to immerse herself in the art of Tea Ceremony. She sets off in a van, serving food using local ingredients and tea to the people she meets on her way. | 4:00 PM |  |
| The Lost Hokusai | The program depicts how experts bring back a monumental masterpiece painting, that got destroyed by an earthquake fire, from only a single monochrome photograph unveiling the true intention of the masterpiece. | 5:00 PM |  |
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| Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter | The daughter of a master painter chooses art over marriage and starts assisting her father to complete his iconic series. When he becomes old, she becomes his ‘brush’ and develops her own style of painting. | 6:00 PM |  |
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| Venue: Nandan III | ||||
| Date | Title | Plot | Time | Clip |
| 11 March 2019 (Mon) |
The Phone of the Wind: Whispers to Lost Families | 5 years after the tsunami of March 2011, people are still struggling with their losses. They use an unconnected telephone booth to "call" their loved ones who died in the disaster and try to come to terms with their loss. | 6:00 PM |  |
| Inside the Tsunami | Based on firsthand accounts of the survivors, the program recreates the March 2011 tsunami and investigates what happened in Kamaishi, where residents were overwhelmed by the tidal wave travelling far inland, taking the lives of over 1,000 people. | 7:00 PM |  |
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| 12 March 2019 (Tue) |
Bacchan: Granny's Table | A woman locally known as Hiroshima's Mother Teresa has been welcoming juvenile delinquents with her home-cooked meals along with conversation by which the youths find ways to overcome despair and rehabilitate. | 6:00 PM |  |
| What You Taught Me About My Son | A British author is able to understand his own autistic son after reading a book written by a Japanese autistic boy. He then translates the book into English to help other families around the world who grapple with autism. | 7:00 PM |  |
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| 13 March 2019 (Wed) |
Road to Redemption | During World War II, a Japanese soldier and a US soldier had stood on the opposite sides of the frontline. After the war, they became devout Christians and embarked on missions in each other's homeland. |
6:00 PM |  |
| My Small Steps from Hiroshima | A Japanese person decides to tell the world about the first atomic bombing in Japan by bringing together public figures and post war survivors. The visitors began supporting the victims and joining in the anti-nuclear movement. | 7:00 PM |  |
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| 14 March 2019 (Thur) |
The Fisherman and the Forest | When industrialization was destroying the ocean, an oyster farmer creates a healthy forest, river and ocean with one of the finest oysters after decades of hard work. Even after the 2011 great tsunami swept everything away, nature proved resilient. | 6:00 PM |  |
| Water, Not Weapons：The Greening of Afghanistan | A Japanese physician in Afghanistan devotes himself to fight drought and solve water crisis. He builds a canal, and after 16 years, plains turn green again and farming is revived, which becomes a cornerstone for Afghanistan’s recovery. | 7:00 PM |  |
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