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The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme (JFTFP) is back for its 22nd edition Am I Right? Justice, Justification and Judgement in Japanese Cinema. The season delves into how Japanese filmmakers use the language of cinema to explore the concepts of criminal, social, and moral justice, along with the ways people respond to external judgement.

JFTFP25: Sakura

An unimportant police PR employee steps up to solve the murder of her best friend, and soon discovers a dark secret lurking in the police force.
08 February 2025
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JFTFP25: Hope

When the ISHIKAWA family learn that their missing son is involved in a murder case, their thoughts are torn between two different hopes: that he comes home the murderer, or that he dies innocent.
16 February 2025
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JFTFP25: Penalty Loop

A man out for bloody revenge finds himself trapped in a time loop with the man he’s trying to kill. Will this help him achieve justice?
23 February 2025
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JFTFP25: Ghost Cat Anzu

Wishing to see her dead mother again, a young girl sets out on a fantastical adventure accompanied by her grandfather’s goofy magical talking cat.
02 March 2025
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JFTFP25: 99% Cloudy... Always

Kazuha, a woman with ASD, begins to drift apart from her husband over conventional expectations of having children in this uncompromising drama.
08 March 2025
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JFTFP25: Tea Friends

A small, innocent-sounding newspaper advertisement leads callers to “Tea Friends”, which is in reality a call girl service founded by SASAKI Mana (OKAMOTO Rei).
16 March 2025
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JFTFP25: Carmen Comes Home

Just after the Second World War, the arrival of a city girl (TAKAMINE Hideko) and her friend (KOBAYASHI Toshiko) attracts curiosity from the residents of a rural mountain village.
23 March 2025
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JFTFP25: The Inugami Family

The death of a patriarch sets off a scramble for his fortune as well as a series of gruesome murders in one of Japan’s most popular mystery classics.
29 March 2025
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JFTFP25: To Mom, With Love

Three sisters gather at a hot spring resort to celebrate their mother’s birthday, but a surprise announcement throws them into chaos in this comedy movie.
30 March 2025
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