Japanese mini film show (Blu-ray)
Published on Aug 23, 2022
Co-presented by Japan Foundation

Every Day a Good Day
Date: Friday 30 September
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Venue: Robert Rendall Building in Stromness
Free admission – no need to book
Depicts the protagonist learning important life lessons through the tea ceremony, based on essayist Morishita Noriko’s long-selling book. Directed by Omori Tatsushi of The Ravine of Goodbye and starring Kuroki Haru of The Little House with costar Kiki Kilin of Shoplifters. At the recommendation of her mother, 20-year-old Noriko (Kuroki) and her cousin Michiko (Tabe Mikako) start taking tea ceremony lessons with Takeda, who has a reputation for being an extraordinary teacher. At first, Noriko is confused by the intricate rules, but after two years, she comes to realise the profundity of the tea ceremony.
Directed by OMORI Tatsushi
Produced by YOSHIMURA Tomomi
KANAI Takaharu
KONDO Takahiko
Cast: KUROKI Haru – Noriko
KIKI Kilin – Mrs TAKEDA
TABE Mikako – Michiko
Release Date: October 13, 2018
Running time:100 min
Genre: Drama
Screening Format: Blu-ray
Screening with Subtitles: English

© 2018 “Every Day a Good Day” Production Committee
POP IN Q
Date: Sunday 2 October
Time: 13:00 – 15:00
Venue: Kirkwall Grammar School
Free admission – no need to book
Young girls stand up to face a global crisis in this fantasy anime commemorating the sixteenth anniversary of Toei Animation.
Miyahara Naoki, who has worked on the “Pretty Cure” series among others, directs. Third year middle-schooler, Isumi (voice: Seto Asami) finds a “fragment of time” at the ocean. Upon picking it up, she sees an unknown world stretching out before her and encounters a strange life-form calling itself a Pokon. The Pokon tells her the world’s time is in danger of breaking down, and so with four other girls, attempts to circumvent the crisis
Directed by MIYAHARA Naoki
Produced by MATSUI Toshiyuki, KANEMARU Yu
Cast: SETO Asami – KOMINATO Isumi
IZAWA Shiori – HIOKA Aoi
TANEZAKI Atsumi – TOMODATE Konatsu
OZAWA Ari – OMICHI Asahi
KUROSAWA Tomoyo – TSUKUI Saki
Release Date: December 23, 2016
Running Time: 95 min
Genre: Animation
Colour: Colour
Screening Format: Blu-ray
Screening Format with Subtitles: English
Movie rating: PG

Dad’s Lunch Box
Date: Fri 7 Oct
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Venue: Kirkwall Grammar School
Free admission – no need to book
A daughter posted a Tweet about her bento box lunch made by her father, which brought 350 thousand people to tears on Twitter. This is a heart-warming, touching true story of the father and daughter who lived an ordinary life. The father kept making bento for his daughter through three years of high school, and she ate it for lunch every day. In the last bento in her high school days, she found a picture of “the very first bento that her father had made for her” with a handwritten message from him. The father and the daughter who were connected by bento lunch. The Tweet was retweeted more than 80 thousand times and got 260 thousand “likes.” This touching true story is now made into a film. Toshimi Watanabe got his first starring role in this film. Rena Takeda played the daughter role. The modest story of the father and daughter, made from a Tweet on Twitter, will surely bring tears to people’s eyes all over Japan.
Theatrical Release Date: June 10, 2017 © 2017
「パパのお弁当は世界一」製作委員会
Directed by Masakazu Fukatsu
Cast: WATANABE Toshimi – Dad
TAKEDA Rena – Midori
Release Date: June 10, 2017
Running Time: 76 min
Genre: Drama
Feature Colour: Colour
Screening Format: Blu -ray
Screening Format with Subtitles: English

©2017 “DAD’S LUNCH BOX” Film Partners