Japanese Short Films Vol.2

Tuesday, October 24th - 12:00pm

Mystery of Akane-cho (40min)
Director: Kenji KURATA
The town of Akane is known for its mythical ghost stories.
It is a story of Akane- the mascot girl of a pub, and Komaki- an athletically talented sports girl. One day, after an occurrence of the usual mysterious phenomenon in town, Akane suddenly finds herself made passes at by all the men in town. Komaki, finds herself taking on her first love for a game of archery…
A splendor full of Japanese 80’s.

Charm of the Earth (48min)
Director: Seisoku KAJITA
With all the global pollution, Earth has become a place where nobody can live.
All are making plans to move to Mars, while Yasuda still insists on a dream-house on Earth. When even his family finds his unrealistic dream disgusting, real estate sales men start to approach Yasuda.