Join us for the Japanese Film Evenings for 2014!

Japanese films shown at the University of Waikato are usually screened on the second or third Thursday of the month from 7:00pm.

All films have English subtitles.
Admission is free and booking is not necessary.
Films, dates and times are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances so please contact us to confirm details.

We hope that you will enjoy the films and gain a deeper insight into various aspects of Japanese society.

September film "Noriben"
(Director: Akira Ogata, 2009, 107min. Rating:PG, Cast:Manami Konishi, Yoshinori Okada, Jun Murakami )

Her life, Her recipe, a brand new start.

A heartfelt drama adapted from the comic of the same title by Irie Kiwa and directed by Ogata Akira that portrays the powerful struggle of a 31 year-old former housewife to open her own "bento" (boxed lunch) shop after returning to her childhood home with her young daughter.

Komaki is a thirty-something woman that has had it with her perpetually unemployed aspiring writer husband. Following the divorce, she moves back to her Tokyo-area hometown of Kyojima along with her young daughter, Non-chan. However, she has a difficult time making ends meet in big city Tokyo.

Her solution? Take a chance and try opening her very own bento (lunch box) shop.

Presented by the Consulate-General of Japan in Auckland, the Japan Foundation, the University of Auckland, the University of Waikato.