The ever-popular FREE Japanese Film Festival returns in New Zealand to serve up premiere screenings of a wide range of films!
This movie is recommended for children and teens aged 8 and up as the movie is in Japanese with English subtitles
The Opening Film is A Banana? At This Time of Night?.
Yasuaki Shikano, 34. Suffering from muscular dystrophy, wheelchair user. Self-centered, talkative, overly free-spirited!
A human drama depicting Yasuaki Shikano, who lived his dreams while struggling with muscular dystrophy. He was loved by everyone – the volunteers and families who supported him. Despite being unable to live without help, he leaves the hospital and begins an independent life. With many volunteer helpers, he lives like a king but is loved and hated at the same time. One night, Yasuaki falls in love with Mitsuki, his new volunteer helper unaware that she is already in a relationship with Hisashi Tanaka (Miura Haruma) a medical college student.
This is a moving drama based on a true story depicting the life of people who meet and changed with Yasuaki, through their experiences with laughter and tears.
2018 / 120 min. Censors rating: PG
The Japanese Film Festival will run in Auckland from the 27 to 29 November and is presented by the Embassy of Japan in New Zealand and the Consulate-General of Japan in Auckland, the Consular Office of Japan in Christchurch and the Japan Foundation.
