People Still Call It Love
Passion, Affection and Destruction in Japanese Cinema
2 February to 28 March 2019
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Tonight, at the Movies
(Konya, romansu gekijo de, 今夜、ロマンス劇場で)
UK Premiere
Set in the 1960s, at a time when the Japanese cinema industry faced a decline with the rising popularity of television, a struggling assistant director Kenji (Kentaro Sakaguchi) is looking for his big break. His position being little more than an errand boy, he whiles away his free time at a theatre watching long-forgotten black-and-white films. A particular favourite of his is The Tomboy Princess, with the heroine Princess Miyuki (Haruka Ayase) being a main attraction. One day, an auspicious power outage causes the monochrome object of his admiration to magically step off the screen and into Kenji’s technicolour world. Just like her onscreen persona, real-life Miyuki proves to be a feisty character, bossing Kenji around to his absolute delight as he introduces her to the beauty of a world in colour. Does their romance have a future?
Tears and laughter abound in this charming love letter to classic cinema; Takeuchi’s follow-up to his hugely successful Thermae Romae franchise. Make sure you look out for the staggering number of chic costume changes!
のだめカンタービレ」や「テルマエ・ロマエ」の武内英樹監督が贈るロマンティック・コメディー。舞台は1960年代。映画監督を夢見る健司は、通い慣れた古い映画館で、モノクロ映画のお姫様に恋をする。あるとき、そのお姫様は突然スクリーンから飛び出し、健司の前に現れるが……。(Japanese synopsis by Eikoku News Digest)
2018/109 min/English Subtitles
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
Cast: Haruka Ayase, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Akira Emoto
Showing at:
ICA
9 February 2019
QUAD
10 February 2019
Brewery Arts Centre
14 February 2019
Eden Court
21 February 2019
Watershed
25 February 2019
Phoenix Leicester
12 March 2019
Queen's Film Theatre
23 March 2019
Broadway
24 March 2019
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