A Life More Ordinary

A Portrait of Contemporary Japanese People on Film

9 February to 22 March 2008

In 2008 The Japan Foundation presented a touring programme of six new Japanese films. Strawberry Shortcakes portrays four young women in Tokyo; The Cat Leaves Home is the tale of two mismatched housemates; offbeat comedy No One’s Ark sees a couple leave Tokyo to follow new dreams in their home town; The Milkwoman, set in Nagasaki, is a love story spanning five decades; Kaza Hana is a deathly road trip; and comic-book adaptation Kamikaze Girls looks at fashion subculture in Japan.