Move Over Ozu

Does Modern Japanese cinema have more to it than ghosts, guns and gangsters?

4 February to 29 March 2007

Since the classic names such as Ozu and Kurosawa were first introduced in the UK, the tastes and direction of Japanese cinema have shifted. Japan has also changed a great deal socially but the family is still a central concern for contemporary film-makers, providing a canvas for them to portray changes in attitudes and relationships in society.

The touring film programme in 2007 represented contemporary Japanese films all firmly rooted in the real world, and which shed light on the complexities of modern life in Japan. Widely covering genres from comedy to tragedy, drama to social criticism, these are hidden gems, guaranteed to be entertaining.