Japanese Film Festival - Australia

Name: Japanese Film Festival - Australia
Address: Sydney, NSW, 2000, AU
Telephone: +61282390055
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29/05/2026

There's not long to go until these three films disappear from ! 🎬 Catch them while they're still streaming online for FREE until 3 June, 11am JST ⌛⁠

♨️ THERMAE ROMAE⁠: A unique time-slip comedy that'll transport you to ancient Rome and modern Japan!⁠
🎤 Let's Go Karaoke! The pitch perfect comedy that sees the yakuza and youth join forces⁠
✨ Confetti: A story following a month of hellos and goodbyes for a student raised in the world of a travelling theatre troupe⁠

Start watching now: https://en.jff.jpf.go.jp/

20/05/2026

Sydney Film Festival returns from 3-14 June with over 250 films from Australia and around the world – including a spectacular lineup of new and classic film from Japan! 🎌⁠

Be sure not to miss Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Cannes contender SHEEP IN THE BOX, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s first-ever samurai film THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER, and a special retrospective screening of Shinji Aoyama’s masterful EUREKA, plus more.⁠

To explore the full program, visit the SFF website: https://www.sff.org.au/?utm_source=japanfoundation&utm_medium=partner

12/05/2026

If you're looking for something new to watch, you're in luck! 🤩🍿 JFF Theater has recently added even more titles to their film lineup, now available to stream online for FREE. Which of the new additions below will you be tuning into first? 👀

💖 The 100th Love with You: Starring miwa and Kentaro Sakaguchi, this romantic time travel story follows a man who surrenders himself 100 times to change the fate of his one true love.

🕰️ Erased: Sent 18 years into the past to save his loved one in the present, can Satoru prevent the tragedy from happening this time?⁠

🏪 The Miracles of the Namiya General Store: Three delinquents receive letters from the past seeking advice in an old general store full of secrets. Will this store now produce one more miracle?⁠

🖌 SHODO GIRLS!! A substitute teacher from out of town and a group of school students hope to lift the spirits of their local community, one calligraphy performance at a time.⁠

Explore the full JFF Theater lineup, and start watching now: https://en.jff.jpf.go.jp/

07/05/2026

Looking for something to watch this weekend in Sydney? 🎞️ Don’t miss the Australian premiere of 'Bye Bye Love' directed by Isao Fujisawa, screening at Art Gallery of New South Wales this Saturday (9 May) from 2:30pm.

A pair of star-crossed lovers take flight from society in Isao Fujisawa’s surreal road trip across 1970s Japan. Blending guerilla filmmaking with psychedelic poetics, 'Bye Bye Love' reimagines 'Bonnie and Clyde' (1967) as a q***r, countercultural fever dream. When nihilist Utamaro meets Giko, a magnetic, genderfluid drifter, their volatile bond sparks a spree of subversive acts that spirals into violence. Stealing a convertible, the pair bolt from the stifling conformity of the city toward a fleeting vision of freedom.

Playful, stylish and defiantly anti-establishment, 'Bye Bye Love' is the sole narrative feature of filmmaker Isao Fujisawa. Long considered lost, this landmark of 1970s q***r cinema – a spiritual successor to 'Funeral Parade of Roses' (1969) – returns in a new restoration.
Book tickets now: https://tickets.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/events/f9cb1386-6eaf-c899-5c96-66cab2e6863e

24/04/2026

Busy in the early morning and quiet during the day—what is it about Tsukiji Market that continually fascinates people around the world? 🐟

Tsukijii Fish Market in Tokyo was formerly known for being the world’s largest fish market. The documentary TSUKIJI WONDERLAND follows the market, a one-of-a-kind wonderland found nowhere else on earth, prior to moving from its historic location to its new home.

Through the daily dramas, the expertise, and passion of the people working there, this film portrays the astonishing essence of Japanese food culture.

Streaming for FREE until 2 July, 2026 with ! 🎬 Start watching now: https://en.jff.jpf.go.jp/movie/tsukiji-wonderland/

22/04/2026

Looking for something fun to do in Sydney? 🎞️ Don't miss this screening of master director Yasujiro Ozu’s silent film 'A Story of Floating Weeds' [浮草物語] (1934) with live music, taking place on May 31 (Sun) at 2pm. Internationally acclaimed musician, Mauro Colombis, will accompany the film.⁠

“Rich in backstage atmosphere and class-conscious insight, A Story of Floating Weeds was one of Yasujiro Ozu’s final silent films, and it displays his complete mastery of the form. With a vivid sense of character and the world of rural Japan, he sketches a poignant tale of family secrets, jealousy, and creative community, buoyed by grace notes of humanist observation and by luminous black-and-white cinematography.”⁠

Book now to avoid missing out! 🎫 Tickets available here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1537661

17/04/2026

If you adore classic cinema, don't miss 'The Wife of Seisaku' (dir. Yasuzō Masumura) at Cinema Reborn Film Festival! 🎬 Taking place in Sydney and Melbourne on May 6 & 16 respectively, these screenings will mark the Australian premiere of the film's 4K restoration.

After the death of her wealthy older husband, Okane (Ayako Wakao) returns to the village where she grew up. Cruelly ostracised by the intolerant community there, Okane nevertheless catches the eye of model citizen and soldier Seisaku (Takahiro Tamura), and they marry – but when a newly declared war threatens to take the man she loves away from her forever, she is driven to extremes to save his life.⁠

Randwick Ritz, Sydney:⁠
6 May (Wed), 7pm⁠

Lido Cinemas, Melbourne:⁠
16 May (Sat), 4:30pm⁠
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Book tickets now: https://cinemareborn.com.au/The-Wife-of-Seisaku

10/04/2026

Congratulations to the winners of our JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) x JFF 2025 giveaway: D. Datta, J. Laws, M. Fraser and K.C. Ng! ✈️ The winners have now been contacted via email.

18/03/2026

For a heartwarming coming-of-age film, don't miss 'Confetti' on ✨ The story follows a month of hellos and goodbyes for a student raised in the world of a travelling theatre troupe.⁠

Yuki is a junior high school student whose family travels around Japan as a travelling theatre troupe. Every month is always different, leading to a constantly changing life of new schools with little hope of making friends or having new experiences. Then one day Yuki meets Ken, an academically gifted schoolboy who doesn’t like school. The two soon become inseparable, and as his family prepare to move on Yuki hopes his new friend might one day see him on stage as an actor.⁠

Streaming for FREE until 3 June, 2026 with ! 🎬 Start watching now: https://en.jff.jpf.go.jp/movie/confetti

12/02/2026

If you love matcha, chances are you'll adore 'Every Day a Good Day', a story centering around the art of tea ceremony 🍵🍃⁠

Based on Noriko Morish*ta's long-selling book, this film stars Haru Kuroki as 20-year-old Noriko, whose mother suggests she starts taking tea ceremony lessons with an extraordinary teacher named Mrs Takeda (Kilin Kiki). At first, Noriko is confused by the ceremony and its meticulous nature, but later comes to understand how it offers a unique way of understanding life and the challenges that lie ahead.⁠

Streaming for FREE until 7 May, 2026 with ! 🎬 Start watching now: https://en.jff.jpf.go.jp/movie/every-day-a-good-day/

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