2024 Japanese Film Festival on October 19th Saturday

『ミセス・ノイズイ』Mrs. Noisy: (01:47:44)Dir. Chihiro Amano | 2023 | 01:47:44 | drama | Japan

A once-successful novelist Maki is having a writer's block. She moves into

a new apartment with her family, but her frustration peaks when the

persistent noise coming from her neighbor gets to her. A small neighbors

quarrel quickly becomes a social media meme and snowballs into a major

internet frenzy. Maki decides to write about it, but with the unexpected

consequences of art imitating life. Inspired by a true event, it is a modern

tale of public ridicule, social boundaries, and a reminder that you're often

exposed to only one side of the story.

『明日授業参観いくから』Parent’s Day: (00:23:00)Dir. Mana Yasuda| | 00:23:00 | drama | Japan

In Japan, parents’ days are held several times a year for parents to observe classes at school.
In this experimental and moving short film, the exact same conversation about parents’ day is repeated in five different households.
For Noriko Sakaguchi, her job as an English teacher at a junior high school is her life. She always arrives at work early in the morning. She is bad at turning down work, and often works late. She lives a stable life, despite the loneliness of being single.
There are a variety of students in her class.
Hikaru, whose parents both work, is a model student.
Akina is a cheerful girl despite losing her mother.
Kazuma is well-off but unmotivated.
Yukari takes on the household chores because her mother is sloppy.
Ryota is frightened of his violent father.
Tomorrow is parents’ day.
The same conversation unfolds in each household, but each family is different…

The Floating World:Dir. Hiroshi Yokota | 2023 | 15:17 | documentary | Japan

When a university student struggling with an environmental

studies assignment searches for inspiration for an assignment at

an art gallery, she is magically transported into a painting and

lands in 19th-century Japan. In Edo, today’s Tokyo, she witnesses

a range of everyday sustainable practices––using ashes in the

dyeing process, fertilizing fields with night soil, repurposing used

kimonos into towels and rags––that helped the country overcome

environmental collapse.