Japanese Film Festival 2022 in Vietnam opens online

A scence in a Japanese film (Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn)

The event is being held by the Japan Foundation Center to introduce a taste of the Japanese film industry as well as the country's history, culture and lifestyle to Vietnamese audiences.

Highlighted films include The Floating Castle, Under The Open Sky, Time of Eve, The Movie, Bread of Happiness, Ozland and Rashomon.

The historical film The Floating Castle, produced in 2012, features directors Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo.

It tells the stories of Japanese soldiers and people in the Japanese Civil War from 1868 to 1869.

The film highlights Japanese history and culture through the two forces of the ruling Tokugawa Shogunate and warriors seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court.

Director Miwa Nishikawa’s Under the Open Sky, produced in 2021, is a drama featuring the life of a member of the Yakuza, a Mafia-like criminal organisation in Japan, who decides to leave his group for a new life./.