Free Japanese Film Screening is being held at Ellen Melville Centre on the last Friday of each month from 6:00pm and are preceded by a documentary about Japanese culture from 5:45 pm.
All films have English subtitles.
Booking is not necessary. First come, first served basis.
Films, dates and times are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.
We hope that you will enjoy the films and gain a deeper insight into various aspects of Japanese culture.
July film: "Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko"
(2021, 97min. Rating: M, Director: Ayumu Watanabe, Producer: Sanma Akashiya)
“Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko” is the heartwarming and moving comedy drama of an unconventional family – a not-so-ordinary mother-and-daughter pair who live their lives to the fullest.
Easy-going, cheerful, passionate and always ready to eat something delicious, mother Nikuko falls hard for the bad guys. Her happy motto: “Ordinary is best of all!”
Naturally Nikuko’s loud and bold spirit embarrasses 11-year-old Kikuko, her daughter on the verge of puberty.
With nothing in common except living together on a boat at the port, a miracle occurs when their secret is revealed.
Feature length animated film from STUDIO4℃, the creator of “Poupelle of Chimney Town”, “Children of the Sea”, “Tekkonkinkreet” and “Animatrix”.
© 2021 MOVIZ
Presented by the Consulate-General of Japan, The Japan Foundation, Ellen Melville Centre, Auckland Council.
