Good news for Nipponophiles out there: the long-running Japanese Film Festival (it was first held in 1983) is back, two months earlier than last year’s edition. The festival, co-organised by the Japan Creative Centre, Embassy of Japan (JCC), Singapore Film Society (SFS), and The Japan Foundation, takes place Jan 18 to Feb 10 at Shaw Lido, and will showcase 31 works in total.
While previous editions have had more specific themes, this year takes on the broad tagline of ‘A Celebration of Japanese Cinema’ — contemporary films make up the majority of the line-up, with a sprinkling of classic masterpieces by auteur Yasujiro Ozu and short films.
Above, we pick out the films that caught our eye: