The Weekend Japanese Film Show in December

Pale Moon 紙の月
(YOSHIDA Daihachi 吉田大八 / 2014 / 126 min)

Rika is a housewife-turned-bank employee who sells bonds and retirement schemes from door to door of the elderly affluent. During one such routine visit, she catches the eye of university student Kota. Long starved for affection due to her husband’s indifference, Rika engages in an affair with her young suitor, supported by increasingly daring dips into her clientele’s money. As she splurges on expensive goods and consecutive nights in luxurious hotels, her attitudes towards money and her daily life become distorted, finally plunging her into full-blown embezzlement.
An absorbing tale of conformity and rebellion set shortly after the burst of the Japanese economic bubble, the film is marked by strong performances from the cast, who have gone on to sweep the country’s top acting awards.

Cast
MIYAZAWA Rie as Rika Umezawa
IKEMATSU Sosuke as Kota Hirabayashi
KOBAYASHI Satomi as Yoriko Sumi

Awards and honours
• 38th Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress –
Rie Miyazawa
• 38th Japan Academy Prize for Newcomer of
the Year – Sosuke Ikematsu
• 88th Kinema Junpo Award for Best
Supporting Actress – Satomi Kobayashi
• 57th Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor – Sosuke Ikematsu
• 57th Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress – Satomi Kobayashi
• 27th Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress – Rie Miyazawa
• 27th Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award – Daihachi Yoshida

Date ：  7 January, 2017
Time  ：　11:30am and 3pm
Venue ： Auditorium, Content Malaysia Pitching Centre, Unit G09 & G10, Platinum Sentral, Jalan Stesen Sentral 50470, Kuala Lumpur
Admission  ： Free(registration is required)
Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
Visit jfkl.org.my for registration details.

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