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Current D-Cinema 2012

SKIP CITY Selection

Aokigahara

映

Jul.14（Sat）11：00

Heartrending Pure Passionate Love, Lost in Deep Foliage

SKIP CITY Selection screens films presented and co-sponsored by enterprises
based in Saitama Prefecture. This year, we have a wide variety of films: a brandnew theatrical release, an action packed movie, and a grand opera theater
performance revived on a large screen.

The First Rains of Spring
Matsumura, a village councilor of
Oshino Village, is encountered bya ghost of Takimoto who leads
Matsumura to discover his deadb o d y. Tr o u b l e d b y f r e q u e n t
a p p e a r a n c e s of t h e g h o s t o fTakimoto, Matsumura researchesⒸ新城卓事務所
Takimoto’s past and discovers he● 2012/Japan/108min.
● Director: Taku Shinjo
had gone missing with a young● Executive Producer, Novel, Screenplay: Shintaro Ishihara
woman. A world premiere of a
● Producer: Shinichiro Nakada, Nobuaki Murooka● Cast: Hiroshi Katsuno, Aki Maeda, Toshihiro Yashiba, Masahiko Tsugawa new theatrical release of 2013.

Shaman lives with a family amid avast landscape in the Central Asia
of Kazakhstan. An aging Shaman
predicts that she will reborn as
the future bride of Askhat, theeldest son of the family she stays
with, and then dies.

Gala Screening
映

Jul.14（Sat）15：30

An Action Drama About a Cold Hearted Debt Collector
and a Con-Artist With Looks That Kill

Jul.20（Fri）14：00

Screening Partner● Distributor: GO CINEMA, Inc.

Countdown

映

Family Living a Simple Life In the Vast Nature,
A Wondrous Tale of Rebirth and Acceptance©2011 STUDIO-D JAPAN, INC.
● 2011/Kazakhstan, Japan/85min. ● Director: Shinju Sano, Erlan Nurmuhambetov● Cast: Askhat Sagindik, Aiguly Sarsenali

The Italian Job

映Jul.21（Sat）15：40

Betrayal, Deals, Accidents, Vengeance, All Blown Away!
Screening Partner©2011 bom FILM PRODUCTIONS CO., LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
● 2011/South Korea/119min.
● Director: Jong-ho Huh● Producer: Jung-wan Oh● Cast: Jae-young Jung, Do-youn Jeon

A debt collector Gun-ho isdiagnosed with a terminal livercancer. If he finds a geneticallymatched donor within 10 days,
he might live. And the matched
one turns out to be a con-woman
H a-ye o n. D o n’t m i s s th e f i n eperformances of the top stars of
their generation, Jae-young Jungand Do-youn Jeon.
*No English Subtitles

Cinema Kabuki
Tenshu Monogatari映

Jul.17（Tue）14：00

Princess Above the Clouds, Love of Thousand Years

The plan is to steal the impenetrable
safe with bars of gold locked inside.
The team is Charlie, a charismaticand intelligent career criminal andsix other professionals. The action
runs wild with Mini Coopers
speeding through the streets of LA!

Ⓒ2003 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
●2003/USA/111min. ●Director: F．
Gary Gray ●Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton●Distributor: KADOKAWA PICTURES

TM

Teatro alla Scala Carmen

映

Jul.19（Thu）14：00

A Man and a Woman, Their Destiny Is Entangled
In a Tale of Passion and Love
Screening Partner

Ⓒ福田尚武

Ⓒ篠山紀信
● Performed in July 2009/Japan/117min.
● Original Story: Kyoka Izumi● Stage Director: Ichiro Inui, Tamasaburo Bando● Cast: Tamasaburo Bando, Ebizo Ichikawa, Kankuro Nakamura● Distributor: SHOCHIKU Co.,Ltd

Claimed as one of the masterpiecesof kabuki plays penned by Kyoka
Izumi, Tenshu Monogatari is inspiredby a legend of creatures living on
the top floor of the Shirasagi Castle.
Featuring Tamasaburo Bando andother kabuki stars, it tells a lovestor y between Madam Tenshu, abeautiful creature from the otherworld and a human being.
*No English Subtitles

Carmen is a beautiful liberated
woman who works at a tobacco
factory in Sevilla. Don José falls
in love with her and his life begins
to u n r a v e l. O n e o f t h e f i n e s tcomposers of all time, Bizet’s
final French opera masterpiece isrevived in high definition pictureand sound on a large screen.

"Carmen" Teatro alla Scala, 2009/Photo by Marco Brescia●Performed in December, 2009/ Italy/175min. ●Composer: Georges Bizet ●Conductor: Daniel Barenboim●Stage Director: Emma Dante ●Cast: Jonas Kaufmann, Anita Rachvelishvili ●Distributor: Sony PCL Inc.

*With an intermission*No English Subtitles*"Livespire" is a registered trademark owned by Sony Corporation.

Feature Length Competition（70min.+）We received close to 600 submissions from 84
countries and regions. After a preliminary judging,
12 films are nominated. Enjoy the new crop offilms directed by exciting new talent.

The Maiden Danced to Death多［ President of Jury ］

Shinya Kawai（Japan）
Producer

Jul.16（Mon）17：30

Jul.18（Wed）14：00

映［ Jury Members ］

Kuma

1 2011 2 Canada, Hungary, Slovenia
4 Endre Hules

Totally True Love多Jul.17（Tue）11：00©Wega Film, Vienna

Jul.21（Sat）13：00

1 2011Bon Voyage

2 Norway

3 83min. 4 Anne Sewitsky

Jul.15（Sun）17：00

映多Jul.18（Wed）11：00

1 2011

Capturing Dad

2 Netherlands

3 82min. 4 Margien Rogaar

Jul.15（Sun）14：00

映

Jul.18（Wed）17：30

多1 2012

Song of Silence

2 Japan

映

3 74min. 4 Ryota Nakano

Jul.16（Mon）10：30

多Jul.20（Fri）11：00ⒸRommel Tolentino

1 20122 China

3 117min.

Out to Sea
映Jul.20（Fri）14：30Ⓒ2012「Heart Beat」製作委員会

1 20122 Japan

3 96min.

4 Morito Okumura

1 2012

Restoration

4 Umut Dağ

Jul.17（Tue）17：00

多Jul.21（Sat）11：00

3 115min.

Jul.16（Mon）11：00

4 Rommel Tolentino

映

Jul.18（Wed）10：30

2 Japan多3 113min.

4 Naoya Asanuma

Jul.15（Sun）11：00

映

Jul.18（Wed）17：00

Yakov lives in Tel Aviv and runs an antique furniture
restoration shop. But the business is not good and his
son Noah wants to sell off the shop and the relationshipbecomes intense and awkward.

ⒸAMOS ZUKERMAN

1 2011

Wild Bill

2 Israel映

3 102min.

4 Yossi Madmony

Jul.16（Mon）14：00

多Jul.20（Fri）17：30

Af te r ye a r s in a p r iso n, B ill retu r ns ho m e o nl y to
discover that his two sons don’t want him around. With
their mother gone, the welfare insists that his two sonsneed to stay with their father. For the first time, hebegins to learn how to become a father.
1 2011Can

2 United Kingdom

多3 96min.

Jul.15（Sun）14：30

映

4 Dexter Fletcher

Jul.20（Fri）17：00

A happily married couple in Istanbul is shaken up when
the husband is diagnosed with aspermia. They plan topurchase a baby illegally. The plan goes well, butchasms begin to grow between the couple.

Masao is a skipjack pole-and-line fisherman and lives
with his mother and his son Yusuke. His mother diesand Masao and Yusuke are lef t behind. Masao isdisturbed by Yusuke who keeps making troubles.Masao
finally makes a decision that changes their lives forever.

ⒸTakeo Urakami

3 93min.

2 Philippines

多ⒸWild Bill the Movie Ltd 2012

多Jul.21（Sat）18：20

Kayo, Koji, Yuta are basketball players in school andbest friends who share their dreams of entering thenational. Kayo suddenly drops out of the team to livewith her mother, a recovering alcoholic who just cameout of the hospital.

4 Zhuo Chen

Jul.16（Mon）17：00

1 2011

Heart Beat

Jing is a deaf girl living in a town by Chang Jiang Riverin the Hunan District. Since the divorce of her parents,s he has built a wa ll a round he r he a r t. He r fathe r
Haoyang wished to have a son and doesn’t love hisdaughter. He has a lover Mei, who leaves home seeking
desperately for an ideal family.
ⒸBeijing Tiger Entertainment & Media CO.,LTD/Harvestﬁlms CO.,LTD

映

Toto is an outspoken vivacious eight-year-old boy witha cleft lip. He suffers from a speech impediment, butwith his mother’s help, he decides to participate in his
school’s Creative Speech Competition.

Sawa asks her two daughters, Hazuki and Koharu, tovisit their dying father whom she divorced long timeago. She wants them to take a picture of his face on his
death bed and brings it back. Two daughters depart tovisit their father they hardly remember.

Ⓒ2012 ピクチャーズネットワーク／日吉ヶ丘ピクチャーズ

2 Austria

映

The Verbeeks are driving off for a vacation in France
when a phone call comes to inform them that Bob, thefamily patriarch, is gravely ill. The family cancels thetrip and return home to spend the last days together.

ⒸPupkin

1 2012Nono

It was love at first sight when Anne met a transfer
student Jørgen. But Ellen, the perfect blonde popular
girl at school, has also set her sight on him. Anne
becomes jealous and the war of love ensues.

ⒸDaniel Lauten ‒ Cinenord/SF Norge

Jul.17（Tue）14：30

Convention Hall

Fatma, a wife of Turkish immigrant, lives with her husband
and children in Vienna, trying to preserve the traditional
values of Islam. When Ayse is chosen to be married toFatma’s son, a special friendship evolves between the two
women. But soon this relationship is put to the test as thefamily has to face a difficult stroke of fate.

3 108min.

映多Audio Visual Hall

1 Year
2 Country or Region
3 Duration
4 Director

Haruo Umekawa（Japan）／Film Producer
Jung-wan Oh（South Korea）／Film Producer
Marten Rabarts（New Zealand）／Head of Development, NFDC

Steve immigrated to Canada and became successful inbusiness. His brother Gyula stayed in Hungary and now
runs a dance studio with financial difficulties. When
Steve returns home, things slowly start to evolve.

ⒸGaspar Miklos

映多ⒸOvunc USTER

1 20112 Turkey

3 106min.

4 Rasit Celikezer

Short Length Competition（15min.ｰ30min.）This category aims to discover the next generation of filmmakers inJapan. We received over 150 submissions this year and 15 shorts
are nominated.

［ President of Jury ］

Shoji Masui（Japan）
Film Producer*All shorts will be screened with English subtitles.

Short①（Total 79min.）Dream NotebookⒸ2012「ユメのおと」製作委員会

1 2012

2 25min.

3 Hiroaki Kakukawa［ Jury Members ］

映Yukika has lost her hearing
and given up her dreamo f b e c o m i n g a s i n g e r.
Kaito hasn’t found what hewants to do with his life.
Two wandering kind meet
and their subtle change ofemotions are expressedwith colorful tunes in thismusical.

LollipopⒸ酒井 麻衣1 2011

2 28min.

3 Mai Sakai

Chitose is a successful
boy-manga artist. One day,she submits a girl-mangam a n u s c r i pt. H e r e d i to r
suggests to make changes,
but she refuses. Why is thisstory so personal to her? A
coming- of- age fantasy talewhere the reality and themanga world collide.

ⒸAMUSS Film Partners, 2012

1 2012

2 15min.

3 Kosuke Sasaki, Megumi Iwasa

Short③（Total 79min.）Vengeance

1 2011

2 25min.

Yamato is an eighth grader
who has a crash on his
friend Harumi’s visiting
aunt Sakura. When hediscovers that the reason
for her visit is due to a
miscarriage, he decides tochallenge the man who is
responsible for.

1 2011

2 26min.

2 30min.

3 Shinichiro Ueda

What kind of life awaits us
in the future? Tetsu is atroublemaker in the classand I’m good at detecting
lies. Irresponsible lying
adults surround us. Whatkind of future can we
expect?

3 Fukutaro Sato

Ⓒ2011 ﬁlm̲puzzle

3 Yu Numata

A Blazing Fastball

1 2011 2 17min. 3 Tetsuhiko Tsuchiya

B e p p u 1970, H i roy u k i
and Sang-jung, highschool seniors andchildhood friends, standat the crossroads of life.
Knowing Hiroyuki likes
th e i r c l a s s m a te Yu ko,
Sang-jung pushes her to
ask him out, but Yuko is
in love with Sang-jung.

2 26min.

3 Chihiro Sawa

2 30min.

Ⓒyunumata.2011.All Rights Reserved.

ⒸTeam豪速球

2 30min.

1 2012Enzai

2 29min.

Nomura is a member of abaseball team. Yasuda,an alumnus of the team,informs him that Shimada, alegendary former pitcher, has
become homeless and now
lives by the riverbank nearby
and wants him to throw apitch. An off-beat coming- ofage sports drama.

1 2011

2 25min.

Ⓒ2012 Tada All Rights Reserved.

1 2012

2 19min.

3 Shohei Tada

A young man lands on apart time job at AkaboriFirm. A heedless employer
Akabori takes him to a
field surrounded by
mountains. What the
young man discovers
there changes him forever.
The surprise ending is amust see!

3 Yusaku Okamoto

Jul.18（Wed）14：30

1 2012

2 30min.

Shinta is a stage actor and aformer alcoholic. His wife is
hospitalized to get a breastc a n c e r s u rg e r y l e av i n g
Shinta and his two year old
d a u g h te r Yu r i a l o n e a thome. But Yuri doesn’t getalong with him. A moving
drama about father a n ddaughter relationship.
映

3 Yuya Nakaizumi

Jul.17（Tue）10：30

3 Akira Yamamoto

Jul.17（Tue）17：30

OhioⒸSeiichiro Maehira

1 2011 2 30min. 3 Seiichiro Maehira

Jul.19（Thu）10：30

Rio is a high school girlwho collects cigaret te
but ts, which belong to
her classmate Shoji, aboy she secretly adores.
O n e d a y, h e r p a r e n t s
discover her secrettreasure. A sensitive
por trait of a delicate
adolescent girl.

Jul.16（Mon）14：30

In Sunny Family

多Trubow

多Jul.15（Sun）17：30ⒸASTROSANDWICHDo Not Stand at My Grave; I Am There!

H a jim e v i s i ts th e g rave
everyday, but Yasumi who
rests under the grave is not
so appreciative of his visits.
A midsummer slapstick turns
into something unexpected.
This animation piece depicts
life and death of all living
things, encounters along theway, and subsequent rebirthof life.

3 Kotaro Wajima

Fragrance of Smoke

映

Short⑤（Total 75min.）
Kanashikute Yarikirenai

1 2011

1 2011

1 2011Ⓒjillmotion

1 2012ⒸPANPOKOPINA

Ta t s u o i s a n a s p i r i n g
myster y writer with notalent. His new manuscript
ends up in a garbage bin.
On the same night, a highschool girl appears before
him claiming she is theprotagonist of his novel andthat she has come to save
it. A pop and lovely heartwarming Sci-Fi comedy.

Jul.15（Sun）10：30Ⓒ2011 WITH LITTLE YURI PRODUCTION COMMITTEE

多3 Mio Taniguchi

Short④（Total 77min.）
All Lie

Dreaming Novelist

Convention HallWith Little Yuri Episode1. Sunset 30min

多F o u r m o n t h s a f te r t h e
pa s sing of his b e love dwife, Keisuke tries to moveon while his daughter Mai
struggles to hold on to her
memories. They bothshare the same pain, but
can’t console each other.
What does it take torebuild their relationship?

Audio Visual Hall

1 Year2 Duration
3 Director

Muneyuki Kii（Japan）／Film Producer
Kiki Sugino（Japan）／Actress, Producer

Short②（Total 75min.）
Home

映
多

映

Jul.20（Fri）10：30

Shinji used to be bullied
when he was in highsc ho o l. H e d e c id e s toattend the reunion anddiscovers that the one
who desires to meet him
the most is Himeoka, theclassmate who was
responsible for thebullying.

多Jul.21（Sat）17：30

A popular novelist dies andthree brothers of the family
gather at home. In Shady
Family, their father’s novel
based on the family
relationship, has caused
resentment and they had
not been in touch. As theygo through the mementos,
they discover a side of theirfather they never knew.
映Jul.21（Sat）10：00

Aya is an aspiring illustrator.
She works at a crossdressing bar and the reality
can’t be further from her
dreams. Depar tment of
Human Services contacts
her and brings Sana, a tenyear- old half sister she nevermet before, to stay with her.
A poignant tale about
awkward sister relationship.

Schedule
10：00

14

Jul.

10：10 / 10：30

16

17

10：10 / 10：30

18
19

10：10 / 10：30

20

（Fri）

13：40 / 14：00

113min. Q&A

Heart Beat

120min.★

21

13：40 / 14：00

79min. Q&A

17：10 / 17：30

79min. Q&A

74min. Q&A

Capturing Dad

120min.★

85min. Q&A

16：40 / 17：00★

117min. Q&A

14：10 / 14：30

106min. Q&A

Can

17：10 / 17：30

96min. Q&A

Out to Sea

Wild Bill

96min. Q&A

120min. ★

JUMP! From Saitama to the World

9：40 / 10：00

75min. Q&A

12：40 / 13：00

Short⑤22

10：40 / 11：00

映

102min. Q&A

Restoration

Short①

14：40 / 15：00

10：40 / 11：00（Sun）

75min. Q&A

Short⑤

16：40 / 17：00

The First Rains of Spring

Song of Silence（Sat） 多映

17：10 / 17：30

Livespire Carmen

HD

映

93min. Q&A

115min. Q&A

Nono

Made in SKIP City

Short③

10：40 / 11：00

多

16：40 / 17：00

Kuma

14：10 / 14：30

Barrier Free Screening Life Back Then

108min. Q&A

175min.★

13：40 / 14：00

75min. Q&A

Short②

96min. Q&A

Out to Sea

The Maiden Danced to Death

108min. Q&A

14：10 / 14：30

75min. Q&A

Short②

17：10 / 17：30

79min. Q&A

Short③The Maiden Danced to Death

82min. Q&A

82min. Q&A

17：10 / 17：30

16：40 / 17：00

96min. Q&A

117min.★

14：10 / 14：30

83min. Q&A

20：00

119min. ★

106min. Q&A

Tenshu Monogatari10：40 / 11：00

10：10 / 10：30

14：10 / 14：30

19：00

Bon Voyage

Can

Wild Bill

18：00

16：40 / 17：00

74min. Q&A

13：40 / 14：00

Bon Voyage（Thu） 多映

77min. Q&A

Short④

10：40 / 11：00（Wed） 多映

113min. Q&A

Heart Beat

Totally True Love

10：10 / 10：30

Countdown

13：40 / 14：00

117min. Q&A

10：40 / 11：00

17：00

15：10 / 15：30

14：10 / 14：30

Song of Silence

10：40 / 11：00

16：00

Capturing Dad

102min. Q&A

10：10 / 10：30（Tue） 多映

15：00

13：40 / 14：00

79min. Q&A

Short①

Restoration（Mon） 多

映

14：00
★

10：40 / 11：00（Sun） 多映

13：00

Opening Ceremony & Aokigahara 108min. S

（Sat）

15

12：00

10：40 / 11：00

映

映

11：00

83min. Q&A

Totally True Love

Nono

115min. Q&A

Closing Ceremony★

15：20 / 15：40

111min.

90min. ★

14：40 / 15：00

Camera Crayon

13：00

17：10 / 17：30★

Open / Start* S Subtitled screenings (English language films will be screened with Japanese subtitles. Japanese language films will be screened with English subtitles.
Films with all other languages will be screened with Japanese and English subtitles.)*Q&A with the filmmakers will follow after the screenings where noted. Please be advised that the schedule and the guest appearances are all subject to change.
*Single screening ticket, Three ticket voucher and Competition screening pass are not valid for entry to the screenings with .

Title

93min. Q&A

Kuma

77min. Q&A

Short④*Please make a note that all the times
indicated are subject to change

Grand Prize Winner Screenings

HD HD Studio
多 Convention Hall
Audio Visual Hall
Ceremony
Feature Length Competition
Short Length Competition
Gala Screening
Cinema Kabuki
SKIP CITY Selection
Related Events

18：00 / 18：20★

The Italian Job

Duration

All films will be screened with high quality projection system"Sony Digital Cinema", "Sony Digital Cinema"4K are
registered trademarks owned by Sony Corporation.

Location Map

Ticket Information
Type of Ticket

くらしInformation Booth

4F Audio Visual Hall

S

多

映

1F Convention Hall

1F HD Studio
Promenade

科

HD
ParkingFree Parking with a ticket stub.
=Bus Stop

Prefectural Center
くらし Saitama
for Consumer Affairs（2F）A renewed permanent exhibition ofinteractive installations on consumer affairs.
Various summer events will be held during
the film festival.
*Free Kurassi strap giveaway with a festival ticket stub.
● 9:30 ｰ 17:00（Entry until 16:30）● Free admission

科 Kawaguchi
Science Museum
A creative and insightful museum with anobservatory, a planetarium, and a science
exhibition room.
● 9：30 ｰ 17：00（Entry until 16：30）● Science Exhibition: Adult ¥200, Child ¥100
● Planetarium: Adult ¥400, Child ¥200

Free shuttle bus to JR Kawaguchi Sta.

Visual Museum（2F）
Learn the history and principles of filmmaking
process with interactive exhibition.
Join us for a special exhibition ‘A Thread of
My Bridge – Koji Yamamura and NFB’ andtake a peak on creative process of the mostcelebrated Japanese independent animator.
*Free admission with a ticket stub only during the festival.
● 9：30 ｰ 17：00（Entry until 16:30）● Fee: Adult ¥500, Child ¥250

Audio Visual Library（2F）The largest audio visual archive in the country
run by NHK and Saitama Prefecture. You canv i ew im ag e s a nd f ilms of histor ic a l a ndcultural properties of Saitama as well as the
popular NHK programs from the past.
● 9:30 ｰ 17: 30● Free admission

Nursery Service （1F）
Enjoy films while leaving your children at thecare of our nursery. For pre-school children
over the age of one. Free of charge.
● Jul.15
, 16
, 21
（Sun）
（Mon）
（Sat）
● Contact: Comaam 0120-506-092, 048-256-1666（2F）
Enjoy the best cup of coffee, relax and enjoy
with our hospitality and genuine service.

S SADECO SHOP （1F）
Come by and shop various design products
and rare food products manufactured by themembers of a vocational aid center.

¥600

Three Ticket Voucher¥1,500Competition Screening Pass（

Must be exchanged for tickets at the box office/Free festival goods given out at the festival¥800

Closing Ceremony &Grand Prize Winner Screenings¥600● 11：00 ｰ 22：00

463-938¥1,000559-928¥1,000¥1,200Cinema Kabuki Tenshu Monogatari¥1,600¥1,800SKIP CITY Selection
The First Rains of Spring¥800

559-929

Kawaguchi Art Schoolof Waseda University （6F）

¥1,000SKIP CITY Selection
The Italian Job¥800¥1,000SKIP CITY Selection
Livespire Carmen¥1,800¥2,000*Single Screening Ticket, Three Ticket Voucher, Competition Screening Pass are only valid for screenings at
Feature and Short Length Competition screenings.
*Same-day tickets are sold at corresponding screenings before the films start*All seats are unreserved*Admission may be restricted after the films start,or if the tickets are sold out*Pre-school children are not allowed to enter any screenings

Purchasing Advance Tickets Now On Sale! until 7.13
［ DIRECT PURCHASE ］● IN PERSONLOCATION

HOURS

10:00 ｰ 17：00
Kawaguchi City Tourism
Sat/Sun/Holidays& Industrial Association Cupola Kawaguchi 5F andClosed
the 3rd Friday of the month
LILIA Ticket Center

Kawaguchi LILIA 1F

10:00 ｰ 19：00

Local Communication
Plaza

SKIP CITY Sai-no-Kuni
Visual Plaza 4F
AEON Mall Kawaguchi
Maekawa Store 3F

9:30 ｰ 17：00
Closed Mondays

Ario Kawaguchi store 3F

10:00 ｰ 22：00

Suharaya bookstore

PAYMENTMETHOD FEE

CASH
ONLY

¥0

10:00 ｰ 22：00● PIA AND CONVENIENT STORES

HOURS

Seven-ElevenIn store

24hrs

Circle K Sunkus

In store

7:00 ｰ 23:30

Ticket Pia

In store

Varies at shops

PAYMENTMETHOD FEECash and ¥105
perCredit Cards ticket［ BY PHONE ］

Please follow the automated guidance and purchase tickets. You will be
notified of the ticket number and the payment deadline. Please proceed tomake the payment with a method of your choice and issue tickets.

*An extra system fee（¥210 per ticket）and printing fee（¥105 per ticket）will be added tothe charge.

TEL:0570-02-9999● 11：30 ｰ 14：00● 16：00 ｰ 23：00¥800

Gala Screening Countdown

PURCHASING
METHOD● 6：00 ｰ 23：00

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¥800

¥3,000Opening Ceremony &Screening of Aokigahara● Open: Jul.15（Sun）ｰ Jul.21（Sat）

9：00 ｰ 18：00 daily during the week
（Pre-registration required）

Advanced P-Code Same-day

Single Screening Ticket［ BY WEB ］

Please visit PIA（ http://t.pia.jp/ ）* An extra system fee and printing fee of ¥315 (and up) per ticket will be added to the charge.

Related EventsHD

SKIP CITY Summer Festival

Jul.20（Fri）15：00- Emerging Filmmakers of Tomorrow -Christoph Terhechte, Head of Forum section at the Berlin International Film Festival, will join us
and discuss what Japanese emerging filmmakers need to compete in the international market
from a global perspective.
● Free Admission (Pre-registration required )● Please register on our website. (http://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/)● For Inquiries: DIGITAL SKIP STATION 048-264-7777

Play with Mascots!

Welcome to
A Light Music Concert!

All the mascot characters related to
SKIP Cit y are assembled. Comeand play with us!
● For Inquiries: DIGITAL SKIP STATION

048-264-7777

Jul.15（Sun）,16（Mon）10：00 ｰ 15：00
at the Promenade

Disaster Prevention Booth

Jul.19（Thu）14：30

Made in SKIP City

A Special Screening of Kobaton The Movie

Kobaton The Movie, a short film program featuring attractions in Saitama created by emerging
filmmakers based in SKIP City will screen and special events will be held. Come and see theshorts and discover the charm of Saitama.

D-MAP 2012 Press Conference

A press conference announcing the director of the 4th project of
D-MAP, a digital cinema production support program which
eme rging f ilmmakers receive s an oppor tunit y to make acommercial debut and support to plan, produce, and release atheatrical feature film.
● Free Admission (Pre-registration required )● Please register on our website. (http://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/)● For Inquiries: DIGITAL SKIP STATION 048-264-7777

多Jul.15（Sun）10：30 ｰ /14：00 ｰat the Promenade/ Center Circle（2F）

JUMP! From Saitama to the World多

Jul.15（Sun）

Jul.21（Sat）15：00

Adults and kids can learn what to do when thenatural disaster strikes, and experience thesimulated earthquake up to the magnitude 7.
Also a panel exhibition on the Great East
Japan Earthquake.
● Hosted by Kawaguchi City Fire Defense Headquarters● For Inquiries: General Affairs of Fire Defence Department048-261-3119

Jul.16（Mon）19：00 ｰ 20：30
at the Promenade

Enjoy Outdoor Screening!

Enjoy an outdoor
screening under the
starr y summer sky.
Bring your family andcool off together.
ScreeningⒸ手塚プロダクション・虫プロダクション

Jul.21（Sat）10：00 ｰ 16：00

Watch Commercials Created by Children● For Inquiries: DIGITAL SKIP STATION

048-264-7777

at the Center Circle（2F）

Hatogaya Local Produce Market

Featuring various local produce and crafts
produced in Hatogaya, a town of tradition andvivacious spirit!

● Hosted by Hatogaya Society of Commerce and Industry● For Inquiries: 048-281-5555

Jul.21（Sat）18：00 ｰPress Conference on
Kawaguchi Kids Film Club 2012

Announcing projects for the Kawaguchi Kids Film Club this year.
Also screening behind the scene footages from the previous
production of auditions, production shoots, and postproduction sound sessions.
● Free Admission (Pre-registration required )● Please register on our website. (http://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/)● For Inquiries: Visual Museum Camera Crayon Office 048-265-2590

多7.19（Thu）11：00

Barrier Free Screening with Japanese Subtitles and Audio GuidanceLife Back Then

A Moving and Emotional Tale Starring
Masaki Okada and Nana Eikura
Kyohei has lost his friend when he was in high schooland now shut away from the world. Three years later,
he begins to work at a company that specializes incleaning out the homes of the deceased and meets
Yuki. They gradually open up to each other, but one
day she informs him of her shocking past.

■Director: Takahisa Zeze■2011/Japan/131min.
■Cast: Masaki Okada, Nana Eikura ■Distributor: SHOCHIKU Co.,Ltd*No English Subtitles● Free Admission （On a first come first served basis）● For Inquiries: DIGITAL SKIP STATION 048-263-0818*Please note all audience members will hear the guide track for the visually impaired.

Ⓒ2011「アントキノイノチ」製作委員会

048-264-7777

Jul.16（Mon）11：00 ｰ 16：00
at the Center Circle（2F）

One Day Petting Zoo

You can touch and feed
ra b b i ts, g u in e a p i g s,
ducks, bantam, andchicks. The veteranexper ts will show you
how to handle theanimals. Safe and great
fun for an entire family.

● For Inquiries: DIGITAL SKIP STATION

at the Promenade

Enjoy Animations from All Over the World

Screening 15 commercials created for local arcade shops andproduced by Kawaguchi Chamber of Commerce & Industry and
Visual Museum.

● For Inquiries: DIGITAL SKIP STATION

Jul.21（Sat）,22（Sun）10：30 ｰ 16：30

Camera Crayon

Screening four animations for kids made in Denmark, Canada,
Czech and another country. One or more shorts will be dubbedin Japanese by children of Kawaguchi.

Join us for the live music performance by New
Notes Orchestra, a popular local amateur bigband group. The lineup includes jazz standards,
popular soundtracks, Japanese pops, andbrand new J-POPs, all flavored with a touch of
Glenn Miller.

048-264-7777

Kimba the White Lion-Theater Version-- Fun Movie Events for Parent and Child -at the Center Circle（2F）

at the Promenade

SKIP CITY Bon Dancing

Annual international event SKIP CIT Y Bon
Dancing! The guests from the film festival will
also join the circle of song and dance.
● Hosted by Kamiaoki Central Council

Jul.22（Sun）10：00 ｰ 15：00
at the Promenade

Come and Play with“GOMIMARU” Trampoline

Family and Kids can hop andjump in “GOMIMARU”
Trampoline for free.

● Hosted by Kawaguchi City
● For Inquiries: Kawaguchi City Industry
Promotion Section
048-258-1619

During the Festival
at NHK Archives（2F）

NHK Archives Summer Festival

Screening of various popular old TV programs
organized by NHK archives.

Special Events

A special mini live
performance by Aya Ikeda,
a singer of the opening
theme song of Smile
Precure! on Jul. 22. Also
featuring live music
performance by the local
brass band and orchestra
plus performances by street
performers, free giveaways
at Kawaguchi Auto Race
Booth and much more!

● Hosted by NPO Saitama Audio-Visual Volunteers● For Inquiries: 048-259-3421

Jul.21（Sat）12：00 ｰ 16：00

at the Kawaguchi Art School of Waseda University（6F）

Movie Selection

S c re e n i n g of va r i o u s stu d e nt
shor ts which screened at film
festivals. Anyone who is interested
in documentary, drama, animation,and media art as well as family
members of all ages are sure to
enjoy. Free admission.
● For Inquiries: Kawaguchi Art School of Waseda University048-269-7961

During the Festival

at the Convention Hall Lobby（1F）

Saitama Prefecture Film
Commission Exhibition

An exhibition of stills
from various location
shoots in Saitama as
well as illustrations ofanimated charactersfeatured in Saitama
Prefecture PR movie.

Ⓒ埼玉県● For Inquiries: Saitama Prefecture Commerce and Service
Industry Support Division 048-830-3734*Please be advised all the events are subject to cancellation or postponement depending on the weather.