The 16th JFFLA2021 Press Release
Monday, October 4 to Sunday, October 10, 2021: Online Screening
Saturday, October 9 to Sunday, October 10, 2021: Real Venue Screening
LA Venue: Marilyn Monroe Theater7936 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046
JFFLA was started to introduce Japanese culture and young talents through Japanese lms,and also to deepen international cultural exchange. Last year, the festival went online only, andthis year will be the 16th year, and with the help of many in the Japanese American community,
we will have a hybrid of theatrical and online screenings. The lms to be screened are allinteresting, re ecting contemporary Japanese culture and the traditional Japanese spirit. Inaddition to lms from Japan and the U.S., there are also lms from Canada and Germany in theopen call, allowing viewers to experience Japan from a variety of perspectives. Films dealing
with Japanese history and high quality documentaries will also be screened. About 30 featurelength and short lms will be shown online and at the LA venue, including the latest releases,
environmental lms, and heartwarming invited lms.
All lm are English or Englsih subtitles.

＜JFFLA 2021 screening lms>

!NANKURUNAISA ~everything will be all right〜
Sachiko Nakata, the queen of Okinawan comedy, haspassed away! This shocking story turned into a lm
called "Sachiko's Love Story". This is a rareopportunity to see a hilarious theatrical battle thatwill make you want to bow down to the fundamental
power of Okinawan theatrical performance.

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＊main cast Masae NaKada will coming screening on
Oct 9th.

!Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
A love story from the master lmmaker Kiyoshi Sasabe.
This is a story of love to make up your mind.
"What is family? "and "What is determination? This is a storyof love depicted through two people's love.

!Peaceful Death
Kawada, who is engaged in home medical care, is striving to do
his best in the eld of medicine every day, despite having some
contradictions and con icts in his mind.Then, he meets Onuki, apatient with terminal lung cancer. Onuki's daughter, Tomomi,
chose to be a "painless home doctor" instead of being
hospitalized. In the end, however, Toshio continues to su er anddies.

!Microplastic Madness マイクロプラスティック・ストーリー

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An inspiring feature documentary with a powerful youth "takeaction" message!
Microplastic Madness is an optimistic take on the local and global
plastic pollution crisis as told through a refreshing urban youth
point of view with an inspiring take action message.

!A Down Town Doctor
A documentary lm of the daily life of a town doctor inAmagasaki, where the house is the in-patient room and the town
is the ward.
What kind of image do you have of the words "town doctor" and"home healthcare"?
Do you think they wear white coats, have beautiful nurses, carrylarge bags, and are somewhat domineering?

!LAMAFA くじらびと!
!In a volcanic island in the Savu Sea, Indonesia. The Lamalerans:a tribe of 1,500 people who are the world's last subsistence
whalers. They have survived for half a millennium by hunting
whales with bamboo harpoons and handmade wooden boats
powered by sails of woven palm fronds.
＊Theatre screening only!StringBased on a true story, a Japanese homeless man who used to be ashamisen master in the past tries to get back on his feet in Los Angeles.
His traumatic past, however, haunts him again and things go out of hishands.

fi＊main cats Naoyuki Ikeda will coming screening on Oct.10

!Hank and Jolene
When Hank, a likable recluse, meets a Madagascar hissing
cockroach, an unconventional relationship blossoms - A love story
300 million years in the making.
＊main cats Edward Buchanan, Saki Miata, Shinichiro Okano willcoming screening on Oct.10.

!Prayer: Figments of Nagasaki
Nagasaki, 1957. Twelve years after the second atomic bomb dropped onNagasaki and destroyed the Urakami Cathedral. Two devout Catholic
women bearing heavy physical and emotional scars from the war secretly
gather fragments of the Blessed Virgin Mary statue at the ruins of thechurch before they are relocated by city developers. Their struggles leadto a miracle on Christmas Eve

More lms feature or short ! Please check our web site: www.JFFLA.org=====================================================================For the safety of our volunteers and guests, JFFLA will require all volunteers, visitors, guests, and media
to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or negative test results within 72 hours. The venue will bedisinfected during changeover and masks will be distributed to those who need them. It is also
mandatory to wear masks in the LA venue.

・Advance ticket $10 until Oct3. Ticket price change to $12 from Oct. 4-10.
・The red carpet and award ceremony will be held at the LA venue from 6:00
pm on the Oct.10th.

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fi・Ticket and Schedule More info www.j a.org