HIFF – Asian Cinerama: Asian Film Awards Academy Roadshow
“FIRES ON THE PLAIN” | Festival Premiere | Japan | Japanese w/English subtitles | 108 min.
Written and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto.
“Fires on the Plain” follows a soldier, Tamura (Eiji Funakoshi), who, along with hordes...
HIFF – Creative Lab
“CHOKE MISREPRESENTATION: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN IMAGES ON SCREEN” | World Premiere | United States | English | 60 min.
Diversity and inclusion have been hot topics in film and TV this year. A recent study...
HIFF – Shorts Before Feature
“IM/PERFECTION” | World Premiere | United States | English | 12 min.
Directed by Andrew Higa
Hiroshi Hida immigrated to Hawai‘i from Japan in 1961. He struggled to learn English, but excelled in math and painting...
HIFF – Careful What You Pack
“SUMÖ ROAD – THE MUSICAL” | Hawai‘i Premiere | Japan | Japanese w/English subtitles | 25 min.
Written and directed by Ken Ochiai.
Kure, an overweight exchange student from Taiwan, has a hard time fitting in...
HIFF – Global Positioning Shorts
“GUNKANJIMA: TRAVELER IN TIME” | Hawai‘i Premiere | Japan | No Dialogue | 7 min.
Directed by Kiichiro Nakamura.
A girl walks on the abandoned island with her camera. All the histories and old memories of...
HIFF – Made in Hawai‘i
“THE CALLING FROM THE HEAVEN” | International Premiere | Japan, United States | English, Japanese w/English subtitles | 79 min.
Written by Yuki Tsuchida. Directed by Kazuyoshi Nagashima.
Miwako’s belief that her son Rikiya Asai was...
HIFF – Eat, Drink, Film
“TSUKIJI WONDERLAND” | Hawai‘i Premiere | Japan | Japanese w/English subtitles | 110 min.
Written and directed by Naotaro Endo.
Tökyö’s Tsukiji Fish Market is the largest seafood market in the world. Opened in 1935, the...
HIFF – Documentaries
“A NEW MOON OVER TOHOKU (TOHOKU NO SHINGETSU)” | U.S. Premiere | Canada | English, Japanese w/English subtitles | 98 min.
Written and directed by Linda Ohama.
A moving story of love, survival and old Japanese...
HIFF – Film For Thought
“HIKAWA MARU” | Hawai‘i Premiere | Japan | Japanese w/English subtitles | 94 min.
From veteran anime director Shunji Oga comes the epic tale of the legendary Japanese ocean liner, the Hikawa Maru. In May...
HIFF – Closing Night Film
“YOUR NAME.” | Hawai‘i Premiere | Japan | Japanese w/English subtitles | 105 min.
Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai.
HIFF closes this year’s festival with “Your Name.,” the biggest moneymaking film in Japan. The film...
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