Accessing Japanese films

REEL NEWS:Among the presentations at the Cork Film Festival you will discover the first outing for Access Cinema's travelling Japanese Film Festival. Following that premiere, the charabanc moves to Dublin, Limerick, Waterford and Galway.

Presented in conjunction with the Japanese Embassy, this is the fourth year of the event and the programme is more delicious than ever. Among the highlights is Villain, which picked up five awards at the Japanese equivalent of the Oscars. The film follows the aftermath of an ill-judged liaison made via an online chat room.

You can't have a Japanese film festival without anime, and Tatsuya Ishihara's The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiyacomes bearing a great deal of good word. Come to think of it, you can't have a Japanese film festival without something properly odd. Tekken: Blood Vengeanceis set in the world of that videogame and the entry in the programme features a picture of a giant panda sitting on a couch. Looks super. accesscinema.ie