Kino Iluzjon Filmoteki Narodowej

24.09.2015

Food in Japanese culture serves not only to sate hunger but is also meant to provide pleasure and longevity. Preparing meals in Japan is not only just taking care for the body. It is the art of enhancing the natural, perfect taste and serving meals beautifully. Many Japanese cooking masters strive for absolute perfection and spend long years on getting expertise in one narrow discipline. Eating has a social aspect as well – a common meal strengthens relations among the family members or the local community.

During the second part of the review of the new Japanese cinema called „Unknown countenaces of Japan Part II”, prepared with the help of The Japan Foundation, we will learn more about this fascinating and still scarcely known area of the Japanese life. The review will be devoted to the culinary art of the Asia inhabitants.

The project is a perfect opportunity to see films that were never shown in Poland before.

Between 24th and 28th of October in the Iluzjon cinema we will screen four movies, both features and documentaries, of four different directors, shot in different styles but united with one factor – love for food. We will also present „Jiro dreams of sushi / Jiro śni o sushi”, a movie which is very popular in Poland.

Besides, just before screenings, the cooking chefs will not only tell about sushi, but also about ramen and other dishes never heard of in Poland. The review will be accompanied by a multimedia exhibition in the foyer of the cinema.

Screenings:

24.10; 19:30 hrs	„Mourning Recipe” (Shijūkunichi no reshipi), dir. Yuki Tanada, Japan 2013 129’
25.10; 20:00 hrs	„A tale about the cooking samurai” (Bushi no kondate), dir. Yuzo Asahara, Japan 2013 121’ (lecture in Polish before the screening will be delivered by Renata Wódkowska)
26.10; 20:00 hrs	„A Tale of Samurai Cooking" (Ramen samurai), dir. Naoki Segi, Japan 2011 116’ (lecture in English will be delivered by Kohei Yagi before the screening)
27.10; 20:00 hrs	„The God of Ramen” (Ramen yori taisetsuna mono), dir. Takashi Innami, Japan 2013 90’ (lecture in English will be delivered by Kohei Yagi before the screening)
28.10; 20:00 hrs	„Jiro Dreams of Sushi” (Jiro Dreams of Sushi), dir. David Gelb, USA 2011 83’ (lecture in Polish will be delivered by Alon Than before the screening)