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NOLA Japanese Cinema Series - Free Holiday Screening of TOKYO GODFATHERS

  • Mon, December 14, 2015
  • 19:00 - 20:40
  • Cafe Istanbul, 2372 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana 70117


7:00pm on December 14th at Cafe Istanbul

TOKYO GODFATHERS 
by Satoshi Kon & Shôgo Furuya

Please join us for NOLA JCS – a monthly Japanese film series hosted by the Japan Society of New Orleans and Charitable Film Network, with support from "Monday Movie Night at Café Istanbul."

Film Synopsis:  Middle-aged alcoholic Gin (Toru Emori), teenage runaway Miyuki (Aya Okamoto) and former drag queen Hana (Yoshiaki Umegaki) are a trio of homeless people surviving as a makeshift family on the streets of Tokyo. While rummaging in the trash for food on Christmas Eve, they stumble upon an abandoned newborn baby in a trash bin. With only a handful of clues to the baby's identity, the three misfits search the streets of Tokyo for help in returning the baby to its parents. Japanese with English subtitles. (92 minutes, 2003) FREE Admission - Cash Bar.

We’re recruiting new JSNO Film Committee members! Please arrive early at 6:30pm if you’re interested in joining or meeting our board members. 

Visit: www.japansocietyofneworleans.org for information about JSNO membership and future events. Please follow the Japan Society of New Orleans on Facebook. 

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CONTACT US

Telephone: (504) 408-0963
E-mail: japansocietynola@gmail.com

PO Box 56785
New Orleans, LA 70156-6785

"Japan Society of New Orleans" is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization 

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