Friday, November 13th   6pm
Japan Information Center Gallery/ Consulate General of Japan in New York
299 Park Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10171

Consulate General of Japan in New York and Japan Foundation, New York co-host a special film screening of director Makoto Shinkai’s productions on Friday, November 13th at 6:00 p.m. at the Japan Information Center. Admission to the screening is free but RSVP is required. Please RSVP to kanako_shirasaki@jfny.org by Tuesday, November 10th. This screening is in Japanese with English subtitles, preceded by an introduction by Prof. Shige Suzuki, CUNY Baruch College.

The Voices of a Distant Star is a 25-minute animation set in 2046. This science-fiction feature tells the story of a long-distance relationship between a girl in space and a boy on Earth who try to keep their young love alive through text messages. The Garden of Words is a story about the unique relationship that develops between a fifteen year old boy and a twenty-seven year old woman after a chance meeting on a rainy day. Against a beautiful, dreamlike backdrop, director Makoto Shinkai uses motifs such as rain, Manyoshu poetry, and the Japanese garden to tell this story.

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