Presented by The Japan Foundation, Toronto and the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto

• FREE ADMISSION
• No RSVP required
• First come first served 
• All films in Japanese with English subtitles

Our annual event returns to the Hot Docs Cinema in January 2020 with five contemporary films that show the creativity and depth of story telling on the big screen by Japan’s celebrated filmmakers.

Shoplifters 万引き家族

Doors Open: 1:30pm , Film: 1:45pm

Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda

2018, 121 minutes, 14A

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders is united by fierce loyalty and a penchant for petty theft. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.

Starring  Mayu Matsuoka, ‎Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki