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.

Hot Docs Cinema (formerly Bloor Cinema) 506 Bloor St. W. (Bloor and Bathurst)

Before We Vanish 散歩する侵略者

Doors Open: 1:30pm , Film: 2:00pm

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa  2017, 129 minutes, R

Three aliens travel to Earth on a mission in preparation for a mass invasion. Having taken possession of human bodies, the visitors rob their hosts of the very essence of their being, leaving psychological and spiritual devastation in their wake.

Starring Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Mahiro Takasugi, Yuri Tsunematsu, Hiroki Hasegawa