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Tuesday, June 09, 2020
Free Japanese Father's Day Fun Films Stramed by Asian Pop Up Cinema June 19-21
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ASIAN
POP-UP CINEMA ANNOUNCES “FATHER’S DAY CHEER”
THREE FUN
AND FREE JAPANESE DRAMAS STREAMING JUNE 19-21
Non-profit
pan-Asian film organization Sophia’s
Choice today announces Asian Pop-Up Cinema’s last online program in
anticipation of the end of stay-at-home order with more cities in the States opening
up!
Father’s
Day Cheer celebrates multiple phases of fatherhood, and fills the void of Japanese
cinema missing on mainstream channels. Three films are exclusively offered to
Asian Pop-Up Cinema for a one-time only stream in the U.S. between 2:00pm -10:00pm CDT on June
19-21.
Each father-themed movie will be presented in
Japanese with English subtitles. This will be Asian Pop-Up Cinema’s last FREE streamed program
before Season 11 (Sept 10 - Oct 10) and limited to 300 viewers per movie. Advanced
registration is required on a title by title basis. More info: www.asianpopupcinema.org/otosan.
Friday, June 19
The
Hikita’s are Expecting! (Chicago Premiere)
Director:
Toru Hosokawa
Starring:
Gaku Hamada, Shiro Ito, Keiko Kitagawa
2019 | 102 minutes
A 49-year-old writer and his wife are happily married without
children. One day, his wife decides she wants a child and after numerous
attempts to conceive, nothing happens. In frustration, they go to the hospital
to get tests and answers. What they discover is not what was expected.
“We do not see many movies about a man’s perspective on what he
goes through when trying to conceive a child with his wife. I am extremely pleased to be able to
premiere this online for American audiences to enjoy!” Sophia Wong Boccio,
curator of Asian Pop-Up Cinema.
Saturday, June
20
My Dad and Mr. Ito
Director: Yuki
Tanada
Starring: Juri
Ueno, Lily Franky, Tatsuya Fuji
2016 | 119
Minutes
Thrown
out of his son’s home, an aging father moves in unannounced with his 35-year
old daughter, Aya, and Mr. Ito, her boyfriend who is 20-years older than her. At 54,
Mr. Ito is right in the middle of the father and
daughter’s lifespans, leading to awkward hilarity.
“Both funny and searing, the film addresses issues of family
and the plight of Japan’s aging, unwanted generation.” —Rob Schwartz, Metropolis
Sunday, June 21
Survival Family
Director:
Shinobu Yaguchi
Starring:
Fumiyo Kohinata, Eri Fukatsu, Yuki Izumisawa, Wakana Aoi
2017 | 117
Minutes
Winner of Asian Pop-Up
Cinema’s Season IV’s Audience Choice Award, Survival
Family revolves around a family living
in Tokyo struggles to survive in a world where all electricity has suddenly
stopped. When Dad decides to escape from Tokyo with his wife and two tech
obsessed teenagers are in search of electricity, hilarious chaos ensues and
surprising tactics are revealed.
“…a family drama with thinly veiled
morals and plentiful fish-out-of-water humor to boot.” - The
Hollywood Reporter
ABOUT SOPHIA’S CHOICE / ASIAN POP-UP
CINEMA
Asian
Pop-Up Cinema, a semi-annual Asian Film Festival, is the brainchild of Sophia
Wong Boccio, founder of Sophia’s Choice,
a Chicago-based 501 C (3) not-for-profit incorporated in 2015 with the
multi-pronged mission of cultivating an interest in and understanding of Asian
cultures via a diverse offering of Asian films; connecting the Asian film
industry with local Chicago film professionals, educators and students; and
promoting Chicago as a destination for international visitors.
Father’s
Day Cheer is supported
in part by the Japan Foundation in New York.
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