TIMETABLE Friday April 16 
	      NIPPON CINEMA 
	        Location: Festival  Centre (Students’ House, Bockenheim Campus, Jügelstrasse 1, Frankfurt) 
	      12:00     Miyoko (Miyoko asagaya kibun) 
                by Yoshifumi TSUBOTA, Japan 2009, Japanese w/ English subtitles 
	       14:30     Chocolate Underground  
                  by Takayuki HAMANA, Japan 2009, Japanese w/ English subtitles 
	       17:00     Bare Essence of Life (Urutora mirakuru rabu sutori) 
                  by Satoko YOKOHAMA, Japan 2009, Japanese w/ English subtitles 
	       19:45     Toad`s Oil (Gama no abura) 
                  by Koji YAKUSHO, Japan 2009, Japanese w/ English subtitles 
	       22:15     The Blood of Rebirth (Yomigaeri no chi) 
                  by Toshiaki TOYODA, Japan 2009, Japanese w/ English subtitles 
	        
	      NIPPON CINEMA  Second Screenings 
Location: Orfeo`s  Erben Cinema (Hamburger Allee 45, Frankfurt) 
	      15:45     Oh, My Buddha! (Shikisoku zenereishon)  
                by Tomorowo TAGUCHI, Japan 2008, Japanese w/ English subtitles   
	       20:15     Miyoko (Miyoko asagaya kibun)  
                  by Yoshifumi TSUBOTA, Japan 2009, Japanese w/ English subtitles 
	       22:00     Crows Zero II  
                  by  Takashi MIIKE, Japan 2009, Japanese w/ English subtitles 
	        
	      NIPPON Digital 
	        Location: Festival  Centre (Students’ House, Bockenheim Campus, Jügelstrasse 1, Frankfurt) 
	      12:00     USB  
                by Shutaro OKU, Japan 2009, Japanese w/ English subtitles 
	       14:00     PIA Film Festival Special: Island of Dreams (Yume no  shima)  
                  by  Tetsuichiro TSUTA, Japan 2008,  Japanese w/ English subtitles  
	       16:00     Dump Truck Woman  (Guest curator: Tokitoshi SHIOTA) 
                  (Dump neechan to horumon daio)  
                  by Show FUJIWARA, Japan 2009, original English version  
	       18:00     Annyong Yumika (Annyon Yumika) 
                  by  Tetsuaki MATSUE, Japan 2009,  Japanese w/ English subtitles 
	       20:15     Yubari Int. Fantastic Film Festival Special:  
                            8000 Miles 2 - Girls Rappers (SR Saitama no  rappa 2 – Joshi rappa – Kizu darake no raimu)  
                by  Yu IRIE, Japan 2010, Japanese w/ English subtitles  
	       22:30     Tokyo Zokei University Special &  Hitokui-Yama (Man-Eater Mountain)  
	        
	      NIPPON RETRO 
Location: Mal  Seh`n Cinema (Adlerflychtstrasse 6, Frankfurt) 
	      20:00     Moon & Cherry (Tsuki to cherry) 
                by Yuki TANADA, Japan 2004, Japanese w/ English  subtitles  
	       22:00     Tekkon Kinkreet  
                  by Michael Arias, Japan 2006, Japanese w/ English subtitles 
	        
	      NIPPON CULTURE 
Location, if not mentioned otherwise: Festival Centre (Students’ House,  Bockenheim Campus, Jügelstrasse 1, Frankfurt). Other Locations: Aula  Auditorium and Jügelhaus Auditorium  B (Bockenheim Campus, Mertonstrasse 17, Frankfurt), Galerie Station at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Waldschmidtstrasse 4, Frankfurt), Kunstraum Westend (Beethovenstr.35, Frankfurt) 
	      16:00    Tea Workshop 
	        18:00     Live HANGA – Woodcut Performance  
  19:00     What's J-Drama? (Lecture)  
  19:00     Sushi and Takoyaki-Workshop (Auditorium  B)  
  19:00     Soba-ya Soup Lounge & Karaoke  
  20:30     The Empty Canvas.  Vernissage and talk with the artist (Kunstraum Westend)  
  22:30     Talk with Film-maker: Tetsuaki MATSUE  
  23:00     Nippon on Stage: ODD & VJ chuuu   
                followed by party with DJ Sascha Nagel and  eyetrap.net  
	        
	      Exhibitions  
	      10 Years of  NIPPON CONNECTION Design 
	        Location: Galerie Station at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm 
	        Vernissage: Thursday, April 13, 8 p.m. 
	        Opening hours: Wednesday, April 14 until  Sunday, April 18, 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.  
	      The Empty  Canvas. Woodcut exhibition  
	        Location: Kunstraum Westend, Beethovenstr.35,  Frankfurt 
	        Vernissage and talk with the artist: April 16, 8:30  p.m. to 10:30 p.m. 
	        Opening hours: April 14 to 16, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.,  April, 17 & 18, 12 noon to 6 p.m., April 19 to 21 on arrangement (Phone:  0160 / 93423467)	   
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