The knowledge about the society, culture and life of a country forms the basis of a good relationship of friendship, Japan’s Ambassador to Moldova Masanobu Yoshii said in the opening of the second Japanese Film Festival in Chisinau in the evening of October 6. During the two-day festival, the spectators will be able to see four films about Japan, one of which was shown yesterday evening. All the pictures are screened at the ODEON Cinema in Chisinau, IPN reports.
Masanobu Yoshii reminded that this year Moldova and Japan celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations. He noted that the relations of friendship between the two countries in the period became stronger and developed in a number of fields, including culture. “The Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Moldova was opened last year. We, the members of the Embassy, make effort to develop these relations of friendship between our states,” said Masanobu Yoshii.
The first screened film - “Thermae Romae” – is about an architect of the Roman Empire who decided to travel in time and found himself in a Japanese bath during a trip. From there, he borrowed elements of Japanese culture and applied these in Rome, where he enjoyed great success.
At 11am on October 7, there will be shown the picture “Story of cooking in Samurai style” that will be subtitled in Russian. It is about a talented woman cook who was stubborn and who thus divorced her husband one year after marriage. She was later asked by a lady to marry her son in order to teach him to cook.
“Mameshiba” with Russian subtitles will be shown at 1:15pm. This is about the travel of a man of an average age with a puppy aged several months in search of its mother who ran away.
At 3:15pm, there will be shown the last film of the festival “No one should supervise me”, which will also be subtitled in Russian. This is a drama about the fears of a modern society and about the sufferings of a family that includes a minor offender.
Before and after the screenings, the spectators can see an exhibition of Japanese ikebana arrangements in the Cinema’s hall. The first Japanese Film Festival was staged in March. Both of the editions are dedicated to the 25 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Moldova.
