Japanese Films in San Diego

The Pacific Arts Movement (Pac-Arts) will present its 16th Asian Film Festival from November 5 to 14.  The JSSDT will co-present the film “Love & Peace”  by Shion Sono (See the synopsis below.), on November 9,  6:00pm at UltraStar Mission Valley.  Festival schedules and buy advance tickets at pac-arts.org.

 

In the summer of 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Ryoichi dreamed of becoming a punk rocker when he was younger, but became a timid salaryman at a musical instrument parts company. He has feelings for Yuko, but he can’t tell her how he feels..

One day, he has a fateful meeting with a turtle on the rooftop of a department store. He names the turtle Pikadon and he adores it, but his co-workers laugh at him. Ryoichi throws Pikadon into the toilet. He regrets what he did. The turtle though goes through sewerage and meets an old man who lives in the underground. Something then happens.