GSC Mid Valley | GSC Pavilion KL | GSC 1 Utama (New Wing) | GSC Gurney Plaza (Penang)
Time Period: 15 September 2011 – 29 September 2011.
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Movie (1)
About Her Brother
Director: YAMADA Yoji
Cast: YOSHINAGA Sayuri, SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube, AOI Yu, KASE Ryo, KOBAYASHI Nenji
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 Hours 23 Minutes
Synopsis: Master filmmaker Yamada Yoji, known for his humanistic films, directs his first contemporary feature in ten years. Paying homage to Ichikawa Kon's film of the same title, this film presents a heartwarming depiction of the bond between a hard-working older sister and her younger brother, a failed performer. Widowed young, Ginko runs a pharmacy and lives with her daughter, Koharu, and her mother-in-law, Kinuyo. Koharu has plans to marry a distinguished doctor, but out of the blue, Ginko's long lost brother, Tetsuro, shows up drunk at the wedding, ruining the occasion.
Movie (2)
Double Trouble
Director: MATSUOKA Joji
Cast: KOBAYASHI Kaoru, YASUDA Narumi, ITO Atsushi, YUKI Saori, ASADA Miyoko
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Duration: 1 Hour 52 Minutes
Synopsis: It's December 30, and everyone is milling about. But the "incident" that rocked this small town began with a single phone call. "Hello, Mitama Cultural Center. Yes, you're calling to confirm your concert, correct? That's right. Mitama Chorus Girls, tomorrow evening at 7:00. All set. We'll see you then." Thus the cultural center's director confidently replies to the caller. But just a moment later, he realizes that they are hardly "all set"! There's the "Mitama Chorus Girls" and the "The Mitama Ladies' Chorus": two similar-sounding names were confused by this hapless director. Of all things, his mismanagement has led to a double-booking on New Year's Eve! The long-established, refined ladies' group says, "Tomorrow is our 20th anniversary performance! There's no way we can reschedule." And the newly-formed, amateur group says, "We were so looking forward to tomorrow, and we even arranged our chores and part-time jobs just to make this performance!" Neither group will budge an inch. The director, who had always enjoyed stability in both his work and private lives, becomes flustered in the face of the ladies' passion for their choral groups. On top of that, his marriage hits a rocky patch, his bar tab is up for payment, and his whole life is turned upside-down. With this catastrophe on New Year's Eve, what will our director's fate be? And what of the "mamas" who have practiced their hearts out for this night? The heartwarming musical comedy Ode to Joy uses song to remind us of a nearly-forgotten sincerity.
Movie (3)
Happy Flight
Director: YAGUCHI Shinobu
Cast: TANABE Seiichi, TOKITO Saburo, AYASE Haruka, FUKIISHI Kazue, TABATA Tomoko, TERAJIMA Shinobu, KISHIBE Ittoku
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 1 Hour 43 Minutes
Synopsis: A co-pilot Kazuhiro Suzuki is on assessed flight that will determine whether he gets promoted to the rank of pilot. However, an emergency situation occurs! A rookie cabin attendant Etsuko Saito also brings chaos from the strain. Will this flight safely arrive at Honolulu?
Movie (4)
Railways
Director: NISHIKIORI Yoshinari
Cast: NAKAI Kiichi, TAKASHIMA Reiko, MOTOKARIYA Yuika
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 Hours 10 Minutes
Synopsis: Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over his work and has no time for his family. But one day, his mother in Shimane falls ill, and his best friend dies in an accident. Grief-stricken, Hajime returns home where memories of his childhood dream come back to him. He had always wanted to be a train conductor and drive the local "bataden" Ichibata Electric Railway.
Movie (5)
The Dark Harbor
Director: NAITO Takasugu
Cast: KOTE Shinya, MIYAMOTO Yuko, HIROOKA Kazuki
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1 Hour 41 Minutes
Synopsis: Manzo is a fisherman in a small seaside community who lives and works alone, but longs for a relationship and maybe a wife. When a sign is posted advertising a matchmaking party with city women, all the men gussy themselves up and videotape themselves for the dating service. Manzo borrows a camcorder and tries his luck, but his rehearsed speech doesn't go as planned. When showing the videotape to the prospective dates, he discovers something unusual: There is a woman and her son living in one of his closets. Instead of kicking them out, he encourages them to stay and develops a relationship with them that makes the other fishermen jealous.
Movie (6)
Your Friends
Director: HIROKI Ryuichi
Cast: ISHIBASHI Anna, KITAURA Ayu, YOSHITAKA Yuriko, FUKUSHI Seiji, MIYAZAKI Yoshiko, TAGUCHI Tomorou, OMORI Nao, EMOTO Akira
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 Hours 5 Minutes
Synopsis: Nakahara, a Writer visits the free school in a small city for his research on the children who have problem such as school refusal. At the school, he meets Emi, a volunteering college student who has lame leg. Emi is called "Ms. Puffy" by the children because she always takes pictures of clouds. Interested in this girl, Nakahara asks her to be interviewed, but in vain. However, Emi has gradually changed her mind towards Nakahara when he comes to the school many times and evokes sympathetic responses from the children. Then she answers his questions and tells him about her own childhood... When she was 5th grade pupil in elementary school, Emi got injury sustained in car accident. Since then, she made barrier from her surroundings. On the other hand, Yuka was in delicate health and set someone off from her peers too. Emi became friends with Yuka and they nurtured a precious friendship. The two girls were left out in the cold but they spent peaceful and happy days beside the classmates who were playing bully and ostracizing each other. At the present day, having made an intense relationship with Yuka, Emi encourages gently the children who are suffering from their own weakness. Gradually the story of loss she experienced and which brought her such gentleness is revealed...
Movie (7)
Mai Mai Miracle
Director: KATABUCHI Sunao
Cast: FUKUDA Mayuko, MIZUSAWA Nako
Language: Japanese
Genre: Animation
Duration:
Synopsis: An exuberant tomboy, Shinko feels completely at home in the wheat fields of the small town of Kokuga, where she races imaginary creatures and daydreams of the ancient capital city of Suo, on which Kokuga now stands. Nine-year-old Kiiko has a very different temperament -- shy, withdrawn, still mourning a mother she barely remembers. A transplant from Tokyo, Kiiko, with her exotic Western dress and pale complexion, is marked as alien to her peasant schoolmates.
Movie (8)
Sawako Decides
Director: ISHII Yuya
Cast: MITSUSHIMA Hikari, ENDO Masashi, AIHARA Kira
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
Duration:
Synopsis: Sawako has gone through life taking a halfhearted approach to her career and her love life. One day, she unexpectedly inherits her father's clam factory. No only is she pushed around by the employees and her boyfriend, but the factory is also on the verge of bankruptcy.
