The Embassy of Japan in Myanmar presents Japanese Film Show with English subtitle. The theme of film show this time is “Women,” and we select entertainment movies. We hope you all enjoy the films!
※Admission free. Registration is not required.
※Please bring your ID card to show at the Embassy Gate.

1. My Secret Cache (Shinobu Yaguchi / 1997 / 83 min.)
Time & Date: 17:30- Wednesday, 15th July, 2015
Venue: Assembly Hall, The Embassy of Japan in Myanmar

Sakiko Suzukoi loves money. Her idea of a schoolgirl thrill was looking at a full bank book. After graduation, she worked as a bank clerk, just to be near money. One day she is abducted by bank robbers who take her to the Aokigahara forest near Mt. Fuji, famous for its confusing layout and compasses. There the robbers crash and burn: only Sakiko survives, going over waterfalls and into an underground lake, kept afloat by a suitcase full of money. Recuperating at home again she sees a TV program on the Aokigahara forest and decides to learn geological surveying skills from the Tama University and learn to swim in order to retrieve the money. Sakiko tricks Edogawa, her professor Morita’s assistant into getting arrested and heads for Aokigahara forest by herself. There she searches for the underground lake and, just as her equipment fails, she finally hears the sound of running water and finds the suitcase at the bottom for the pool.

2. Turtles are surprisingly fast swimmers (Satoshi Miki/ 2005/ 90 min.)
Time & Date: 14:00- Saturday, 18th July, 2015
Venue: Assembly Hall, The Embassy of Japan in Myanmar

Suzume is a bored housewife. Due to his job, her husband has been transferred abroad. Suzume is in charge of feeding his beloved turtle. So suzume is bored and unhappy with her life and has begun to feel that she is invisible. On one of the steps in front of her, she sees a tiny advertisement, “Spies Wanted.” Suzume calls and goes to meet the people three days later. In a rundown apartment, she meets a couple, Shizuo and Etsuko. They are really spies and think that Suzume would be a great spy as no one would suspect a housewife of being a spy. Shizuo and Etsuko give Suzume 5,000,000 yen for her living expenses and begin to teach her the art of “spying.” Suzume’s interest in life comes back as she starts a new adventure. She learns that her neighborhood noodle shop owner, the tofu shop owner, and an old woman in the park are also spies. They all live mundane lives as covers. As Suzume gains confidence in herself, she begins to see the reality around her. The secret service begins to suspect that there is a spy ring operating in the area and begin their search. Suzume is left behind to go back to her old life. But in some way, she has changed ...

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