J-POP SUMMIT And Japan Film Festival In SF This Weekend!

J-POP SUMMIT is happening in conjunction with the opening weekend of the 2014 Japan Film Festival of San Francisco. The film festival opens Saturday, July 19th and runs through Sunday, July 27th with screenings taking place at the NEW PEOPLE Cinema (located at 1746 Post St.). Read on to learn about some of the awesome films screening this weekend!

J-POP SUMMIT Festival film premieres include the inspiring anime omnibus SHORT PEACE, and J-POP Splash! 2014, a music video collection presented by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, featuring the hottest J-Pop artists, along with TOKYO SHORT SHORTS: A New Generation Of 5 Short Films which takes place in Tokyo and other parts of Japan and was directed by a innovative new generation of young filmmakers.

 

J-Pop fans and film-goers will also not want to miss the very special U.S. theatrical premiere of COUNT FIVE TO DREAM OF YOU and KOTODAMA: SPIRITUAL CURSE. Both films star the members of Tokyo Girls’ Style in leading roles. The group will host a special audience Q&A immediately following the film screenings.

 

Also don’t miss special in-person appearances by JFFSF Guests of Honor actor Yuki Furukawa, who will help mark the U.S. theatrical premiere of his new short film, “wo ai ni” in TOKYO, and director Mitsutoshi Tanaka who appears to celebrate the Bay Area premiere of his newest work, Ask This of Rikyu. Both films will screen at NEW PEOPLE Cinema during J-POP SUMMIT.

 

Tickets and additional information at: www.JFFSF.org.