Jun.5-27.2021 【Ticket info】 https://jccc.on.ca/films/toronto-japanese-film-festival-tjff/film-line The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre’s 10th annual Toronto Japanese Film Festival (TJFF) will be presented in a hybrid format from June 5 to 27, 2021. During this period, TJFF screenings will […]
The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) await the post-crisis reopening and the commencement of our rescheduled TJFF 2020 in October. JCCC thought it appropriate to use Japanese film to lift everyone’s spirits at this very […]
Netflix Canada to stream 21 Studio Ghibli movies starting on June 25. From June 25, 20 films from the legendary animation house Studio Ghibli are coming to Netflix in Canada. We’re proud to bring beloved, […]
“A deceptively rich and rewarding drama, small of gesture, huge of heart.” – Mark Kermode, The Observer From Friday June 19, at 9:00 am to Sunday June 21 at 9:00 pm. More Info The Nonomiyas […]
We hope this finds everyone healthy and safe. We very much miss seeing you at the JCCC but we will do everything we can continue providing you with Japanese cultural offerings and Japanese Canadian heritage […]
Nice, pleasant read, informative and simple. An example of anthropology that is dépassé, I doubt that anyone today would write a book about Japanese culture as a monolithic entity. Benedict could not conduct fieldwork in […]
The manga Golden Kamuy has it all: a treasure hunt, comedic relief, gripping action scenes, and beautiful art, and representation of Japan’s Indigenous people, Ainu. This critically acclaimed manga which takes place in the late Meiji Era […]
Some of these short, short stories felt shocking and absurd, either because of Kawabatan intention or because of the brutal reduction of the narrative–or both: Kawabata was an avant-garde writer back in the day, influenced […]
Bonnie Nardi uses Dewey’s activity theory (never heard of this before the ethnography) to analyze World of Warcraft. Dewey’s theory allows us to conceive of online games (if I am to understand correctly) as an […]
Remember in “Weathering with You”, Hina Amano’s brother Ngai always dresses in a ghost-like costume when she prays for sunshine. The ghost like costume is called Teru Teru Bozu – the sunshine doll. “Rain rain […]
