The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme is back in London next month, and it’s your chance to experience the country’s finest filmmaking without having to board a flight. The UK’s largest celebration of Japanese cinema, it will be taking up residence at the ICA – where you can catch the entire programme – and, for a more limited run, at Hammersmith’s Riverside Studios. The overarching theme this year is ‘Justice, Justification and Judgement’, with hard-hitting dramas like Yûya Ishii’s provocative The Moon and Bunji Sotoyama’s Tea Friends, based on a real-life prostitution ring bust, on the slate. For younger Japanophiles, there’s ​the charming manga-based anime Ghost Cat Anzu. Tanoshimu!