Thanks to CIR Prefectural Advisor Rohan Ranade for the information!
Image from the official festival website.
Don’t look behind you–it’s time for the Kanazawa Horror Film Festival (カナザワ映画祭:世界怪談大会)!
Running from 17 – 24 September (Fri.-Fri.), the Horror Film Festival will feature horror films from Japan, the US, Hong Kong, China, and Korea.
Screenings will be held at Theatre 21 (シアター21) at the Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art and at Cine-monde, located on the 4th floor of KOHRINBO 109 mall.
Advance tickets are 1300 yen for one show and 3500 for three shows. That’s less than the 1800 yen the regular movie theaters in Ishikawa charge for tickets! The a ticket to one of the “talk shows” (panel discussions) is 2300 yen in advance (one ticket per show).
Advance tickets are available at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Hirosaka, Kanazawa, and at Cine-monde in Korinbo. Tickets for one show and the “talk show” will be available at the door for a slightly higher cost than the advance tickets. You may reserve tickets online (see the link below) and trade them in for paper tickets between 18-20 September in front of Theater 21 at the 21st Century Museum of Art. (Sort of like a limited will-call).
The schedule of the films is currently Japanese-only, but will be posted in English here.
For the Japanese films (1950-1999), Ringu seems to be the most famous abroad, but most films are before the time of J-horror’s overseas popularity. Unfortunately, these will be shown without subtitles (not even Japanese ones), but think of it as a chance to practice your listening!
The American films cover 1976-2005, with The Exorcist as the most famous, and Squirm, which was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000, rounds the D-movie end of things. These will be shown in the original English with Japanese subtitles.
The (non-Japanese) Asian films have the fewest in show (4) but cover the most time (1937-2005); they will be shown with Japanese subtitles.
Have a spooky Silver Week!
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