Friday March 12, 2010
Nabbie's Love (ナビィの恋)
Directed by NAKAE Yuji (中江裕司)
1999
92 mins.

Nanako quits her job in Tokyo to return to her home island where her grandfather, Keitatsu and grandmother, Nabbie, still live. The ferry is captained by Sunra, who dressed in a dandy tropical outfit, seems to have some nostalgic link to the island. One day, Nanako sees Nabbie and Sunra in each other's arms. The illicit love affair shocks the conservative islanders. A formal clan meeting is held, the shaman is summoned and her verdict is that Sunra must leave and Nabbie must never see him again. Nanako learns from Keitatsu that 60 years ago Nabbie fell in love with Sunra but was forced to separate from him because of her family's standing in the community. Sunra had to leave the island, but Nabbie never could forget her lover and she had faithfully written him once a year. The fires of Nabbie's love still smoldered.

Friday March 19, 2010
Station (駅)
Directed by FURUHATA Yasuo (降旗康男)
1981
132 mins.

In this film, a variety of encounters and separations between men and women are depicted lyrically amidst the beautiful scenery of Hokkaido: Naoko, Eiji's former wife salutes him goodbye in tears, Suzuko betrays her criminal brother who is caught by Eiji, Kiriko, a restaurant proprietress, happens to see her old lover shot in front of her eyes by Eiji whom she once loved; and Fuyuko, Eiji's sister gets married reluctantly to a man she does not love.

Saturday March 20, 2010
April Story (四月物語)
Directed by IWAI Shunji (岩井俊二)
1998
67 mins.

The story of a girl who moves from Hokkaido to start her university life in Tokyo. But it's not just that, she also follows her first love too.

Friday March 26, 2010
Glasses（めがね）
Directed by Ogigami Naoko (荻上直子)
2007
106 mins.

Taeko comes to a small seaside town one early spring for some time off and stay at the "Hamada" where distinctive character seems to gather. From mysterious Sakura to high school teacher Haruna. There is also strange exercise Merci taiso which the residents on the island do as part of their daily routine but only during spring. At first Taeko bewildered with the life on the island but as she spends more time, she begins to blend in.