Will these new Japanese films ever be shown in SF Bay Area cinemas?

March 7, 2009 3:32 PM

When will three new Japanese (or Japan-themed) films be shown in the SF Bay Area? (One of them just won an Academy Award).

When will the following new Japanese (or Japanese-themed) films be shown in the SF Bay Area?
Okuribiko (aka Departures)
Tokyo!
Ponyo (the new Miyazaki, which was in Japan cinemas last summer)

posted by Rash to media & arts (5 comments total)

Nausicaa.net has a new website, which is their wiki. Latest News: Filmjerk (via IMDB) is reporting that Ponyo will open on over 750 screens in the "Second Quarter 2009".
posted by suedehead at 3:38 PM on March 7

Tokyo! is showing at the Asian American Film Festival on the 18th. (It looks like advance tickets are sold out, though there may be tickets before the show.)
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 4:07 PM on March 7

I saw Ponyo (bootlegged DVD from Malaysia) and it's pretty good. I can't wait to see Okuribito.
posted by KokuRyu at 4:12 PM on March 7

If there's no answer for Departures in this thread, I saw it like 20 times on a JAL flight to Tokyo and then back to the US, so... yeah it's there.
posted by spec80 at 5:30 PM on March 7

But what about here? That's the question. Maybe at the Balboa, or the 4-Star? Anybody seen it on a schedule?

Tokyo! is listed on Landmark Theatres' Now 'Playing & Coming Soon' page so I'm hoping it'll show up in one of their local cinemas at some point.
posted by Rash at 9:39 PM on March 7