30th Tokyo International Film Festival

Japanese Cinema Splash

Ambiguous Places

Director: Akira Ikeda

Comedy
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Horror

World Premiere

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Schedule & Ticket

TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills SCREEN1

10/27 16:35- (93min)

Q&A
Greetings from the stage

Greetings from the Stage of Yukari Hara（Actress), Syu Ono (Actor) has been cancelled. (Updated 10/27)

Guest (tentative): Greetings from the Stage: Akira Ikeda（Director), Chizuru Usui（Producer), Mizuki Osada（Cinematographer), Michi Ota（Actress), Hirofumi Shiba（Actor), Kujirako Sumii（Actress), Tomoko Yokoe（Actress), Keisuke Nishiyama（Actor), Tomoki Kimura（Actor), Toshiyuki Takahashi（Actor), Reika Miwa (Actress)
Q&A: Akira Ikeda（Director), Chizuru Usui（Producer)

Tickets ¥1500,
Student Tickets ¥1000

Student Tickets at the Door ¥500 Available from 0:00

TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills SCREEN1

10/29 10:20- (93min)

Q&A
Greetings from the stage

Q&A of Kujirako Sumii（Actress), Toshiyuki Takahashi（Actor) has been cancelled. (Updated 10/19)

Guest (tentative): Greetings from the Stage: Akira Ikeda（Director), Chizuru Usui（Producer), Mizuki Osada（Cinematographer), Michi Ota（Actress), Hirofumi Shiba（Actor), Yukari Hara（Actress), Tomoko Yokoe（Actress), Keisuke Nishiyama（Actor), Sakae Tomomatsu (Actor), Ayumi Nigo (Actress), Ai Miyazawa (Actress)
Q&A: Akira Ikeda（Director), Chizuru Usui（Producer)

Tickets ¥1500,
Student Tickets ¥1000

Student Tickets at the Door ¥500 Available from 0:00

Situation of seats

◎：Still seats available △：Only few seats left
✕：Tickets are sold out

* Tickets for some screenings/programs may be available again after sold-out.

Tax included.

Please note that the stage appearances of guests and scheduled time of the show may change according to circumstances.

Introduction

Konoko wakes up on the beach and goes looking for a barber to take out the bug stucking on her head. Doi, who will soon be a father, goes to make gloves for her wife as a gift, Kazuko wakes up at the theater, and goes home where she finds a blue monster. She goes to a shop to get rid of the monster. An unordinary drama unfolds against an ordinary backdrop in this magical and mysterious new fantasy by Akira Ikeda, who won the Tiger Award Grand Prize at Rotterdam with Anatomy of a Paper Clip.

Data

Director	Akira Ikeda In 2007, Akira Ikeda received an Audience Award at the Pia Film Festival for his feature film Blue Monkey. Landscape to Fly has won the Grand Prize at the Fukaya Indies Film Festival in 2008. Anatomy of a Paper Clip (2013) won the Dragons and Tigers Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival, and the Tiger Award Grand Prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He joined short film making project "TKY2015" organized by Happy Tent.
Staff	Director/Screenplay/Editor : Akira Ikeda Cinematographer : Mizuki Osada Producer : Chizuru Usui
Cast	Kujirako Sumii Hirofumi Shiba Michi Ota Shu Ono Natsu Miyamoto Tomoki Kimura Reika Miwa Sakae Tomomatsu Keisuke Nishiyama Shuen Tomoko Yokoe Toshiyuki Takahashi
Website	Official Site

93min. Color Japanese ｜ 2017 Japan ｜

◎Pre-order lottery

★Purchase of Pre-order lottery tickets are limited to 2 tickets per application (Seats cannot be reserved).

From 12:00pm on Sept. 27 Wed - 13:00pm on Oct. 3 Tue

"FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST" (Opening)
"The Stand-In Thief" (Special Screenings)
"Ismael's Ghosts" (World Focus)

◎Ticket Sales

★Tickets wil be sold by sections

※Three titles for pre-order lottery are not sold on Oct. 14 and 15.

Oct. 14 Sat

12:00pm〜
Asian Future・CROSSCUT ASIA・Co-Hosted/Allied Events and Others
16:00pm〜
Competition・Japan Now・Japanese Classics

Oct. 15 Sun

12:00pm〜
Japanese Cinema Splash・World Focus・Youth
16:00pm〜
Special Screenings・Special Program

TIFF Online Ticket

Purchase via TIFF Official Website
Ticket will be available through smart phone/tablet/PC.
Service Hours
・From 12:00pm on Oct. 14 Sat (Tickets wii be sold by sections) until 20 min. after the last screening on Nov. 3 Fri.

TIFF Ticket Center counters

Oct. 25 Wed 9:30am〜
TIFF Ticket Center (Roppongi Hills 2F O-YANE PLAZA)
Service Hours
・Oct. 25 Wed〜Nov. 3 Fri ・From 9:30 am until 20 min. after the start of the venue's last screening of the day.

・All-night screening tickets are also available at the temporary ticket sales counter at the theater after TIFF Ticket Center is closed (Cash Only).
・Tickets for all dates (including EX Theater) are sold here.
*Tickets for Kabukiza and Tokyo International Forum are not sold atTIFF Online Tickets and TIFF Ticket Center.

Contact

TIFF Ticket Information Center
(Oct. 10～Nov. 3)
Number : 050-3786-5444 *An operator will assist your inquiry.
Service Hours : 12:00pm～18:00pm
Out of service on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays. Available all day during TIFF.

Notes

*Tickets for Kabukiza and Tokyo International Forum are not sold atTIFF Online Tickets and TIFF Ticket Center.
*Purchase of Opening/Closing/Special Screenings/Tokyo Grand Prix Winner Screening+Award Ceremony tickets are limited to 2 tickets per person. The other screenings are limited to 4 tickets per person.
*Tickets are not refundable, exchangeable or replaceable in event of loss.
*Wrongful acts such as re-sales of tickets, ticket transaction numbers, and QR codes for commerical purpose are prohibited.
*We ask customers to leave when we find out that the tickets are not purchased via TIFF Official website.
*Pre-school children are not adimitted.
*The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Ordiance for Healthy Youth Development prohibits individuals under age of 18 from being at theaters from 23:00 to 4:00. This also applies when these individuals are accompanied by a parent or guardian.
*Screenings at TIFF are not eligible for Cinemileage (TOHO CINEMAS mileage).
*TIFF tickets are not eligible for parking services at any of the venues.