Ulaanbaatar
Japanese film “The Garden of Words” to screen in UB
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Japanese anime drama film “The Garden of Words” directed by Makoto Shinkai is to be screened at the 10th Japanese Movie Days which will be organized by the Embassy of Japan to Mongolia together with the Japan Foundation in Ulaanbaatar starting from January 18, 2017.
This year’s event aims to introduce Japanese cuisine through Japanese movies to Mongolian audience.
During the Japanese Movie Days, 6 Japanese films will be screened at Tengis movie theatre for the Mongolian audience.
The Garden of Words is a 2013 Japanese film written, directed and edited by Makoto Shinkai, animated by CoMix Wave Films and distributed by Toho. The film focuses on Takao Akizuki, an aspiring 15-year-old shoemaker, and Yukari Yukino, a mysterious 27-year-old woman he keeps meeting at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden on rainy mornings.
The Garden of Words premiered at the Gold Coast Film Festival in Australia on April 28, 2013 and had its general release on May 31, 2013 in Japan. For the Japanese premiere, the film was screened with an animated short called Dareka no Manazashi also directed by Shinkai.
The film performed well in theaters for an extended period of time and was hosted at many local and international film events. It ranked highly on iTunes Store during 2013 and was selected as the Year's Best Animation in iTunes' Best of 2013. It won the 2013 Kobe Theatrical Film Award and awards at the Fantasia International Film Festival and the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film.
