8th Japanese Film Festival
 
 

 

 
   
 
 
   
 

 

 
Heaven’s Bookstore [Not classified*] Drama
 
2004/ 35mm/ colour/ 111min
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara
Producer: Hideshi Miyajima, Nozomu Enoki, Nobuyuki Toya
Written by: Kyoko Inukai, Tetsuo Shinohara
Cast:

Yuko Takeuchi, Tetsuji Tamayama, Teruyuki Kagawa

 

Kenta, a young pianist, loses his job and wakes up the next morning to find himself in a bookstore in heaven. He is told that he is not actually dead, but has been given a temporary job there in order to learn lessons about life from his customers and colleagues, including the beautiful Shoko. Kenta discovers that Shoko was a talented pianist who came to heaven without finishing the piano suite she was composing to accompany a fireworks display created by her fiancée, Takimoto. Kenta resolves to complete the suite.

Meanwhile, on earth, Shoko’s niece is attempting to restage Takimoto’s fireworks show, which ceased the year of Shoko’s death twelve years ago… As heaven and earth intersect, a miracle is about to begin.

  * Films not classified are restricted to 18 years and over. All films have English subtitles.
   
 
 
Date Time Venue
November 26 (Fri)
6:30pm Brisbane
*Admission will be charged. 
December 2 (Thu)
8:45pm Sydney (Dendy Cinema Opera Quay)
*Admission will be charged.
 
   
   
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