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Tokyo National Museum will be setting up an outdoor cinema screen on Oct. 14 & 15 in collaboration with mobile cinema Kino Iglu. They’ll be showing the much-loved 2007 work 5 Centimeters Per Second from Makoto Shinkai, whose film Your Name is currently riding high at the box office.
After the success of the 10th anniversary celebration of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time this summer, the museum will be setting up an outdoor cinema once again in the autumn when it screens Makoto Shinkai’s 5 Centimeters per Second. With Masayoshi Yamazaki’s music in the background, the movie is a heartbreaking love story filled with Shinkai’s characteristic visual beauty which has won several international awards and is loved all over the world.
The screen will be set up in front of the museum along with 1,000 seats. There will also be a number of carts and stalls to add to the atmosphere while the audience enjoys this painful love story under the autumn skies.
On screening days, the museum is also staying open late until 10:00 p.m. so that visitors can enjoy the special exhibition “The Hidden Buddha of Rakuyaji Temple, Shiga” (separate charge for entry) after watching the movie. So if you’ve always been meaning to pay a visit to the Tokyo National Museum, here is your opportunity!
Full Details
Dates & Times: Oct. 14 & 15 at 7:00 p.m. (movie lasts around 63 minutes)
Movie: Makoto Shinkai’s 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007, CoMix Wave Films)
Venue: Tokyo National Museum (inside Ueno Park)
*Event subject to cancellation due to poor weather (an announcement will be made by 10:00 a.m. on the day via the official Twitter account)*
Joint Sponsor: Kino Iglu
Admission Fee:
- Free (however, there is an admission charge to get into the museum on the day)
- Exhibition Tickets (including museum entry fee) are also available from Lawson Ticket (L Code: 32431)
*Special exhibitions require additional entry fee*
Museum Late Hours: The museum will be open until 10:00 p.m. on screening days (last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Tokyo National Museum
Founded in 1872, Tokyo National Museum is Japan’s oldest museum space and houses over 116,000 objects from Japan, Western Asia, and Egypt. The museum’s collection includes everything from smaller items such as Dogu clay figurines to suits of armor, ukiyo-e prints, and modern art reflecting the entirety of Japan’s art history.
Location: 13-9 Uenokoen, Taito, Tokyo 110-8712, Japan
Admission Fees:
- General admission: 620 yen
- University students: 410 yen (free for students enrolled at Campus Members affiliated schools)
- High school students and seniors (over 70): free (special exhibitions require separate charge for entry)
5 Centimeters per Second (CoMix Wave Films, 2007)
Direction/Script/Storyboards: Makoto Shinkai
End Title Theme: “One More Time, One More Chance” by Masayoshi Yamazaki
Story:
At which speed must I live to be able to see you again?
A heartbreaking love story of two people swept along by everyday life. Takaki and Akari develop feelings for each other in elementary school but are separated when Akari moves away. The two keep in touch by writing letters to each other, but when Takaki discovers he’s going to be moving even further away he decides to go and see Akari first, heading out to catch a train with the snow falling around him. Finally Takaki grows up and moves to Tokyo where his life of working hard every day loses its shine and he begins to recall long forgotten memories in the busy streets.
Source: @Press
