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Lesson in Murder TBC

Thu 9 Feb, 7.45pm

Adults

£9.20

Members

£5

Senior Citizen

£7.50

U25 & Students

£5

Disabled or Unwaged

£5

Director: Kazuya Shiraishi

Cast: Sadao Abe, Shimako Iwai, Takanori Iwata

Year: 2022

Duration: 128 mins

Certificate: TBC


This suspenseful psychodrama follows university student Masaya, whose monotonous life is given a terrifying jolt by an unexpected letter from convicted serial killer Haimura, who admits guilt for eight murders but insists he didn’t commit the ninth.


Masaya realises he encountered Haimura while still at school, and begins to investigate the crime, delving deep into the killer’s mind.


Screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Programme.


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Tsuyukusa TBC

Sat 4 Feb, 6pm

Middle-aged Fumi lives a quiet life in a small seaside town, spending time with friends and colleagues. When Fumi meets a man and experiences a premonition of love, she begins to wonder whether happiness can be hers once again. A delicate and charming story starring Satomi Kobayashi.

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Till We Meet Again TBC

Tue 14 Feb, 6pm

Saburo (Eiji Okada), a student in Tokyo, meets Keiko (Yoshiko Kuga), an illustrator of propaganda posters, in a bomb shelter during a WWII air raid on the city and becomes infatuated with her. After several chance encounters romance blossoms, but when Saburo is called up to the front to fight in Japan’s imperial army, the lovers’ fate becomes uncertain – will they ever meet again?

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Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me? TBC

Mon 20 Feb, 8.15pm

Sawako and husband Toshio are both manga writers, but Toshio has writer’s block. Suspecting him of having an affair, Sawako decides to write a new manga about adultery. When Toshio sees her work, he realises that his wife must know about his infidelity…

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Goodbye Cruel World TBC

Wed 22 Feb, 8.15pm

Five strangers join forces to steal a large sum of money from a group of gangsters who operate a laundering racket. The thieves all go back to their own lives, but before long they find themselves being hunted by the gangsters, police and politicians, not knowing who is friend or foe.

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BL Metamorphosis TBC

Tue 28 Feb, 7pm

17-year-old Urara has no friends – her only pleasure is reading Boys Love (BL) manga. Working part-time at a book shop, she meets Yuki, an elderly woman who has lived alone since the death of her husband. A heart-warming story about the intergenerational bond between two lonely women.