"Cherish His Smile" film screening at The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV > 6:30pm on 25th August 2011
Time : 6:30 pm
Entry : Free
Place : The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024
Venue Info : www.jfindia.org.in | Map | Events | Nearest Metro Station - 'Moolchand'
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Event Details : 'Cherish His Smile' Japanese film screening.
At first glance, Shota is having the summer kids in the fifth grade usually have. Staying with his aunt by the sea, he romps around with friend Tetsuo on the beach and does his best to avoid playing with his little sister Sayaka. But this summer is different. His father Jun is in the hospital and those around him are talking about things he and’ Sayaka don't fully comprehend: that the two of them are "pitiful" and that their father has only a "fifty-fifty" chance. They simply just want their father to return from the hospital.
One day, he does, but in a state much weaker than they imagined. Shota begins to feel the need watch what he says in front of his father, but Sayaka doesn't understand what is wrong. Some days later, she innocently asks him, "What does a fifty-fifty chance mean?" Jun calmly explains to his children that he-has cancer and that he has to continue treatment even after his operation.
Shota begins to worry about his father and recalls the times when his father would let him run up into his arms as a way of comforting him.
Jun, a school teacher, is unexpectedly visited one day by one of his former students named Shiho. She walked three hours to visit him, hoping to help him the way he had helped her in the past. "You told me to send an SOS when I'm in trouble. Are you sending one now?” she asks. Jun shakes his head: "I was sending it up until a moment ago" Then you came and it's OK." Bolstered by her visit; the still-weak Jun decides to take Shota and Sayaka Asking the next day. At his secret fishing hole, he asks Shota, who's the same age as Shiho, to be her friend. Shota refuses, however, saying that she's too weird.
Soon thereafter, Shota and Sayaka spy their parents crying at night over something serious. It is at that point that they have to return to their home near Kagpshima. Shota soon returns to school and, on the way home, sees a group of boy’s bothering Shiho. They were terrorizing a kitten and when she tried to stop them, they turned on her. Shota steps in and chases them away. Shiho curtly thanks him but refuses to be openly friendly. –When Shota 'returns 'home, he sees a doctor has been visiting:" His-father, It turns out, has to return to the hospital, Shota talks to him about Shiho and is told that she lives with her grandfather and has no parents. "She must be lonely," Jun says, again asking Shota to be her friend. Shota responds that he will try.
Jun dies thereafter and Shota, Sayaka, and their mother Hiroko go to a resort to have some time alone together. Their attempts to have a good time fail, however, and the three eventually break down in tears. Back in school, Shiho tells Shota how sorry she was to hear about his father, the best teacher she had. She also confesses that she was abandoned by her parents. Trying to rebuild her life, Hiroko decides to go back to school and to sell the house. She tells the children that they will move into an apartment run by Shiho's grandfather. At school, Shota is now the victim of teasing, as boys begin to say that Shiho is his girlfriend. He still steps in, however, when they tease her about being an abandoned child. When one boy says that Shiho's
mother was seen in working in a bar in Kagoshima, Shiho sneaks off the next day to look for her.
Shota, figuring out where she could have gone, goes to find her. Unable to locate her mother, Shiho sits down and cries, revealing that her mother had her when she was 20 and never revealed who the father was. “If she is in trouble, I want to help her as your dad helped me”.
The next day, Shota confronts the boy who said Shiho's mother was seen in Kagoshima, asking for specifics. When the boy says it was lie, Shota becomes furious and starts a fight with him.
Hiroko scolds him severely for getting into a fight, especially the day before they are going to move. Disgruntled, Shota declares that he refuses to move and runs upstairs. Trying to pack alone, Hiroko drops ajar of salt and when Shota comes downstairs to see what is wrong, he notices an "SOS" written in the salt He goes outside and, just like his father did, calls to his mother, asking her to run into his arms.
Seventeen years later, Shota returns to his home town for Sayaka's marriage. Now a teacher himself, he gives Sayaka the carved kingfisher their father had made just before he died.
Notes:
While released for a short time at small theaters, Cherish His Smile, co-produced by Iwanami Productions, an established educational and documentary film company In Japan, Is more an educational film for children than a work of entertainment for general audiences. Based on a story by Canadian novelist Jean little and telling the tale of a death of a parent from a child's perspective, Cherish His Smile was recommended by the Ministry of Education, The Japan PTA and just about every other child’s welfare authority in Japan.
One day, he does, but in a state much weaker than they imagined. Shota begins to feel the need watch what he says in front of his father, but Sayaka doesn't understand what is wrong. Some days later, she innocently asks him, "What does a fifty-fifty chance mean?" Jun calmly explains to his children that he-has cancer and that he has to continue treatment even after his operation.
Shota begins to worry about his father and recalls the times when his father would let him run up into his arms as a way of comforting him.
Jun, a school teacher, is unexpectedly visited one day by one of his former students named Shiho. She walked three hours to visit him, hoping to help him the way he had helped her in the past. "You told me to send an SOS when I'm in trouble. Are you sending one now?” she asks. Jun shakes his head: "I was sending it up until a moment ago" Then you came and it's OK." Bolstered by her visit; the still-weak Jun decides to take Shota and Sayaka Asking the next day. At his secret fishing hole, he asks Shota, who's the same age as Shiho, to be her friend. Shota refuses, however, saying that she's too weird.
Soon thereafter, Shota and Sayaka spy their parents crying at night over something serious. It is at that point that they have to return to their home near Kagpshima. Shota soon returns to school and, on the way home, sees a group of boy’s bothering Shiho. They were terrorizing a kitten and when she tried to stop them, they turned on her. Shota steps in and chases them away. Shiho curtly thanks him but refuses to be openly friendly. –When Shota 'returns 'home, he sees a doctor has been visiting:" His-father, It turns out, has to return to the hospital, Shota talks to him about Shiho and is told that she lives with her grandfather and has no parents. "She must be lonely," Jun says, again asking Shota to be her friend. Shota responds that he will try.
Jun dies thereafter and Shota, Sayaka, and their mother Hiroko go to a resort to have some time alone together. Their attempts to have a good time fail, however, and the three eventually break down in tears. Back in school, Shiho tells Shota how sorry she was to hear about his father, the best teacher she had. She also confesses that she was abandoned by her parents. Trying to rebuild her life, Hiroko decides to go back to school and to sell the house. She tells the children that they will move into an apartment run by Shiho's grandfather. At school, Shota is now the victim of teasing, as boys begin to say that Shiho is his girlfriend. He still steps in, however, when they tease her about being an abandoned child. When one boy says that Shiho's
mother was seen in working in a bar in Kagoshima, Shiho sneaks off the next day to look for her.
Shota, figuring out where she could have gone, goes to find her. Unable to locate her mother, Shiho sits down and cries, revealing that her mother had her when she was 20 and never revealed who the father was. “If she is in trouble, I want to help her as your dad helped me”.
The next day, Shota confronts the boy who said Shiho's mother was seen in Kagoshima, asking for specifics. When the boy says it was lie, Shota becomes furious and starts a fight with him.
Hiroko scolds him severely for getting into a fight, especially the day before they are going to move. Disgruntled, Shota declares that he refuses to move and runs upstairs. Trying to pack alone, Hiroko drops ajar of salt and when Shota comes downstairs to see what is wrong, he notices an "SOS" written in the salt He goes outside and, just like his father did, calls to his mother, asking her to run into his arms.
Seventeen years later, Shota returns to his home town for Sayaka's marriage. Now a teacher himself, he gives Sayaka the carved kingfisher their father had made just before he died.
Notes:
While released for a short time at small theaters, Cherish His Smile, co-produced by Iwanami Productions, an established educational and documentary film company In Japan, Is more an educational film for children than a work of entertainment for general audiences. Based on a story by Canadian novelist Jean little and telling the tale of a death of a parent from a child's perspective, Cherish His Smile was recommended by the Ministry of Education, The Japan PTA and just about every other child’s welfare authority in Japan.
Year : 1996
Duration : 100 min.
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"Cherish His Smile" film screening at The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV > 6:30pm on 25th August 2011
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