Japanese Film Festival 2026

Films premiering at the Japanese Film Festival, touring nationally 7 Oct-22 Nov

Look Back - image - a film by Koreeda Hirokazu

Look Back

NOW SHOWING - 2026 JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL (UNITL 28 NOV)

Palme d’Or-winning director Koreeda Hirokazu (Shoplifters, The Truth) brings his signature humanism to LOOK BACK, a deeply moving adaptation of the acclaimed ‘one-shot’ manga by beloved graphic artist Tatsuki Fujimoto.

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We Are Aliens - image- a film by Kohei Kadowaki

We Are Aliens

NOW SHOWING - 2026 JAPANESE (UNTIL 28 NOV) & ADELAIDE (FROM 19 OCT) FF

Resounding well-received at Cannes' Directors' Fortnight 2026, Kōhei Kadowaki's ravishing anime follows two boys whose inseparable childhood friendship is shattered by a single careless moment - one that changes the course of their lives.

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The Samurai and the Prisoner - film still - a film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

The Samurai and the Prisoner

NOW SHOWING - 2026 JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL (UNTIL 28 NOV)

Renowned writer/director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's majestic new historical thriller fuses samurai spectacle with whodunnit intrigue, as a samurai lord is drawn into a series of shadowy murders within his own castle walls in feudal Japan.

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