Japanese film festival in Hollywood

MUMBAI: The Japan Film Society is all set to launch a film festival in Hollywood that will highlight current Japanese shorts and feature films. Dubbed LA EigaFest, the festival will run from 11 to 13 November at the Mann Chinese 6 Theatres.

Yoshimasa Ishibashi‘s Milocrorze: A Love Story will open the festival while the director and his star Takayuki Yamada will be attending the screening.

The festival will conclude with Takashi Miike‘s 2011 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 3D.

There also will be an awards ceremony that will present the grand prize for the film judged to be the best in the competition.