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Opening Film of CJFC’s Backstreet Cinema Series 2025
9/6/2025
The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes(2023)
83 minutes, Japanese w/ Eng. Subtitles.
CJFC’s first anime — Japan’s scenic countryside and a high school summer on the big screen.
Synopsis : The Urashima Tunnel can grant any wish—at a cost. High schooler Kaoru, haunted by a troubled past, teams up with Anzu, a girl torn between duty and her dreams, to uncover the secrets of the Tunnel. But the price of fulfilling their hearts’ desires may be more than they can bear. This is a hauntingly beautiful summer story of nostalgia, young love, and bending time itself.
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Director : Taguchi Tomohisa
Writer : Taguchi Tomohisa
Cast : Iitoyo Marie, Suzuka Ouji, Hatanaka Tasuku
Country : Japan
Genre : Animation
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9/13
Laugh, Everyone!(2024)
Actor Nobe Tomizo will do the Q&A on the stage.
The Film also available on Online link.
105 minutes, Japanese w/ Eng. Subtitles
Screening in CJFC’s Backstreet Cinema Series 2025
A drama centered on Japan’s traditional art of Rakugo storytelling.
Synopsis : Tamon (50), a second-generation Rakugo performer, avoids traditional stories to escape comparison with his famous father and master, Kanzo (75). Instead, he performs original material, but it fails to connect with audiences. Struggling financially, he works part-time to make ends meet while caring for Kanzo—now retired due to dementia—whom he lives with. One day, Kiko (28), an aspiring stand-up comedian, hears a story at Tamon’s show that her mother, Yoko (50), once loved. Inspired, she uses it in her act, setting off a chain of events that changes all their lives.
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Director : Suzuki Taichi
Writer : Suzuki Taichi
Cast : Nobe Tomizo, Tsuji Nagiko, Kataoka Reiko, Watanabe Tetsu
Country : Japan
Genre : Drama
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