The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is set to return to Indonesia this November and December 2025. This year, JFF will visit nine cities, including Jakarta, Bandung, Makassar, Yogyakarta, Palembang, and Surabaya, with special visits to Padang, Medan, and Balikpapan.
JFF 2025 will screen fifteen Japanese films. Here is the full list of the films:
|
No |
English Title |
Director |
Casts |
Genre |
Released Year |
|
1 |
Cells at Work! |
TAKEUCHI Hideki |
NAGANO Mei, SATOH Takeru |
Action, Comedy |
2024 |
|
2 |
SHOWTIME 7 |
WATANABE Kazutaka |
ABE Hiroshi, RYUSEI Ryo, NUKUMI Meru |
Suspense |
2025 |
|
3 |
ANGRY SQUAD: The Civil Servant and the Seven Swindlers |
UEDA Shinichiro |
UCHINO Seiyo, OKADA Masaki, KAWAEI Rina |
Drama |
2024 |
|
4 |
THE BOY AND THE DOG |
ZEZE Takahisa |
TAKAHASHI Fumiya, NISHINO Nanase |
Drama |
2025 |
|
5 |
6 Lying University Students |
SATOH Yuichi |
HAMABE Minami, AKASO Eiji, SANO Hayato |
Drama, Suspense |
2024 |
|
6 |
Teasing Master Takagi-san |
IMAIZUMI Rikiya |
NAGANO Mei, TAKAHASHI Fumiya |
Romance |
2024 |
|
7 |
366 DAYS |
SHINJYOU Takehiko |
AKASO Eiji, KAMISHIRAISHI Moka, NAKAJIMA Yuto |
Romance, Drama |
2025 |
|
8 |
PETALS AND MEMORIES |
MAEDA Tetsu |
SUZUKI Ryohei, ARIMURA Kasumi, SUZUKA Ouji |
Drama |
2025 |
|
9 |
GHOST IN THE SHELL |
OSHII Mamoru |
TANAKA Atsuko, OTSUKA Akio, YAMADERA Koichi |
Animation |
1995 |
|
10 |
SEVEN SAMURAI |
KUROSAWA Akira |
MIFUNE Toshiro, SHIMURA Takashi |
Classic |
1954 |
|
11 |
Sunset Sunrise |
KISHI Yoshiyuki |
SUDA Masaki, INOUE Mao |
Drama, Comedy |
2025 |
|
12 |
A Big Home |
TAKEBAYASHI Ryo |
n/a |
Documentary |
2024 |
|
13 |
LINDA LINDA LINDA |
YAMASHITA Nobuhiro |
BAE Doona, MAEDA Aki, KASHII Yu, SEKINE Shiori |
Drama, Musical |
2005 |
|
14 |
GOODBYE, DONGLEES |
ISHIZUKA Atsuko |
HANAE Natsuki, KAJI Yuki, SASHIHARA Rino |
Family, Heartwarming, Animation |
2022 |
|
15 |
A Girl Named Ann |
IRIE Yu |
KAWAI Yumi, SATO Jiro, INAGAKI Goro |
Drama |
2024 |
Some films may not be available in certain cities. Please check the JFF website for more information about film availability, ticketing information, and event updates.
In addition to the film screenings, JFF 2025 will feature a range of supporting programmes. Festival-goers can collect special merchandise available free of charge each year and participate in educational initiatives such as JFF x Working in Japan, a special screening and discussion for Japanese language learners aiming to work in Japan under the Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) visa, including conversational sessions with native speakers at JFF Padang.
The festival will open with Sunset Sunrise, directed by KISHI Yoshiyuki and released in 2025. Set in areas affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and framed against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. The film has previously screened at international festivals in Italy, Beijing, Shanghai, Boston, Toronto, and Chicago.
The Japanese Film Festival is an annual film screening event that focuses on showcasing Japanese films. As of 2019, JFF has been held in 12 countries across the world, including Australia, Russia, China, India, and many Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia. Films screened at past events in Indonesia include One Cut of the Dead, Samurai Shifters, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Mary and The Witch’s Flower, and My Broken Mariko.
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