Japan Film Festival Director Makoto Shinkai visits the venue and interacts with fans on September 28 at 07:07
In India, where economic growth continues, an event introducing Japanese movies has started, and director Makoto Shinkai of the animated film “Weather Child” visited the venue and interacted with local fans.
The film festival sponsored by the Japan Foundation and introducing 25 Japanese films, including the latest and top-rated Japanese films, will begin in New Delhi, the capital of India from 27th. Noko "was screened.
Director Shinkai, who stood on the stage greetings, said, “I am really looking forward to seeing how you feel in a country that is far from Japan. It was.
After the screening, there was a question and answer session with Shinkai, and about 350 Indian fans enjoyed interacting with the director.
The 16-year-old boy who participated said, “I enjoyed it very much in a wonderful movie. I can't speak all the emotions, such as joy and sadness.
India, which has a population of over 1.3 billion and continues to grow, is attracting attention as a new market because the proportion of middle class has rapidly increased to about 70% and interest in Japanese culture such as animation has been increasing year by year. The
The 3rd Japan Film Festival will be held until February next year, with the scale expanded, and in addition to patroling 7 cities in India, “The Weather Child” will also be open to the public in 20 cities from next month. Will be.
"Weather of the child" public release Boy's boost
Makoto Shinkai's animated movie “Kyoko no Kome” will be open to the public in India next month. The signing activity that started this release was started by Divish Panchori (16), who lives in Western Rajasthan.
Panchori-kun, who has been familiar with Japanese anime on TV since childhood, is currently in his second year of high school, but he says he is aiming to become an anime director in the future.
Above all, he was impressed with the beauty and story of director Shinkai's work, “Your Name is.”, He said, “I met my director and changed my life.”
However, Japanese cinema is rarely shown in Indian cinemas, and many fans are watching pirated and illegal distribution on the Internet.
So, in February, Panchori-kun began signing on the Internet in an attempt to make the movie “Weather Child” public at the cinema. In April, the director of Shinkai, who had more than 20,000 signatures and knew about the activity, was on Twitter. “I'm very happy if I can make it public in India. Thank you. "
And last month, when the signature exceeded 56,000, the distributor decided to make it public in 20 cities in India.
Panchori said, "I don't think it will really happen and I'm so incredible. I can't wait and I want Indian fans to see it."