Sunday, February 8, 2015

February 20, 2015: CJS February Movie Night is "Tokyo Playboy Club"

Hot on the heels of our successful movie night last month, the Canada Japan Society returns to the Windup Bird Cafe with a showing of Yosuke Okuda’s dark but bizarrely funny look into the seedy underbelly of Tokyo nightlife, TOKYO PLAYBOY CLUB「東京プレイボーイクラブ .

Lives intersect and strange situations arise as main character Katsutoshi (Nao Omori) hides out at his friend's titular nightclub. What he soon learns is that trouble has a sneaky way of following him wherever he goes. The film’s style is a combination of Guy Ritchie and Takashii Miike, mixing crazy situations with a bizarre sense of humour. 

WARNING: the film contains scenes of violence and adult situations/themes.

Admission is FREE, but in return we kindly ask that you support our hosts by ordering some of their wonderful food and drink, courtesy of award-winning chef Yumiko Kobayashi. 

PLEASE NOTE: SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED SO YOU MUST RSVP to jeff@cjst.ca.  No RSVP, no entry.

Hope to see you there!

TOKYO PLAYBOY CLUB (2011)
Japanese with English Subtitles
Director: Yosuke Okuda
Starring: Nao Omori, Ken Mitsuishi, and Asami Usuda
Friday, February 20th, 2015
Doors Open at 9:00 pm
Windup Bird Cafe
382 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 1S7
(North side of College Street, east of Bathurst)
FREE admission
GUESTS MUST RSVP to jeff@cjst.ca to attend