JUVENILE, the first film by director Takashi Yamazaki, will be screened in 4K at Chofu Cinema Festival 2025. Photo courtesy of Foundation for Promotion of Chofu City’s Culture and Community. ©2000 Juvenile Project
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Takashi Yamazaki. Photo courtesy of Foundation for Promotion of Chofu City’s Culture and Community.
Chofu City, Tokyo, where many film and video-related companies are concentrated, will be holding the "Chofu Cinema Festival 2025" (映画のまち調布 シネマフェスティバル2025, Eiga no Machi Chōfu Shinema Fesutibaru 2025) from Friday, February 7 to Sunday, March 2, 2025. The festival will hold various events, such as the award ceremony for the "Chofu Film City Award" that honors filmmakers, screenings with talk shows by film production technical staff and directors, exhibitions, workshops, and more.
Oscar-winning director Takashi Yamazaki will be appearing at the talk event after the 4K Digitally Remastered screening of his movie JUVENILE (ジュブナイル, Jubunairu, 2000) on Saturday, March 1. After 25 years, he and producer Chikahiro Ando will talk about the production of this film, which was Yamazaki's directorial debut.
And on Sunday, March 2, Yamazaki's internationally acclaimed GODZILLA MINUS ONE (ゴジラ-1.0/ゴジラマイナスワン, Gojira Mainasu Wan, 2023) will also be screened.
In addition, at the Chofu City Cultural Hall Tadukuri where the screenings will be held, there will be related exhibits such as design drawings and storyboards from JUVENILE as well as a miniature of the barracks used in the filming of GODZILLA MINUS ONE and a reference Godzilla figure for filming. There will also be a panel exhibit featuring an interview with Takashi Yamazaki.
©2000 Juvenile Project
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Screenings
Venue: Chofu City Cultural Hall Tadukuri (2-33-1 Kojima-cho, Chofu-shi, Tokyo)
Saturday, March 1, 2:00 pm: JUVENILE <4K Digital Remaster>
Talk Guests: Takashi Yamazaki (director), Chikahiro Ando (producer)
Sunday, March 2, 3:00 pm: GODZILLA MINUS ONE
Talk Guests: Hisafumi Takeuchi (sound recording), Ryuji Miyajima (editing)
Production materials from JUVENILE and GODZILLA MINUS ONE (including this Godzilla reference model) will be on display. Photo courtesy of Foundation for Promotion of Chofu City’s Culture and Community. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.