Film
Will I Be Single Forever (12)
Dir. Fukuda Momoko, Japan, 2021, 94 mins, subtitled. Cast. Tanaka Minami, Ichikawa Miwako, Matsumura Sayuri.
Mami is a writer in her thirties who shot to fame a decade prior when she published an essay on the value and happiness to be found in living as an independent woman. Though the essay gained her a mass readership, her more recent writing has not been successful. As she finds herself in this slump, she begins to worry about remaining single for the rest of her life. Meanwhile, three other women have gradually begun to doubt their own beliefs and lives. Based on a beloved comic, female director Fukuda Momoko helms this perceptive and sensitive depiction of the relatable lives of four women and their conflicted emotions, as they do their best to be happy in a Japanese society where singledom has been on the rise.
Cosmetic goodie bag competition:
Japan Foundation Touring Programme's sponsors SUQQU and Athletia, have kindly supplied goodie bags to win at the screenings of Will I be Single Forever and Ora Ora be Goin’ alone. Book a ticket and attend the screening for a chance to win a goodie bag containing skincare and make-up products! We’ll give away 2 goodie bags at each screening. The winners will be picked at random among audience members and announced at the end of the screening.
Mami is a writer in her thirties who shot to fame a decade prior when she published an essay on the value and happiness to be found in living as an independent woman. Though the essay gained her a mass readership, her more recent writing has not been successful. As she finds herself in this slump, she begins to worry about remaining single for the rest of her life. Meanwhile, three other women have gradually begun to doubt their own beliefs and lives. Based on a beloved comic, female director Fukuda Momoko helms this perceptive and sensitive depiction of the relatable lives of four women and their conflicted emotions, as they do their best to be happy in a Japanese society where singledom has been on the rise.
Cosmetic goodie bag competition:
Japan Foundation Touring Programme's sponsors SUQQU and Athletia, have kindly supplied goodie bags to win at the screenings of Will I be Single Forever and Ora Ora be Goin’ alone. Book a ticket and attend the screening for a chance to win a goodie bag containing skincare and make-up products! We’ll give away 2 goodie bags at each screening. The winners will be picked at random among audience members and announced at the end of the screening.
