Japanese Film Festival 2020 - Iwane: Sword of Serenity

The Japanese Film Festival is an annual event held to encourage the growth of Japanese culture and understanding in New Zealand. Each year, we try to give the people of New Zealand some insight into the culture, customs, and traditions of Japan, alongside what is popular with Japanese society today, through film.

All films will be in Japanese with English subtitles.

Title: Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
Released: 2019
Running Time: 121 minutes
Rated: M (Violence)

After the tragic death of his best friends from childhood in an incident at Iwane's homeland, he decides to leave his domain, parting with his fiancée Nao, and becomes a vagrant masterless samurai with nothing more to lose. In Edo, working as a bodyguard at night for Imazuya, he gradually wins the trust of the people around him because of his mellow nature, the chivalrous way he treats everyone with courtesy, and his skills with swords. One day, he learns that Imazuya is being targeted in a conspiracy to sabotage a new monetary system implemented by the government, and Iwane decides to protect the people who have given him support.

No booking required.

Embassy of Japan in New Zealand.