A two-day Japanese film festival got underway on Thursday with the showing of the father-daughter relationship documentary Dad’s Lunch Box.
Japanese film festival begins in Karachi: The Japan Consulate is collaborating with the Pakistani Karachi Arts Council to host the event. On the opening day of the festival, three were screened.
“Masakazu Fukatsu directed the 2017 film ‘Dad’s Lunch Box,’ which is based on the true story of a Japanese father who, for three years, made daily bento lunch boxes for his daughter while she was enroll in high school.” The course of events reveals how he experiments with different foods and the moment his daughter receives her diploma.
“In the morning, I have a flight to Houston. Simply because of Japan, I came. Festivals of Japanese cinema are like a dream. In such circumstances, the festival is a breath of fresh air, author Anwar Maqsood said.
Maqsood mentioned that he liked Japanese directors and that such foreign-language films were winning Oscars.
It made him “very happy” to announce the celebration, according to the Japanese consul general. “Japanese films are popular among Pakistanis. Such celebrations are crucial for both nations. There is a chance to get to know one other’s languages and cultures,” he remarked.
According to the vice president of Pakistan-Japan Culture Association, Japan has a unique custom of making lunch boxes.
“The touching film of a father and daughter moved the participants, although the practice of packing a meal, or “bento box,” is very old in Japan.”
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