2025 Japan Film Show at the Firehall Arts Centre: 'Father of the Milky Way Railroad' (2025/8/2)
2025/7/3
Father of the Milk Way Railroad
Gingatetsudo no chichi (銀河鉄道の父)
（2023/129 min./In Japanese with English subtitles/Drama/Feature/Rated PG）
（2023/129 min./In Japanese with English subtitles/Drama/Feature/Rated PG）
Date：2025/8/2（Sat.）
1:30pm（Doors open at 1:15pm.)
*No registration required. Limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
Venue：Firehall Arts Centre (280 E Cordova St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1L3)
Admission：FREE
Trailer：https://youtu.be/FBpPBljBnqo
Click here for full-size poster
About the film: Directed by NARUSHIMA Izuru, this powerful biopic details the life of legendary poet and novelist MIYAZAWA Kenji, one of Japan's most beloved children's authors. As the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy pawnbroker, Kenji was raised with the expectation that he would one day inherit the family business. However, the free-spirited Kenji is determined to walk his own path in life, and takes it upon himself to pursue agricultural studies, synthetic gemstones and other eccentric ventures, despite his father’s bewilderment.
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, this incredible story depicts the power of family and unconditional love that endures through times of hardship.
(Learn more: Japanese Film Database)
This event is proudly presented by the Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver in partnership with The Powell Street Festival, The Japan Foundation, Toronto, and The Firehall Arts Centre. See you there!
1:30pm（Doors open at 1:15pm.)
*No registration required. Limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
Venue：Firehall Arts Centre (280 E Cordova St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1L3)
Admission：FREE
Trailer：https://youtu.be/FBpPBljBnqo
Click here for full-size poster
About the film: Directed by NARUSHIMA Izuru, this powerful biopic details the life of legendary poet and novelist MIYAZAWA Kenji, one of Japan's most beloved children's authors. As the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy pawnbroker, Kenji was raised with the expectation that he would one day inherit the family business. However, the free-spirited Kenji is determined to walk his own path in life, and takes it upon himself to pursue agricultural studies, synthetic gemstones and other eccentric ventures, despite his father’s bewilderment.
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, this incredible story depicts the power of family and unconditional love that endures through times of hardship.
(Learn more: Japanese Film Database)
This event is proudly presented by the Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver in partnership with The Powell Street Festival, The Japan Foundation, Toronto, and The Firehall Arts Centre. See you there!
