{"id":8063,"date":"2024-02-17T16:42:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T15:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/life-en\/?post_type=events&#038;p=8063"},"modified":"2024-03-13T11:14:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:14:24","slug":"father-of-the-milky-way-railroad","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/life-en\/events\/father-of-the-milky-way-railroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Father of the Milky Way Railroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"about-the-event\"\n    >\nAbout the event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Izuru Narushima, 2023, 128 min., in Japanese with English subtitles and with Introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starring Koji Yakusho, Masaki Suda, Nana Mori.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free entry, reservation mandatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-buttons btn-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-custom-button\"    aria-disabled=\"false\"\n    >\n    <a\n        role=\"link\"\n        aria-disabled=\"false\"\n                    href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScV0MHYmKbh4hzozK6aDJe4q8x4P6B_FaDD4ZjrURpcEUJ-qQ\/closedform\"\n                target=\"_blank\"\n        class=\"btn btn--primary\"\n            >Reserve tickets<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Or contact +352 46 41 51 51 or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:culture.embjapan@lx.mofa.go.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">culture.embjapan@lx.mofa.go.jp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will receive a confirmation email by the Cultural Section of the Embassy, to tell you if your reservation has been successful!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"the-film\"\n    >\nThe film<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The film shows the life of Kenji Miyazawa, famous Japanese novelist, poet, and writer of children\u2019s literature, from his birth in 1896 to his death from acute pneumonia at age 37 in 1933. The movie is adapted from a novel by Yoshinobu Kadoi who won a top prize for novelists in Japan, the Naoki Award, for this work. The story also focuses on Kenji\u2019s father, Masajiro Miyazawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This film also received \u201c<strong>Prix du Jury\u201c&nbsp;<\/strong>at the 17<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;KINOTAYO Contemporary Japanese Film Festival last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This biopic \u201cFATHER OF THE MILKY WAY RAILROAD\u201d looks at the short and eventful life of Kenji Miyazawa, in a heartful drama about art, ambition, and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Embassy of Japan in Luxembourg is proud to present the life story of an influential Japanese writer, his father and family, based on Naoki Award novel named after Miyazawa\u2019s most famous story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"the-actors\"\n    >\nThe actors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Masajiro Miyazawa is played by&nbsp;Koji Yakusho, one of the most representative Japanese actors in recent memory. He is internationally known from films such as \u201cTampopo\u201d (1985), \u201cMemoirs of a Geisha (SAYURI) \u201c(2005) and \u201cBabel\u201d (2006), and recently played the protagonist in Wim Wender\u2019s \u201cPerfect Days\u201d (2023), where he won the \u201cPrix D\u2019interpretation Masculine\u201d&nbsp;in the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and the movie is currently Oscar-nominated for the 96<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenji Miyazawa is played by&nbsp;Masaki Suda, he is a popular young actor, who received many awards, including the 41st Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor in 2018, and played the role of the Heron in Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s Oscar-nominated \u201cThe Boy and the Heron\u201d in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"the-poet\"\n    >\nThe Poet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kenji Miyazawa<\/strong>&nbsp;(1896 \u2013 1933)&nbsp;was a Japanese novelist, poet, and writer of children&#8217;s literature in the late&nbsp;Taish\u014d&nbsp;and early&nbsp;Sh\u014dwa periods.&nbsp;Practically unknown as a poet during his lifetime and passing away at only 37 years old, his work then gained reputation posthumously and enjoyed a boom in the mid-1900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes named the \u201cHans Christian Andersen of Japan\u201d, Miyazawa\u2019s most famous works have been adapted into anime as well, most notably \u201cThe Night of the Milky Way&nbsp;Railroad\u201d (\u9280\u6cb3\u9244\u9053\u306e\u591c) and \u201cThe Restaurant of Many Orders \u201d (\u6ce8\u6587\u306e\u591a\u3044\u6599\u7406\u5e97).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Izuru Narushima, 2023, 128 min., in Japanese with English subtitles and with Introduction.<br \/>\nStarring Koji Yakusho, Masaki Suda, Nana Mori.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8064,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"event_start_date":"2024-03-12 19:30:00","event_end_date":"2024-03-12 21:00:00","event_speaker_name":"","event_speaker_link":"","event_is_online":false,"event_location":"Kinepolis Kirchberg","event_street":"45, Avenue John F. 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