The Embassy of Japan and the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of Pretoria invite all interested persons to a screening of Fujiro Mitsuishi’s Osaka Hamlet.

Date: Saturday, 11 April 2015

Time: 14:00

Venue: Room 2-27, IT Building 2-27, Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria

Entrance: Free*

*Seats will be allocated on a first come first served basis. A maximum of four tickets may be reserved per adult. Email bookings can be made on or before 30 March 2015 by sending an email to [email protected] .

Summary

Based on the bestseller comic by Hiromi Morishita, Osaka Hamlet tells the story of the Kubo family and their life in Osaka.

The mother (Keiko Matsuzaka), a hospital attendant by day and club hostess by night, raises her three sons with the help of their uncle (Ittoku Kishibe). The sons are Hasanori, the skinny but spunky sixth grader who likes to cross-dress; Yukio, the punkish junior high pupil who becomes fascinated with Hamlet; and Masashi, the high-schooler who falls in love with an older woman who has a father fixation.