LA EigaFest

LA EigaFest, is an annual film festival held in Los Angeles, California hosted by the Japan Film Society. It showcases the latest Japanese films to the American audience. The festival also hosts a Shorts Competition (the Golden Zipangu Awards) [1] and a Business Panel[2] every year. "Eiga" is the Japanese term for "Film."

LA EigaFest
LocationLos Angeles, California
Founded2011
Hosted byJapan Film Society
Festival dateSeptember
LanguageJapanese/English
Websitehttp://www.laeigafest.com/

The festival was founded by festival director Hayato Mitsuishi[3] who is also the Co-Founder and President of the Japan Film Society.

LA EigaFest was first held at the Chinese Theatre in 2011.[4][5] It was then held at the Egyptian Theatre in 2012,[6][7] 2013,[8] and 2014 [9] and L.A. LIVE - Regal Cinemas in 2015.[10]

Film Premieres

LA EigaFest has premiered major Japanese films on the big screen in the US that might not have otherwise been seen by US audiences.[11] Many of the films shown have made its International, North America, or US debut at LA Eigafest including such films as Lupin III (International Premiere),[12] Rurouni Kenshin (North American Premiere),[13] Unforgiven (US Premiere),[14] Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (US Premiere),[15] Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (North American Premiere) [16] and others.

References
  1. Fields, Robert Dylan. "LOS ANGELES: EigaFest Gives Hollywood a Taste of Japan". Asia Media.
  2. Milano, Valerie. "4th Annual LA EigaFest". The Hollywood Times. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. Gettell, Oliver. "Japanese films go beyond anime, samurai at L.A. EigaFest". LA Times. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. Chris, MaGee. "Los Angeles gears up for LA EigaFest". J-Film Pow-Wow. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. King, Susan. "Japan Film Society launches festival at Chinese 6 in Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  6. "2012 / LA Eiga Fest 2012 Conclusive Schedule announced, Dec 14-16". Cultural News. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  7. "12/14-16— L.A. EigaFest 2012". Rafu Shimpo. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  8. "LA EigaFest – Japanese Film Festival: December 6th – 8th". Asians On Film. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  9. "LA EigaFest 2014 Continues Through Sunday". Rafu Shimpo.
  10. Chapman, Paul. "5th Annual "L.A. EigaFest" Film Festival Coming to Los Angeles in September". Crunchyroll.
  11. Aldrich, Ryland. "LA EIGAFEST Brings Recent Japanese Hits to Hollywood This Weekend". TwitchFilm. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  12. "L.A. EigaFest to Show Live-Action Lupin III, Rurouni Kenshin Sequel". Anime News Network.
  13. "RUROUNI KENSHIN North American Premiere at 2012 LA EigaFest". SciFiJapan. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  14. "LA EigaFest to Be Held Dec. 6-8 at Egyptian Theatre". Rafu Shimpo.
  15. Chan, Yoshiko. "Reel News Daily". Reel News Daily.
  16. "LA EigaFest to Show Live-Action Kenshin, Princess Jellyfish Films". Anime News Network.
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