JAPANEMA

JFLA provides high quality Japanese film screening every second and fourth Wednesday, 7:00pm at JFLA Auditorium (5700 Wilshire Blvd, #100, Los Angeles, CA 90036)

Free to attend. Reservation is not required.

*Seating is on a first come first serve basis and subject to capacity. Please arrive early for best seating.

Street Parking is available.

3/6/2019@ 7PM



Anime that Explores the Meaning of Friendship and the Pain of Having to Let Things Go

Liz And The Blue Bird

(90mins, 2018)

Directed by Naoko Yamada



©Ayano Takeda,TAKARAJIMASHA/Hibike Partners

Students and best friends Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki prepare to play a complex musical duet, "Liz and the Blue Bird," for oboe and flute. Though they play beautifully together and have been friends since childhood, Mizore and Nozomi find that with graduation looming and the duet proving difficult, their friendship begins to buckle under the pressure. Interspersed with their story is the fantasy tale of Liz, drawn like a storybook, contrasting with the crisp realism of the school. These two distinct styles weave with stirring music to tell a intimate coming-of-age story.

*In Japanese with English subtitles

Click Here to Watch the Trailer