MIRAI (PG) – 2018 Japan 98 min – Japanese with subtitles

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Stars: Haru Kuroki, Moka Kamishiraishi, Gen Hoshino

Four-year-old Kun is jealous of his baby sister Mirai. How can he learn to love her? Supported by past, present and future family members, he undertakes challenges, first small in scale but gradually widening out onto a dizzying canvas. Hosoda marries acute psychological insights – of Kun’s changing moods and the more subtle tensions between his parents – with a fantastic imagination and wicked sense of humour. Like his previous hit Wolf Children, this magnificent anime is a treat for adults and older (8+) children alike.

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David Lean Cinema, Croydon on Thursday 27 December 2018

Free entry, but tickets must be booked. Maximum four seats per booking. If you book seats and then find you cannot use them please let us know so they can be offered to someone else.

Show starts 2.30 pm. Click on time to make a booking.

THE BOY AND THE BEAST (12A) – 2015 Japan 119 min – subtitled

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shota Sometani

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Young runaway Kyuta slips into a parallel world – a Japan-like civilisation of intelligent beasts, where he becomes the apprentice of the strong but wayward Kumatetsu. As they mature together, Kyuta and his master must both overcome great challenges to fulfil their destinies.

Image of film appears hereHugely entertaining, this action-packed contrast to Hosada’s previous gem Wolf Children maintains his visual and narrative flair and ability to create deep characters full of human (and animal!) emotion. “Excellent… there has not been a film that shifts between reality and fantasy so smoothly since Pan’s Labyrinth” (Sight and Sound).
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David Lean Cinema, Croydon on Friday 29 December 2017

Show starts at 11.00 am, ticket prices: £8.00 & £6.50 (concessions)

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THE BOY AND THE BEAST (12A) – 2015 Japan 119 min – subtitled

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shota Sometani

Image of film appears here

Young runaway Kyuta slips into a parallel world – a Japan-like civilisation of intelligent beasts, where he becomes the apprentice of the strong but wayward Kumatetsu. As they mature together, Kyuta and his master must both overcome great challenges to fulfil their destinies.

Image of film appears hereHugely entertaining, this action-packed contrast to Hosada’s previous gem Wolf Children maintains his visual and narrative flair and ability to create deep characters full of human (and animal!) emotion. “Excellent… there has not been a film that shifts between reality and fantasy so smoothly since Pan’s Labyrinth” (Sight and Sound).

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David Lean Cinema, Croydon on Saturday 09 December 2017

Show starts at 2.30 pm, ticket prices: £8.00 & £6.50 (concessions)

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