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The annual celebration, billed as the U.K.\u2019s largest showcase of Japanese cinema, centers on the theme \u201cKnowing Me, Knowing You: The True Self in Japanese Cinema,\u201d exploring identity and self-perception across multiple genres.<\/p>\n
Miike<\/a>, known for \u201c13 Assassins<\/a>,\u201d \u201cIchi the Killer<\/a>\u201d and \u201cAudition<\/a>,\u201d takes a more realist approach with \u201cSham<\/a>,\u201d adapting investigative journalist Fukuda Masumi\u2019s report about a teacher falsely accused of child abuse. Go Ayano stars as an elementary school teacher forced into a public apology after allegations from a student\u2019s mother, triggering a media storm and lawsuit. The social critique will receive its UK premiere during the tour.<\/p>\n Other U.K. premieres include Tsutsumi Yukihiko\u2019s \u201cThe Hotel of My Dream,…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme will present 26 Japanese features across U.K. venues, including acclaimed director Miike Takashi\u2019s latest film \u201cSham\u201d among diverse offerings spanning comedy, drama, horror, sci-fi and animation. The annual celebration, billed as the U.K.\u2019s largest showcase of Japanese cinema, centers on the theme \u201cKnowing Me, Knowing You: The True Self […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2205262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,31714,21751,22556,21993,22860,21912,21738,24141,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2205261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Miike-Takashis-\u2018Sham-Among-26-Features-in-Japan-Foundations-2026.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2205263,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205261\/revisions\/2205263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}