Photography Koshien: Summer in 0.5 Seconds: Film Screening & Director Talk
Tue, May 06
|Coolidge Corner Theatre
As part of JSB's 2025 Hokkaido Fair, we will be hosting the US premiere of "Photography Koshien: Summer in .05 Seconds (写真甲子園 0.5秒の夏)," joined by director Hiroshi Sugawara.
Time & Location
May 06, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
About the event
Photography Koshien: Summer in 0.5 Seconds
Film Screening & Director Talk
Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
7:30 - 10:00 PM EDT
$20 General Admission | $15 JSB Members
As part of JSB's 2025 Hokkaido Fair, we will be screening the 2017 Japanese film "Photography Koshien: Summer in .05 Seconds (写真甲子園 0.5秒の夏)." This will be the US premiere of the exciting drama directed by Hiroshi Sugawara following several high school groups as they compete in a national photography competition.
The film is a fictionalized story about the real life photography competition that is held annually in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, called shashin koshien. Since 1994, the contest has grown in popularity and now receives submissions from more than 500 schools every year to determine the best high school photography team in Japan!
Experience the breathtaking beauty of Hokkaido's natural scenery through the lens of the photography students in this film, directed by a Hokkaido native.
Following the film screening, we are honored to have director Hiroshi Suguwara join us virtually on Zoom for a brief talk and Q&A, where the audience will be able to ask about the making of the film.
"Photography Koshien: Summer in .05 Seconds"'s runtime is 117 minutes. Watch the trailer here.
Screening will be in Japanese language with English subtitles.
This event is made possible thanks to a grant from the Toshiba International Foundation.