Coming Soon to
The Towne Theatre
Coming Soon to
The Towne Theatre
Welcome to Vernon's First Japanese Film Festival, put on by the Vernon Japanese Cultural Society! This celebration includes film screenings, live Taiko drumming, speakers, and cultural food offerings.
Films take place over the course of several weeks on Nov 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 16th, and 17th.
Individual day admissions $10
Full festival pass (5 days) $40
Adapted from Tsutomu Mizukami’s book, The Zen Diary follows Tsutomu, a man who lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking food with vegetables he grows and mushrooms he picks in the hills.
His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor/love interest, occasionally visits to pester him for his next manuscript. She loves to eat, and he loves to cook for her. Tsutomu seems content with his daily life. However, a close brush with death will now force him to decide on what he values most in life and what he must choose going forward.