Mai Mai Miracle and Ninja Kids!!! to tour the UK

The Japan Foundation touring film programme included Mad House’s Mai Mai Miracle, and Takashi Miike’s live-action Ninja Kids!!!

ICA London: Ninja Kids!!! on February 2 and Mai Mai Miracle on February 3.

Showroom Workstation, Sheffield: Ninja Kids!!! on February 9 and Mai Mai Miracle on February 16.

Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast: Ninja Kids!!! on February 23 and 24; Mai Mai Miracle on February 24.

Filmhouse, Edinburgh: Mai Mai Miracle on March 2 and Ninja Kids!!! on March 6.

Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle Upon Tyne: Mai Mai Miracle on March 17 and Ninja Kids!!! on March 24.

Watershed, Bristol: Mai Mai Miracle on March 9 and Ninja Kids!!! on March 16.

Broadway, Nottingham: Mai Mai Miracle on March 23.

Mad House’s Mai Mai Miracle Directed by Sunao Katabuchi is set in 1955 in a rural town in Japan, where a girl named Shinko meets Kiiko, a new transfer student from her school, on a magical adventure though her imagination.

Ninja Kids!!! is set in the early 16th century Japan, and revolves around 8-year-old ninja Rantaro, who is sent by his parents to attend the Ninja Academy.

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