Join us for an all day event to celebrate the launch of Japanese Film Club at The Rio Cinema. We’re teaming up with Yokimono Japanese Market for a free all day Japanese food, art and crafts fair at The Factory during the day. Then head over to The Rio Cinema at 6:15pm for a screening of Juzo Itami’s incredible Tampopo directed by Juzo Itami. The party continues into the night at The Vortex Jazz Club, where you can taste our brand new Japanese Film Club branded beer produced by Osaka’s Derailleur Brew Works.
Event Details
- 🎟️ Tickets: £8–£14
- 📅 Date: June 28, 2025
- 🕢 Time: 6:15 PM
- 🏛 Venue: Rio Cinema, Dalston (107 Kingsland High Street London, E8 2PB)
- 🔗 Website: https://japanesefilm.club/launch-party
Tampopo, The Rio Cinema – 18:15pm
Very Limited Number Of £5 Tickets For Newsletter Subscribers
The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle-shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe. This rapturous “ramen western” by Japanese director Juzo Itami is an entertaining, genre-bending adventure underpinned by a deft satire of the way social conventions distort the most natural of human urges—our appetites. Tampopo is a lavishly inclusive paean to the sensual joys of nourishment, and one of the most mouthwatering examples of food on film ever made.
Yokimono Market, The Factory
We’re teaming up with Yokimono Japanese Market who are back at The Factory E8, just a few minutes walk around the corner from The Rio Cinema in Dalston. They are curating the most incredible selection of Japanese art, crafts and food. An unmissable event for anyone in London interested in Japanese culture, the free day market will transport you to the far east with Japanese food and sweets, music, dance, workshops, art and crafts, vintage kimono, jewellery and more. Have an early Japanese dinner at the market then join us for an early evening screening of the greatest film about food ever made – Tampopo.
Japanese Film Club Disco 8:30pm – Late
Free After Party at The Vortext Jazz Club
The party continues into the evening with a Japanese disco after party, where DJ Shintaro + some very special guests will be playing a visual and audio selection of 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s Japanese disco and pop at the nearby Vortex Jazz Club .
We’re also launching our first Japanese Film Club branded beer, made and imported from Osaka’s legendary craft brewery Derailleur Brew Works, which will be available to drink throughout the evening events.
