JFF 2016 does the Bechdel Test

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The Bechdel test (/ˈbɛkdəl/ bek-dəl) asks whether a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. The requirement that the two women must be named is sometimes added.

While re-watching HK2: The Abnormal Crisis at the cinemas during JFF in Brisbane, I realised that despite the cringe-worthy (but very funny) panty-masked superhero Hentai Kamen, the film actually passes the Bechdel test. So Saiko and I decided to evaluate the whole JFF program by the Bechdel-Wallace standards!

We have divided the list into passed with flying colours and just passed. Films in the flying colours section feature strong female lead characters, or main female actors who constantly interact and converse with each other. 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link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/chihayafuru-part-2/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2634″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Creepy” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/creepy/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3320″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Haunted Campus” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/haunted-campus/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”4268″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Night’s Tightrope” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/nights-tightrope/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3615″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Chibi Maruko Chan -A Boy from Italy-” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/chibi-maruko-chan-italy/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3142″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”The Inerasable” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/the-inerasable/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2615″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”The Mohican Comes Home” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/the-mohican-comes-home/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3163″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Samurai Hustle Returns” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/samurai-hustle-returns/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2530″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”What a Wonderful Family!” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/what-a-wonderful-family/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2594″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Sing My Life” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/sing-my-life/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3441″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Nagasaki: Memories of My Son” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/nagasaki-memories-of-my-son/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”4269″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”The Sun” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/the-sun/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3011″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Children of Hiroshima” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/children-of-hiroshima”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3081″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Blue Mountains 1 & 2″ link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/blue-mountains/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3025″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Mother” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/mother/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3330″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Onibaba” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/onibaba/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3121″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Yuki-Snow Fairy” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/yuki-snow-fairy”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1477648477984{margin-top: 150px !important;}”][vc_column][film_discover style_discover=”1″ title_section=”(Just) Passed”][/film_discover][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3543″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Desperate Sunflowers” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/desperate-sunflowers/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2588″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Erased” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/erased/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”4273″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”The Long Excuse” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/the-long-excuse/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”4270″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”HK2: The Abnormal Crisis” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/hk2-the-abnormal-crisis/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”4271″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”My Korean Teacher” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/my-korean-teacher/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”4272″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Assassination Classroom -Graduation-” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/assassination-classroom-graduation/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”4279″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” title=”Wolf Girl & Black Prince” link=”https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/wolf-girl-and-black-prince/”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]