Sacramento Japanese Film Festival

This year's festival will feature seven Japanese films over the course of three days. If you're looking for a respite from the heat and would love to enjoy some fine Japanese films, this year's lineup wins above anything else this weekend. On the menu are Like Father, Like Son; I Was Born, But …; The Tale of The Princess Kaguya; Pecoross' Mother and Her Days and Unforgiven to name but a few. $10 per screening, various times at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street; www.sacjapanesefilmfestival.net.