At the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Little Tokyo

Sunday, October 10, 2004
1:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
George & Sakaye Aratani Japan America Theatre
244 South San Pedro Street
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo) , CA 90012

The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) presents the "Katsudo Shashin (Moving Pictures) Festival," curated by Hirokazu Kosaka and Yoko Sugi, Sundays, July 25 - October 10, 2004.

This series of classic post-war Japanese films showcases popular and rarely screened master-pieces from 1949 to 1960. These films cast light on the dramatic changes Japanese society underwent following the war. Co-curators Hirokazu Kosaka and actress Yoko Sugi, featured in four of the films, will introduce the films.

Sunday, July 25

1pm "Yama no Oto" (Echo) 1954
Directed by Mikio Naruse, (Toho, 95 min)
Written by Nobel Literary Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, the film examines the fracturing relationships of one family in post-war Japan. "The Echo" traces the deterioration of a couple's marriage due to infidelity and distrust.

5pm "Chibusa yo Eien Nare" (The Eternal Breasts) 1955
Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka, (Nikkatsu, 110 min)
Kinuyo Tanaka, the first female director in the Japanese fiction film industry, pulls together the acting talents of Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryoji Hayama, and Yoko Sugi to tell the powerful story of real-life poet, Fumiko Nakajo.

SAMURAI Film Festival
Sunday, August 15

11am "Benten Kozo" (The Rascal Benten) 1958
Directed by Daisuke Itoh, (Daiei, 86 min)
The exciting tale of Benten-Kozo showcases the charm and talent of Raizo Ichikawa. Benten-Kozo and his brave cohorts save various characters from the heavy hand of Lord Koinuma.

2pm "Nemuri Kyoshiro Shobu" (The Fight) 1964
Directed by Kenji Misumi, (Daiei, 83 min)
Kyoshiro Nemuri (Raizo Ichikawa) is a talented and righteous samurai who saves the life of an old man in peril.

5pm "Kiru" (Kiru) 1962
Directed by Kenji Misumi, (Daiei, 71 min)
This classic film tells the turbulent tale of Shingo Takakura (Raizo Ichikawa), a samurai engulfed in the forces of love, jealousy and revenge.

Sunday, September 12

1pm "Fufu" (Husband and Wife) 1953
Directed by Mikio Naruse, (Toho, 87 min)
Ken Uehara plays Isaku Nakahara, married to Kikuko (Yoko Sugi) and tormented by his wife's affections fo a colleague.

5pm "Zoku Aoi Sanmyaku" (Blue Mountains Part II)
Directed by Tadashi Imai, (Toho, 91 min)
Upon its release, "Blue Mountains" was a colossal box-office hit. Featuring the young Yoko Sugi and Ryo Ikebe, the movie came to symbolize youth's movement to free Japan of its old, feudal values.

Sunday, October 10

1pm "Yukiguni" (Snow Country) 1957
Directed by Shiro Toyoda, (Toho, 120 min)
Komako (Keiko Kishi) is a beautiful geisha with a deep affection for Shimamura (Ryo Ikebe), a handsome but cold city-dweller. Komako's relationships with others are stained by her love for Shimamura, whose distance is reflected in the dramatic, winter scenery of this film.

5pm "Enjo" (Conflagration) 1958
Directed by Kon Ichikawa, (Daiei, 99 min)
Based on a true story, "Conflagration" depicts the tale of the burning of Kinkakuji Temple (called Shukaku in the film). The beautifully shot film is a visual masterpiece and has garnered multiple awards for its actors.

Sponsors: The Japan Foundation LA, Miwa Masako, RaiF-Club
Supporters: Consulate General Japan, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, Japan America Society (JAS), LTBA, Visual Communications

For tickets, call the Theatre Box Office at 213-680-3700

Day of Screening
$6 General Admission
$5 JACCC & JAS Members and Students with ID

Festival Package - All 9 Films
$45 General Admission
$40 JACCC & JAS Members, Students, groups of 10 or more

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Cost : $6 General Admission, $5 JACCC & JAS Members and Students with ID

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Sponsor(s): Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)