Fwd: Masters of the Japanese Cinema

[Aaron Gerow]

Tokyo FilmEx finally sent around the English version:

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> From: TOKYO FILMeX press <press at filmex.net>
> Date: 2004.5.26  07:55:43 US/Eastern
> To: TOKYO FILMeX press <press at filmex.net>
> Subject: Release from TOKYO FILMeX - Masters of the Japanese Cinema
>
> NEWS RELEASE
>                                                     May 25, 2004
>                                                     TOKYO FILMeX
>
> =================================================================
>          The Japan Foundation Film Series Part I
>             Masters of the Japanese Cinema
>     A Special Three-Day Film Showing with English Subtitles
>
>            June 25 (Fri.) to June 27 (Sun.),
>           The Japan Foundation Forum, Akasaka
> =================================================================
>
> Presented by: The Japan Foundation
> With the special cooperation of: TOKYO FILMeX Organizing Committee
> With the cooperation of: Shochiku and Nikkatsu
>
> Tickets for single film showings are ?D600.
>
> Venue: The Japan Foundation Forum
> Akasaka Twin Tower, 1F, 2-17-22 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052
> Nearest station: Tameike-Sanno (Ginza and Namboku subway lines), Exit12
>
> The Japan Foundation Tel:    Tel:03-5562-3535 (10:00?V17:30, weekdays 
> only)
> The Japan Foundation Forum    Tel:03-5562-4096 (June 25?V27 only)
>
> ====
> This film screenings aim to introduce Japanese culture through Japanese
> films with English subtitles. The Japan Foundation has been introducing
> Japanese films with foreign subtitles in the world. However there are 
> few
> chances to see subtitled Japanese films here in Japan. Through this 
> film
> screenings, we would like everyone, not only Japanese people but also 
> those
> whose mother tongues are not Japanese, to enjoy the masterpieces of 
> Japan??s
> great directors and to observe the great contribution of brilliant 
> actresses
> to the films.
>
> *Programms;
> Scandal
> (Shubun, 1950, 104 mins., b/w, Shochiku, new 35mm print)
> Directed by KUROSAWA Akira, with MIFUNE Toshiro, YAMAGUCHI Yoshiko, 
> SHIMURA
> Takashi.
> The mass media smears an artist (Mifune) and a singer (Yamaguchi), and 
> they
> go to the courts for vindication, more hindered than aided by a crooked
> lawyer (Shimura). Kurosawa??s most impassioned protest against the 
> unfairness
> of yellow journalism. Kurosawa made this film just before Rashomon. 
> With a
> score by Fumio Hayasaka.
> Friday, June 25, 7:00 pm.
>
> Osaka Elegy
> (Naniwa Ereji, 1936, 71 mins., b/w, Daiichi Eiga / Shochiku Otani 
> Library,
> 35mm print)
> Directed by MIZOGUCHI Kenji, with YAMADA Isuzu, UMEMURA Yoko, SHINDO 
> Eitaro.
> A young switchboard operator (Yamada), trying to make both ends meet, 
> allows
> herself to be set up as the mistress of her employer. Breaking free, 
> and
> trying to help her brother, she falls into the same situation yet 
> again.
> This was Yoshikata Yoda??s first script for the director and the 
> beginning of
> one of the most creative of film partnerships.
> Saturday, June 26, 1:00 pm.
>
> ??Japanese Film,?? a one-hour lecture in English (with Japanese
> interpretation) by Donald Richie, recognized as a Western authority on
> Japanese film and author of many books on the subject. In his short 
> talk,
> Richie will offer a historical context for the films shown and 
> indicate some
> of the difficulties of their foreign distribution.
> Saturday, June 26, 2:30 pm. (Admission free.)
>
> The Idiot
> (Hakuchi, 1951, 166 mins., b/w, Shochiku, new 35mm print)
> Directed by KUROSAWA Akira, with HARA Setsuko, MORI Masayuki, MIFUNE
> Toshiro.
> The director??s famed adaptation of the Dostoevsky novel in snowbound
> Hokkaido with two men (Mori and Mifune) in love with an elusive lady 
> (Hara).
> Cut from the original four-hour version (never released), this is all 
> that
> is left of the film that the director called his favorite.
> Saturday, June 26, 4:00 pm.
>
> The Masseurs and a Woman
> (Anma to Onna, 1938, 65 mins., b/w, Shochiku, 16mm print)
> Directed by SHIMIZU Hiroshi, with TAKEMINE Mieko, TOKUDAIJI Shin, 
> HIMORI
> Shin??ichi.
> Though Shimizu was until recently (the FILMeX 2003 and National Film
> Center??s retrospective) forgotten, he is now revealed as one of 
> Japan??s most
> innovative directors. This sparkling light comedy owes its 
> effervescence to
> its being almost scriptless, having been largely improvised by the 
> director
> and his cast while on location.
> Sunday, June 27, 1:00 pm.
>
> The Yellow Crow
> (Kiiroi Karasu, 1957, 104 mins., color, Shochiku, 35mm print)
> Directed by GOSHO Heinosuke, with AWASHIMA Chikage, ITO Yunosuke, 
> SHITARA
> Koji.
> When his father returns from the war, a little boy (Shitara) finds it
> difficult to adjust to this comparative stranger. He feels rejected and
> estranged from both his parents. Gosho was one of the major film 
> chroniclers
> of the ups and downs of middle-class Japanese life and made this film 
> just
> after another film about children, the masterful Growing Up.
> Sunday, June 27, 2:30 pm.
>
> Kokoro
> (Kokoro, 1955, 122 mins., b/w, Nikkatsu, 35mm print)
> Directed by ICHIKAWA Kon, with MORI Masayuki, ARATAMA Michiyo, YASUI 
> Shoji,
> MIHASHI Tatsuya.
> This film version of NATSUME Soseki??s famous novel (sometimes 
> translated as
> The Heart) is one of director Ichikawa??s finest literary adaptations. A
> young student (Yasui) idolizes his teacher (Mori) and then discovers 
> the
> doubts to which this professor is prey. Ichikawa made the film just 
> before
> The Harp of Burma.
> Sunday, June 27, 4:40 pm.
>
> *Contact;
> TOKYO FILMeX office (OKAZAKI)
> 3rd Floor,5-5-11 Akasaka,Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan
> Tel:+81-3-3560-6393?@FAX:+81-3-3586-0201
> okazaki at filmex.net
>
>