RARE CLASSICS OF JAPANESE CINEMA at Yale

Mon Sep 27 14:02:22 EDT 2004

The Council on East Asian Studies
Presents

RARE CLASSICS OF JAPANESE CINEMA

A series of films rarely shown in America organized in conjunction with 
FILM 446a/JAPN 270a/LITR 384a

Prints courtesy of The Japan Foundation

ALL SCREENINGS BEGIN AT 7:00 PM

A Pot Worth One Million Ryo (Tange Sazen yowa: hyakumanryo no tsubo)
Directed by Yamanaka Sadao (1935, 16mm)
Friday, October 1, 2004, at 7:00 PM.
William Harkness, room 117
A delightful samurai comedy by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao, the 
cinematic genius who died at the age of 28.

Ino and Mon (Ani imoto)
Directed by Kimura Sotoji (1936, 35mm)
Thursday, October 14, 2004, at 7:00 PM.
Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall Street
A pinnacle of 1930s cinematic realism by the leftist filmmaker Kimura 
Sotoji.

Sun Legend of the Shogunates (Bakumatsu taiyoden)
Directed by Kawashima Yuzo (1957, 35mm)
Thursday, November 4, 2004, at 7:00 PM.
Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall Street
A comedy masterpiece voted the 5th best Japanese film of all time in 
1999 by Japanese film critics.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For more information about this film series and a complete description 
of all films, please visit http://www.yale.edu/ycias/ceas/events.html

Anne Letterman
Administrative Associate Japan Program
Council on East Asian Studies
Po Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206
Tel 203 432 34228
Fax 203 432 3430
anne.letterman at yale.edu