Fwd: No Borders, No Limits: 1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema

[Aaron Gerow]

Mark is curating an exciting series at the Japan Society this year:

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> Monthly Classics
> NO BORDERS, NO LIMITS: 1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema
>
> Monthly Classics features Mark Schilling(Variety) as its first  
> guest curator, selecting 8 Nikkatsu studio films long overlooked by  
> critics and audiences, presented here for the first time in the  
> U.S. with new digital subtitles.
>
> LAUNCH SCREENING
> A Colt is My Passport
> Friday, September 28
> 7:30 pm
>
> With rival gang members in pursuit, a cool-headed killer attempts a  
> daring escape after a hit. Introduced by the curator with reception  
> and book-signing.
>
> The Warped Ones
> Friday, November 9
> 7:30 pm
>
> After learning the woman he raped is pregnant with his child, Akira  
> discovers his actions do have consequences.
>
> Like a Shooting Star
> Friday, December 14
> 7:30 pm
>
> Goro is a Tokyo hitman who steals a convertible and heads for Kobe  
> to hide out.
>
> Red Handkerchief
> Friday, January 18
> 7:30 pm
>
> Ishihara plays a detective trying to crack a big drug case that  
> goes awry when he fatally shoots the witness.
>
> Gangster VIP
> Friday, February 22
> 7:30 pm
>
> When Goro decides to leave the yakuza, tragedy intervenes and he  
> sets out for revenge.
>
> Plains Wanderer
> Friday, March 14
> 7:30 pm
>
> Taki, a man with the looks of a Western hero, travels Japan?s back  
> roads and fight alongside the Ainu people.
>
> Glass Johnny: Looks Like a Beast
> Friday, April 4
> 7:30 pm
>
> Joe becomes the unwilling savior of a pure-hearted, simple-minded  
> prostitute on the run from her pimp.
>
> Roughneck
> Friday, May 2
> 7:30 pm
>
> Yuji takes up with a hot springs geisha, the lover of a local boss,  
> whose gang is facing stiff competition from an outside rival.
>
>
>
>
> LOCATION
> Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street at First Avenue
>