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Limited Sessions
Thursday, October 12 – Wednesday, October 18
For one week only we will be commemorating the life and work
of Japanese master filmmaker Yasujirô Ozu. Beginning his career during the era
of silent films, Yasujirô Ozu is widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest
and most influential filmmakers of all time, due to his unique approach to
moviemaking, an unmistakable visual style, and the incorporation of timeless
themes in his later films such as family and marriage, and especially the
relationships between generations. Moving to sound films in the late 1930s,
this is where Ozu cemented the ‘master’ filmmaker title with the release of highly
acclaimed films, The Only Son (1936), Late Spring (1949), The Munekata Sisters
(1950), and Tokyo Story (1953). With more than 50 directorial credits, Yasujirô
Ozu has stamped his claim as one of, if not the most important Japanese
filmmakers to have ever lived!
Late Spring (1949)
Noriko (Setsuko Hara) is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi (Chishû Ryû), and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa (Haruko Sugimura) convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
The Munekata Sisters (1950)
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a drinking habit. She's always been in love with Hiroshi, but he left for France years ago without proposing. Now he is back and Mariko (Setsuko's sister) tries to reunite them, although secretly she loves him too.
Tokyo Story (1953)
The elderly Shukishi (Chishu Ryu) and his wife, Tomi (Chieko
Higashiyama), take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit
their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi (Sô Yamamura), a doctor,
and their daughter, Shige (Haruko Sugimura), a hairdresser, don't have much
time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko (Setsuko
Hara), the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her
in-laws company.
Showtimes EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874 | 10:30AM The Return | 10:30AM, 3:50PM, 6:20PM SPIT | 10:30AM, 2:35PM Mickey 17 | 10:30AM, 12:40PM, 3:15PM, 6:00PM, 6:00PM Disney's Snow White | 10:50AM, 1:20PM, 3:45PM, 6:15PM, 6:30PM Flow | 11:00AM, 1:40PM, 4:45PM, 6:40PM Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | 11:00AM, 3:50PM, 6:10PM Black Bag | 11:10AM, 1:15PM, 3:40PM, 6:30PM The Last Showgirl | 12:40PM Anora | 1:00PM, 6:00PM I'm Still Here | 1:00PM Captain America: Brave New World | 1:20PM Conclave | 3:40PM Every Little Thing | 3:50PM Imagine Dragons: Live From The Hollywood Bowl (with the LA Film Orchestra) | 6:00PM
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