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Themester: GB/BB - East Asian Film Series
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
(2012)
Directed by Alison Klayman
Thursday - September 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Director Alison Klayman is scheduled
to be present.
Friday - September 7 - 9:30 p.m.
Saturday - September 8 - 3:00 p.m.
See page 23 for the description.
Bounce Ko-Gals
(1997)
Directed by Masato Harada
Thursday - September 20 - 7:00 p.m.
Lisa, a Japanese-American 16 year old, is leaving
Tokyo for New York in the morning. Wanting extra
money for her trip, she is offered a series of seedy
opportunities on the streets of Japan. After a
few failed attempts at fast cash, she connects
with Raku and Jonko, who are fellow high school
students, but also seasoned veterans of the
thriving sex club scene. Lisa's two new friends
take her under their wings to help her earn the
money she was hoping for, as well as elude the
Yakuza, who now have an interest in the girls'
affairs. The girls' ability to move in and out of
the seedy underworld carefree, with school-girl
giggles, is what holds audiences spellbound.
Japanese language with English subtitles.
(Digital Presentation. 110 min. Not rated.)
An Inn at Tokyo
(1935)
Directed by Yasujirô Ozu
Thursday - October 11 - 7:00 p.m.
Considered one of Ozu's masterpieces, the film
follows a father and his two sons who go on the
road to look for work after being abandoned by
his wife. They find comfort and companionship
in another transient ensemble a widow and
her daughter. Ozu resisted the pressures of the
studios to make `talkies', feeling that there
was something unnatural about the music and
sound effects added to the medium. The film is
considered `neorealist' for its rendering of scenes
of the Great Depression in Tokyo. (35mm. 80
min. Not rated.)
The film is being accompanied
by recorded music and a narrative performance
by Benshi Kataoka Ichiro.
EAST ASIAN FILm SErIES
This series is sponsored by the East Asian
Studies Center and IU Cinema, with support
from Themester, College of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Communication and Culture and
the Center for the Study of Global Change.
Special thanks to Professor Stephanie DeBoer.
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