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Tickets: (812) 855-1103
This semester's East Asian Film Series line-up features award winning films offering two takes on the struggles
of citizens in Japan and South Korea. These films, ranging from fictional drama to documentary, are inspired
by and follow the IU Cinema's fall showing of the A Touch of Sin, awarded "best screenplay" at the Cannes
Film Festival, as it portrayed the everyday struggles of Chinese citizens under the pressures of globalization,
corruption, and deregulation. This series is sponsored by the IU East Asian Studies Center and the IU Cinema.
Special thanks to Stephanie DeBoer. Screenings are free, but ticketed.
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A Normal Life, Please
(2009) Directed by Tokachi Tsuchiya
February 17 - Monday - 7:00 p.m.
A Normal Life, Please is directed by Tokachi Tsuchiya, member of the film-
making collective "Video Act" committed to documenting social injustice
in Japan. Following the life of truck-driver Kaikura Nobukazu and his
struggles with his employers, this documentary provides an eye-popping
account of the repercussions of the Japanese government's recent steps
to relax labor regulations under the pretext of increased competition in the
global market. Will justice prevail as Kaikura and his fellow union mem-
bers take on the company and the yakuza that support them? A Normal
Life, Please won best documentary honors at the Raindance Festival. In
Japanese language with English subtitles. (HD. 70 min. Not Rated.)
Jiseul
(2013) Directed by Meul O.
April 21 - Monday - 7:00 p.m.
Jiseul (2013) is written and directed by Muel O., a representative of the
Jeju-based independent culture project, Terror J. Set during the 1948 Jeju
Massacre in Korea, Jiseul tells the story of some 120 villagers who hid
in a cave for 60 days from soldiers who were under shoot-to-kill orders.
The absurdity-of-war theme has been explored in many films, but rarely in
such exquisite and intimate detail as in this offering. Striking black-and-
white cinematography captures the texture of the region as well as the humanity of its inhabitants. Winner of
the World Cinema Dramatic Jury Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In Korean language with English
subtitles. (2K DCP. 108 min. Not Rated.)
Tickets: (812) 855-1103