The Benshi Narrator Kataoka Ichiro will deliver a lecture at
the IU Cinema on Thursday, October 11 at 3:00 p.m. at the IU Cinema. In
conjunction with Kataoka Ichiro’s visit, IU Cinema will be showing the third
film of the Fall 2012 East Asian Film Series later that evening on Thursday,
October 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Fall
2012 East Asian Film Series (Presented by the East
Asian Studies Center and the IU Cinema)
Title: An Inn
in Tokyo (1935),
directed by Yasujirô Ozu
Dates:
Thursday, October 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Location:
IU Cinema
The silent film by Ozu is brilliant both in its simple telling of the story
and its development of the characters. The film is about a father, Kihachi, who
has two small sons and is looking for work, so they can eat. He meets a young
mother with a daughter and for a while she is out of the film. Near the end of
his rope, he runs into an old female friend, who finds work for him and enables
the boys to go to school. The young mother has come to the town with her
daughter and he looks to help her, but is also interested in her. As simple as
this sounds, the film is wrought with emotion, and is brilliant in that your
own thoughts could be somewhat mixed about this.
An Inn in Tokyo is a silent film that will be accompanied by recorded music and a narrative
performance by Benshi Kataoka Ichiro. 80 min., Not Rated.
Cosponsored by IU Cinema
Kataoka Ichiro is one of the top
professional benshi in Japan. He was the star pupil of the undisputed master
benshi, Sawato Midori. As a benshi, he tours globally and accompanies Japanese
silent films by voicing the characters.
Admission will be free, but tickets will be required. Tickets may be
obtained through the IU Auditorium Box Office, Mon.-Fri., 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.,
and in the IU Cinema lobby 30 minutes prior to the screening.
For further information, contact the
East Asian Studies Center at 855-3765 or at easc@indiana.edu.
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