Fall 2012 East Asian Film Series
(Presented by the East Asian Studies Center,
IU Cinema, Themester 2012 Good Behavior, Bad
Behavior: Molecules to Morality)
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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