'Muddy River' film screening at The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV > 2pm to 3:45pm on 5th July 2014

Time : 2:00 pm - 3:45 pmAdd to Calendar 05-07-2014 14:00:00 05-07-2014 15:45:00 68 'Muddy River' film screening Event Page : http://goo.gl/M8IQhk The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)


Place : The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024

Event Description : 'Muddy River' film screening.

Synopsis : 
It is 1958, eleven years after the war and Japan is in some respects still a poor and struggling 
country. On the other hand, Japan was also becoming relatively prosperous because of the Korean War. Near the mouth of the muddy Aji River in Osaka, there is a small restaurant along the riverbank run by a man named SHIMPEI and his young second wife. One day his son, NOBUO aged 9, makes a new friend, a boy about the same age named KIICHI. He lives with his tender-hearted sister GINKO aged 11 and their mother on a houseboat, newly moored by the river. Their mother speaks across the window wall without showing herself. NOBUO’s parents do not discourage his new friendship and tell NOBUO never to visit the boathouse. Naturally attracted towards what is forbidden, NOBUO dos not under- stand the reason but guesses it has something to do with his new friend’s mother. SHIMPEI and his wife provide warm hospitality for KIICHI and his sister, GINKO at dinner one night. The children’s relations gradually grow more personal. One day, a stranger comes to SHIMPEI, and informs him that SHIMPEI’s former wife whom he divorced soon after the end of the war, is ill in the hospital, 
indeed dying, and wants to see her ex-husband’s son, NOBUO. It is an enigmatic phase of life for NOBUO.
The Tenjin Festival which every child looks forward to has come. NOBUO loses his pocket money in the midst of the festival. When KIICHI invites disheartened NOBUO to his boat to comfort him that night, NOBUO happens to see KIICHI’s mother with a- customer. The boat is a floating whore house. She also sees NOBUO. The next morning the houseboat is no longer there. NOBUO now learns something new about life.

Directed by : Oguri Kohei

Year : 1981

Theme of the Month : “Life in Post – War Japan through the eyes of a child”


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'Muddy River' film screening at The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV > 2pm to 3:45pm on 5th July 2014 'Muddy River' film screening at The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV > 2pm to 3:45pm on 5th July 2014 Reviewed by Delhi Events on Saturday, July 05, 2014 Rating: 5

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