FILM FEST : Retro Summer Japanese Film Festival at The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV > 6:30pm on 18th to 23rd July 2016

The End of Summer

Sword of Doom

Red Beard

Kill!

Godzilla

Time : 6:30 pm

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

Venue : The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024
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Event Description : "Retro Summer Japanese Film Festival"

Schedule : 

18th July : The End of Summer
Synopsis : The film carries forward the lives of the Kohayagawa family, where each wants to do the best that he can for the family. The widower father- Manbei- often visits an old flame in Kyoto, causing concern in the family that he is not paying attention to the sake making company that he is going through financial troubles. With a venerating tone, this film is a reflection on old age, traditional values verses modern influence and mortality.
Year : 1961
Director :  Yasujiro Ozu
Duration : 1 hour 43 mins.
19th July : Sword of Doom
Synopsis :  Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. When he is scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade.
Year : 1966
Director :  Kihachi Okamoto
Duration : 1 hour 59 mins.
20th July : Red Beard
Synopsis : The Original book “Akahige Shinryotan” (Tales of Doctor RED BEARD) is the work of Shugoro Yamamoto. The entire film flourishes with the spirit of humanism centred on the magnificent character of RED BEARD. In Japan, where it is common to be playing more than one part at a time especially when shooting of one film is to be conducted over an extended period of time, this was an rare exception.
Director : Akira Kurosawa
Year : 1965
Duration : 3 hour 05 mins.
21st July : Kill!

Synopsis : Genta is disillusioned with life as a samurai, while Hanjiro is a farmer fed up with his powerless existence, who dreams of a glory days as a samurai. Kill! Is a comical exploration of a samurai life.

Director : Kihachi Okamoto
Year : 1968
Duration : 1 hour 49 mins.
22nd July : Samurai

Synopsis : With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town’s wild orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. Takezo returns to the village and Matahachi’s family rejects his report and has him arrested for treason.

Director : Hiroshi Inagaki
Year : 1954
Duration : 1 hour 33 mins.
23rd July : Godzilla

Synopsis : This 1954 original pioneered special effects filmmaking and inspired many remakes. Re-live this epic classic that introduced the most fearful of all movie monsters- Godzilla.

Director : Ishiro Honda
Year : 1954
Duration : 1 hour 38 mins.

Language : Japanese with English Subtitles.

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