JAPANEMA / Free Japanese Cinema Screening Series
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles provides high quality Japanese film screening every second and fourth Wednesday of month at 7:00 pm. All movies are in Japanese with English subtitles.
Venue: JFLA Auditorium, 5700 Wilshire Blvd, #100, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
Free to attend. Reservation is not required.
Street Parking is available. http://www.jflalc.org/about-us.html#parking
July 9, 2014, 7:00 pm
“Twenty-Four Eyes” (156 mins, 1954)
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
This film is an elegant, emotional chronicle of a teacher’s unwavering commitment to her students, her profession, and her sense of morality.
Set in a remote, rural island community and spanning decades of Japanese history, from 1928 through World War II and beyond, Kinoshita’s film takes a simultaneously sober and sentimental look at the epic themes of aging, war, and death, all from the lovingly intimate perspective of Hisako Oshi (Hideko Takamine), as she watches her pupils grow and deal with life’s harsh realities.
Though little known in the U. S., “Twenty-Four Eyes” is one of Japan’s most popular and enduring classics.
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July 23, 2014, 7:00 pm
“Summer Wars“ (Animation, 115 mins, 2009)
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
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Entrance change at the Japan Foundation building: there is considerable construction around the Japan Foundation building with the ongoing renovation of the courtyard. The main entrance of the Japan Foundation is temporarily close now. Visitors to the Japan Foundation will enter through the temporary guest entrance. map
