"Maborosi" directed by Hirokazu Koe-eda
Internationally acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda will be in Los Angeles to participate in an exciting retrospective of his films at the Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater and a other venues across town. The director will introduce some films and engage in Q&A about others.
This exciting event is presented by the Yanai Initiative at UCLA and Waseda University and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in association with the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles; the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the USC School of Cinematic Arts; and the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies.
Details about the films being shown can be found at the UCLA Film & Television Archive webpage:
https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2017/hirokazu-koreeda-cinema-from-outside-in
Hirokazu Kore-eda: Cinema from the Outside In
Wednesday, October 18 / 7:00 pm
Lecture and Death of a Japanese Salesman (2011) 90 min.
Directed by Mama Sunada, produced by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Preceded by a lecture by Professor Duncan Ryuken Williams on
"Dealing with Life and Death the Japanese Way"
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
5700 Wilshire blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Wednesday, October 25 / 7:00 pm
An Evening with Hirokazu Kore-eda and Nobody Knows (2004) 141 min.
The Ray Stark Family Theatre at USC
Thursday, October 26 / 9:30 pm
After Life (1998) 118 min, with Introduction by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Acopolis Cinema at the Downtown Independent
251 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Friday, October 27 / 7:30 pm
Still Walking (2008) 115 min.
Hirokazu Kore-eda in person
The Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Saturday, October 28 / 7:30 pm
Maboroshi (1995) 110 min
Hirokazu Kore-eda in person
The Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Sunday, October 29 / 7:00 pm
Air Doll (2009) 125 min.
The Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
