| | Friday , December 1, 2017
BUDDIES
1989/114 Mins.
Directed by Furahata Yasuo | | Kadokura and Mizuta have been friends for more than 20 years despite their differences in personality. Mizuta’s wife, Tami, and Kadokura sense a mutual attraction which they try to conceal. When Mizuta is seduced by a geisha, Kadokura decides that, with his good looks, charm and money,he will steal her away to ease Tami’s pain. As a result,he alienates his wife and ruins his friendship with Mizuta. When Kadokura hears that Mizuta’s company is to transfer him to Java, he drops by to bid farewell. For the first time in a long time, Kadokura, Mizuta and Tami relax over sake just like old times. | |
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| | Friday , December 8, 2017
Station
1981/132 Mins.
Directed by Furahata Yasuo | | In this film, a variety of encounters and separations between men and women are depicted lyrically amidst the beautiful scenery of Hokkaido: Naoko, Eiji’s former wife salutes him goodbye in tears, Suzuko betrays her criminal brother who is caught by Eiji, Kiriko, a restaurant proprietress, happens to see her old lover shot in front of her eyes by Eiji whom she once loved; and Fuyuko,Eiji’s sister gets married reluctantly to a man she does not love. | |
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| | Friday , December 15, 2017
Wait and See
1998/100 Mins.
Directed by Somai Shinji | | The story begins with the appearance of Hiroshi’s father, Sasaichi , who was long believed to have died years ago. Sasaichi brings nothing but trouble to the well-ordered suburban life of Hiroshi and his family. When Sasaichi is hospitalized with terminal liver disease, the entire family mournes their loss, comforted somewhat by the rich memories that will live with them forever. | |
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| | Friday , December 22, 2017
Kazahana
2001/116 Mins.
Directed by Somai Shinji | | On clear days in the mountains, when the worst of winter is past, the wind whistles down through the last patches of powdery snow. Fluttering and swirling like cherry blossom petals, the snow dances gracefully on the wind before it melts away forever. In Japan, this harbinger of spring is called “kaza-hana.” | |
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| | Friday , December 29, 2017
Moving
1993/124 Mins.
Directed by Somai Shinji | | Renko’s parents decide to separate, and she starts to feel uneasy when her mother draws up a strict contract for their lives. She tries in vain to bring her parents back together. Wandering around town she runs into a strange old man who talks to her about the need to forget the past. How can she make up her mind? |
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