co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Toronto and Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1966, 124 min. 18A 50 year anniversary screening, 35mm print! Introduction by Geoff Pevere, Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival Programming Director After a terrible industrial accident … Continue reading →
The Great Sasuke 2015, Mikiko Sasaki, 69 min. PG Canadian premiere- director present for intro and Q&A! As the founder of Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, the masked wrestler known as The Great Sasuke brought Mexican-style lucha libre to Japan in the 1990s … Continue reading →
Onibaba Kaneto Shindo, 1964, 107 min. 18A Introduction by Toshi Aoyagi, The Japan Foundation, Toronto Onibaba is a chilling, atmospheric examination of the hot-blooded instinct for survival amidst the devastation of war.When her son Kichi goes off to war, a woman is left alone with her daughter-in-law in … Continue reading →
