Silent Revue: Yasujiro Ozu’s TOKYO CHORUS
Nov 18 – Silent Revue presents one of the master Japanese filmmaker’s earliest and greatest masterpieces—1931’s TOKYO CHORUS directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Continue reading →
CONNECTION & CATASTROPHE: Media Theory and the Occult Film Boom in Japan
In the early 1970s Japan was in the grip of an “occult boom” that exploded across popular media. This was a fad, but also something more: A popular media theory that tried to come to terms with a new media … Continue reading →
Tenpyo Art Screening Series + Exhibition Artist Talk > June 2
The Japan Foundation, Toronto will be presenting the Tenpyo Art Screening Series and Exhibition Artist Talk, in conjunction with the current exhibition “Road of Light and Hope: National Treasures of Todai-ji Temple, Nara, Photographs by Miro Ito”. Continue reading →
Japanese Movies at the Bloor Cinema: Leaving on the 15th Spring
Directed by: Yasuhiro Yoshida Starring: Ayaka Miyoshi, Shinobu Otake, Kaoru Kobayashi 2013, 114″ (drama) Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father on the Okinawan island of Minami-Daito, population 1,200. Because the island is too small to support a high … Continue reading →
Japanese Movies at the Bloor Cinema: The Floating Castle
Directed by: Isshin Inudo, Shinji Higuchi Starring: Mansai Nomura, Nana Eikura, Hiroki Narimiya, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Koichi Sato 2012, 145″ (historical action comedy) Nearing the end of Japan’s long years of civil war, with Toyotomi Hideyoshi one short step away from … Continue reading →
