SUN AUG 4, 2024 1:00 PM RECORD OF A TENEMENT GENTLEMAN $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang ‘Sunday Print Edition’ and ‘Tsai Ming-liang: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ This program is made possible by the Spotlight Taiwan grant from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China (Taiwan), with additional support provided by the Taiwan Academy of the Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles. Add to Cart
ABOUT THE FILM: In Japanese with English subtitles. Yasujiro Ozu’s first post–World War II film takes place in an impoverished Toyko neighborhood that has been partly destroyed in bombing raids. Here, a hardhearted middle-aged widow reluctantly takes in child abandoned by his father; eventually the two of them warm to each other. Ozu’s delicate, humorous, and unsentimental story of redemption is the director’s expression of a country slowly coming out of the dark. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films COUNTRY: Japan