THU MAY 5, 2022 7:30 PM SCANDAL / THE QUIET DUEL $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Aero Theatre | Takashi Shimura Retrospective Rare 35mm Prints courtesy of the Japan Foundation. Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE FILMS: SCANDAL, 1950, Janus Films, 105 min, Japan, Dir: Akira Kurosawa. A handsome, suave Toshiro Mifune lights up the screen as painter Ichiro, whose circumstantial meeting with a famous singer (Yoshiko Yamaguchi) is twisted by the tabloid press into a torrid affair. Ichiro files a lawsuit against the seedy gossip magazine, but his lawyer, Hiruta (Kurosawa stalwart Takashi Shimura), is playing both sides. A portrait of cultural moral decline, SCANDAL is also a compelling courtroom drama and a moving tale of human redemption. FORMAT: 35mm THE QUIET DUEL, 1949, Janus Films, 95 min, Japan, Dir: Akira Kurosawa. Based on a play by Kazuo Kikuta, this early Akira Kurosawa film follows an army surgeon who during a life-saving operation contaminates himself with syphilis which at the time was virtually incurable. Now suffering with the dreaded disease, he needs to find the faith to return to his work helping save people’s lives including the man from whom he contracted the disease. Starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. FORMAT: 35mm