SHITAMACHI is a three-week, 38-film series spanning nearly eight decades of classic movies, all set in “downtown” Tokyo. The series is co-presented by The Japan Foundation, as part of the citywide “Japan 2019.”
■ FILMS by Ozu・Kurosawa・Mizoguchi・Naruse・Yamada・Imamura・Kitano・Kore-eda・Many Others!
■ Programmed by Aiko Masubuchi (Former senior programmer at Japan Society)
◎【ABOUT】
This series includes 25 rare films (most in 35mm) imported from Japan — many of them with translations and subtitles created especially for the Film Forum screenings.
Spanning nearly eight decades of Japanese filmmaking (from Ozu’s 1929 Tokkan Kozo to Ôbayashi’s 2004 Reason), Shitamachi, in the words of programmer Masubuchi, “digs into the area’s history, legends, and myths, as seen by some of Japan’s greatest filmmakers. Many of the films are stories of the resistance and resilience of common people."
◎【SHITAMACHI 下町】
Shitamachi — “downtown” Tokyo or (literally) “low town” — is the low-lying eastern side of the city, including such famous districts as Ginza, Ueno and Asakusa (Tokyo’s one-time “42nd Street”). Beginning with the feudal Edo period, Shitamachi also referred to the area and culture of the non-elite, and, even as physical boundaries have become increasingly blurry, it still suggests class struggle, brash characters (like Tora-san or Mifune’s yakuza in Kurosawa’s Drunken Angel), a particular cityscape (pachinko parlors, black markets, cramped bars, and narrow, raucous shopping streets, and, until they were banned in 1958, red light districts), popular entertainment (rakugo — Japanese “sit down" comedy — and kabuki), and even cuisine (yakitori and ramen, inexpensive food consumed at train stations) — capturing the imagination of moviemakers from the silent era to the present.
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✤ FILM FORUM ✤
Film Forum began in 1970 as an alternative screening space for independent and classic films on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Film Forum has grown into its current four-screen incarnation on West Houston Street, open 365 days a year, with as many as 250,000 annual admissions, over 6,700 members, a $6 million budget, and an endowment of $4.3 million. Located at the convergence of Greenwich Village and SoHo in lower Manhattan, Film Forum is the only autonomous non-profit cinema in New York City whose sole focus is exhibition.
In 1986, Bruce Goldstein began the theater’s popular repertory program, with a focus on classic films and new restorations.
✤ JAPAN FOUNDATION ✤
Established in 1972, Japan Foundation is Japan’s only institution dedicated to carrying out comprehensive international cultural exchange programs throughout the world. The mission of The Japan Foundation is to promote international cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and other countries in the areas of arts & culture, Japanese-language education as well as Japanese Studies and intellectual exchange.
The Foundation maintains its headquarters in Tokyo and operates through a network of 25 overseas offices in 24 countries. It is represented by two offices in the United States—one in New York and the other in Los Angeles.
✤ JAPAN 2019 ✤
This event is part of Japan 2019, a citywide cultural festival organized by The Japan Foundation.
Japan 2019 aims to broaden understanding of and interest in Japanese culture in the United States through two programs: the Japan 2019 Official Program featuring a series of events co-organized or supported by The Japan Foundation, mainly in New York and Washington, D.C., and the Japan 2019 Associated Program, featuring affiliated events organized by public and private entities to introduce Japanese culture and promote exchange between Japan and the U.S.
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✤ LINK ✤
① Film Forum Official Website▼
https://filmforum.org/series/shitamachi-tales-of-downtown-tokyo
② Traier ▼
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn_3ASO62lc
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◆ PUBLIC SCREENING SCHEDULE ◆
・・・・・・【Friday, October 18】・・・・・・
★ DRUNKEN ANGEL (1948, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
醉いどれ天使 (Yoidore tenshi)
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura
12:30, 4:50
★ STRAY DOG (1949, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
野良犬 (Nora inu)
Toshirô Mifune
2:30, 8:20
★ RECORD OF A TENEMENT GENTLEMAN (1947, Yasujirô Ozu) 35mm
長屋紳士録 (Nagaya shinshiroku)
Chôko lida, Hôhi Aoki
6:50
・・・・・・【Saturday, October 19】・・・・・・
★ DRUNKEN ANGEL (1948, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
醉いどれ天使 (Yoidore tenshi)
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura
5:10, 9:40
★ STRAY DOG (1949, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
野良犬 (Nora inu)
Toshirô Mifune
1:20, 7:10
★ RECORD OF A TENEMENT GENTLEMAN (1947, Yasujirô Ozu) 35mm
長屋紳士録 (Nagaya shinshiroku)
Chôko lida, Hôhi Aoki
3:40
・・・・・・【Sunday, October 20】・・・・・・
★ IKIRU (1952, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
生きる
Takashi Shimura
1:20
★ EIJANAIKA (1981, Shôhei Imamura) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
ええじゃないか
Ken Ogata
7:20
★ SHITAMACHI (1957, Yasuki Chiba) 35mm print courtesy National Film Archive of Japan
下町 ダウンタウン
Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada
4:10
★ NINGEN GARI (1962, Akinori Matsuo) 35mm print courtesy National Film Archive of Japan
人間狩り
5:30
・・・・・・【Monday, October 21】・・・・・・
★ IKIRU (1952, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
生きる
Takashi Shimura
12:30
★ GINZA COSMETICS (1951, Mikio Naruse) 16mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
銀座化粧 (Ginza keshô)
Kinuyo Tanaka
3:15, 8:00
★ KIGEKI: ONNA WA DOKYÔ (1969, Azuma Morisaki) 35mm
喜劇：女は度胸
Kenzô Kawarasaki, Kiyoshi Atsumi
6:00
・・・・・・【Tuesday, October 22】・・・・・・
★ RECORD OF A TENEMENT GENTLEMAN (1947, Yasujirô Ozu) 35mm
長屋紳士録 (Nagaya shinshiroku)
Chôko lida, Hôhi Aoki
12:30
★ HUMANITY AND PAPER BALLOONS (1937, Sadao Yamanaka) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
人情紙風船 (Ninjô kami fûsen)
Kan’emon Nakamura
2:30
★ STILL I LIVE ON (1951, Tadashi Imai) 16mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
どっこい生きてる (Dokkoi ikiteru)
4:15, 9:15
★ THE STREET WITHOUT SUN (1954, Satsuo Yamamoto) 35mm print courtesy NFAJ
太陽のない街 (Taiyô no nai machi)
6:30
・・・・・・【Wednesday, October 23】・・・・・・
★ HUMANITY AND PAPER BALLOONS (1937, Sadao Yamanaka) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
人情紙風船 (Ninjô kami fûsen)
Kan’emon Nakamura
12:30, 6:20
★ STILL I LIVE ON (1951, Tadashi Imai) 16mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
どっこい生きてる (Dokkoi ikiteru)
2:15, 8:10
★ DRUNKEN ANGEL (1948, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
醉いどれ天使 (Yoidore tenshi)
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura
4:20, 10:15
・・・・・・【Thursday, October 24】・・・・・・
★ STRAY DOG (1949, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
野良犬 (Nora inu)
Toshirô Mifune
12:30, 9:45
★ KIGEKI: NIPPON NO OBAACHAN (1962, Tadashi Imai) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
喜劇:日本のお婆ちゃん
2:50
★ THE DISCARNATES (1988, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi) 35mm
異人たちとの夏 (Ijin-tachi to no natsu)
Morio Kazama
7:35
★ IKIRU (1952, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
生きる
Takashi Shimura
4:50
・・・・・・【Friday, October 25】・・・・・・
★ NOBODY KNOWS (2004, Hirokazu Kore-eda) 35mm
誰も知らない (Dare mo shiranai)
4:40
★ KANTO WANDERER (1963, Seijun Suzuki) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
関東無宿 (Kantô mushuku)
Akira Kobayashi
2:40, 7:20
・・・・・・【Saturday, October 26】・・・・・・
★ KANTO WANDERER (1963, Seijun Suzuki) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
関東無宿 (Kantô mushuku)
Akira Kobayashi
1:00
★ SHITAMACHI (1957, Yasuki Chiba) 35mm print courtesy National Film Archive of Japan
下町 ダウンタウン
Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada
2:50
★ LOVE LETTER (1953, Kinuyo Tanaka) 16mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
恋文 (Koibumi)
Masayuki Mori
4:10
★ FLOWING (1956, Mikio Naruse) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
流れる (Nagareru)
6:15
★ GODZILLA (1954, Ishirô Honda) 35mm
ゴジラ (Gojira)
8:45
・・・・・・【Sunday, October 27】・・・・・・
★ SOMETHING LIKE IT (1981, Yoshimitsu Morita) DCP
の・ようなもの (No yohna mono)
Kumiko Akiyoshi
3:35
★ TOKYO STORY (1953, Yasujirô Ozu) New DCP restoration
東京物語 (Tôkyô monogatari)
Setsuko Hara
1:00, 7:35
★ MOTHER (1952, Mikio Naruse) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
おかあさん (Okâsan)
Kyoko Kagawa, Kinuyo Tanaka
5:35
・・・・・・【Monday, October 28】・・・・・・・
★ FLOWING (1956, Mikio Naruse) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
流れる (Nagareru)
12:30, 4:45
★ HER BROTHER (1960, Kon Ichikawa) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
おとうと (Otôto)
Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiko Kishi
2:45, 8:55
★ WOMAN OF TOKYO (1933, Yasujirô Ozu) 35mm
東京の女 (Tôkyô no onna)
Kinuyo Tanaka
Plus TOKKAN KOZO (1929, Yasujirô Ozu) 35mm
突貫小僧
Tomio Aoki (aka “Tokkankozô”)
7:00
Live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner
・・・・・・【Tuesday, October 29】・・・・・・
★ MOTHER (1952, Mikio Naruse) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
おかあさん (Okâsan)
Kyôko Kagawa, Kinuyo Tanaka
2:40
★ JUBILATION STREET (1944, Keisuke Kinoshita) 35mm print courtesy NFAJ
歓呼の町 (Kanko no machi)
6:00
★ REASON (2004, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi) 35mm
理由 (Riyû)
7:35
・・・・・・【Wednesday, October 30】・・・・・・
★ HER BROTHER (1960, Kon Ichikawa) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
おとうと (Otôto)
Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiko Kishi
6:00
★ REASON (2004, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi) 35mm
理由 (Riyû)
12:30
★ WHERE CIMNEYS ARE SEEN (1953, Heinosuke Gosho) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
煙突の見える場所 (Entotsu no mieru basho)
Ken Uehara, Kinuyo Tanaka
3:30, 8:15
・・・・・・【Thursday, October 31】・・・・・・
★ TOKYO STORY (1953, Yasujirô Ozu) New DCP restoration
東京物語 (Tôkyô monogatari)
Setsuko Hara
12:30, 5:20
★ GODZILLA (1954, Ishirô Honda) 35mm
ゴジラ (Gojira)
3:10, 8:00
Outro by Bruce Goldstein at 8:00 show
・・・・・・【Friday, November 1】・・・・・・
★ SUZAKI PARADISE (1956, Yûzô Kawashima) DCP
洲崎パラダイス 赤信号 (Suzaki Paradaisu: Akashingô)
Tatsuya Mihashi, Michiyo Aratama
2:15, 6:00
★ STREET OF SHAME (1956, Kenji Mizoguchi) New 4K DCP restoration
赤線地帯 (Akasen chitai)
Michiyo Kogure, Ayako Wakao, Machiko Kyô
12:30, 4:00, 7:40
★ DRUNKEN ANGEL (1948, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
醉いどれ天使 (Yoidore tenshi)
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura
9:30
・・・・・・【Saturday, November 2】・・・・・・
★ THE LOWER DEPTHS (1957, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
どん底 (Donzoko)
Toshirô Mifune
12:50, 8:40
★ NOBODY KNOWS (2004, Hirokazu Kore-eda) 35mm
誰も知らない (Dare mo shiranai)
3:30
★ A CLASS TO REMEMBER (1993, Yôji Yamada) Digital
学校 (Gakko)
6:10
・・・・・・【Sunday, November 3】・・・・・・
★ OHAYÔ (1959, Yasujirô Ozu) DCP
お早よう
12:50
★ THE CAT LEAVES HOME (2004, Nami Iguchi) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
犬猫 (Inuneko)
Yôko Fujita, Kanako Enomoto
5:20, 9:25
・・・・・・【Monday, November 4】・・・・・・
★ KIGEKI: NIPPON NO OBAACHAN (1962, Tadashi Imai) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
喜劇:日本のお婆ちゃん
2:35, 6:35
★ THE CAT LEAVES HOME (2004, Nami Iguchi) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
犬猫 (Inuneko)
Yôko Fujita, Kanako Enomoto
4:35
・・・・・・【Tuesday, November 5】・・・・・・
★ SUN IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE SHOGUNATE (1957, Yûzô Kawashima) DCP
幕末太陽傳 (Bakumatsu taiyôden)
Frankie Sakai
4:35, 8:30
★ TOKYO LULLABY (1997, Jun Ichikawa) Digital
東京夜曲 (Tôkyô yakyoku)
6:45
・・・・・・【Wednesday, November 6】・・・・・・
★ KIKUJIRO (1999, Takeshi Kitano) 35mm print courtesy The Japan Foundation Film Library
菊次郎の夏 (Kikujirô no natsu)
3:30, 8:30
★ SUN IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE SHOGUNATE (1957, Yûzô Kawashima) DCP
幕末太陽傳 (Bakumatsu taiyôden)
Frankie Sakai
6:00
★ TOKYO STORY (1953, Yasujirô Ozu) New DCP restoration
東京物語 (Tôkyô monogatari)
Setsuko Hara
12:30
・・・・・・【Thursday, November 7】・・・・・・
★ TOKYO STORY (1953, Yasujirô Ozu) New DCP restoration
東京物語 (Tôkyô monogatari)
Setsuko Hara
2:30
★ OHAYÔ (1959, Yasujirô Ozu) DCP
お早よう
12:30, 5:10
★ SHITAMACHI SUNSHINE (1963, Yôji Yamada) 35mm
下町の太陽 (Shitamachi no taiyô)
Chieko Baishô
7:05
★ STRAY DOG (1949, Akira Kurosawa) 35mm
野良犬 (Nora inu)
Toshirô Mifune
8:50
