Bangkok--26 Dec--The Japan Foundation
The Japan Foundation, Bangkok presents “Japanese Film Festival 2008 — The Hidden Treasures of Japanese Cinema - Masterpieces from its Golden Age 1950’s — 60’s” from Friday 18th January — Friday 25th January 2008 at Grand EGV Siam Discovery Center 6th Floor.
This time we will introduce you to the ‘classic’ from the golden age of Japanese cinema which is during the 50’s and 60’s. Directors well known to Thai audiences in that period possibly are KUROSAWA Akira and OZU Yasujiro, but actually, there are a lot more talented directors who made many classic films still not internationally recognized. We would like to introduce some “hidden treasures” of Japanese cinema to Thai audiences by select 10 masterpieces of top-class directors that were filmed during 1950’s and 1960’s for this upcoming Japanese Film Festival, screening free of charge, as always.
Festival date
Friday 18th January — Friday 25th January 2008
Grand EGV Siam Discovery Center 6th Floor
List of Films (in order of production year)
A Married Life NARUSE Mikio 1951 97 นาที
Wild Geese TOYODA Shiro 1953 104 นาที
A Geisha MIZOGUCHI Kenji 1953 85 นาที
The Echo NARUSE Mikio 1954 95 นาที
The Ditch SHINDO Kaneto 1954 112 นาที
Heart ICHIKAWA Kon 1955 122 นาที
The Ghost Story of Yotsuya NAKAGAWA Nobuo 1959 76 นาที
A Room for Rent KAWASHIMA Yuzo 1959 112 นาที
Elegant Beast KAWASHIMA Yuzo 1962 96 นาที
Mother SHINDO Kaneto 1963 101 นาที
More information of the festival will be in the Japan Foundation website at www.jfbkk.or.th on 20th December.