This event is FREE and open to the public on Tuesday, February 20, 5:00 pm at the STATE Theatre. Please reserve your tickets on the Michigan Theater website.
As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai (Hiroyuki Sanada) experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart (Rie Miyazawa). Emotionally deep—but with spectacular sword fights—The Twilight Samurai won an unprecedented 12 Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards.
Introduction and post-film discussion led by Hitomi Tonomura.
129 minutes. Drama. Not Rated.
Hitomi Tonomura is a historian of premodern Japan and is an aficionado of samurai films. She often teaches courses on war and gender, and enjoys scrutinizing documents written by Japan's medieval warriors.
As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai (Hiroyuki Sanada) experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart (Rie Miyazawa). Emotionally deep—but with spectacular sword fights—The Twilight Samurai won an unprecedented 12 Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards.
Introduction and post-film discussion led by Hitomi Tonomura.
129 minutes. Drama. Not Rated.
Hitomi Tonomura is a historian of premodern Japan and is an aficionado of samurai films. She often teaches courses on war and gender, and enjoys scrutinizing documents written by Japan's medieval warriors.
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