Presented By: Center for Japanese Studies
CJS Winter 2025 Film Series | Jubaku: Spellbound
Directed by Harada Masato, 1h 54m, 1999

Tickets may be purchased at: https://myumi.ch/3Q83k
When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favors scandal that threatens to rock the entire structure of business and government to its core. While the bank’s top executives continue to vacillate, a quartet of middle-management reformers, led by straight-arrow Kitano (Koji Yakusho), decide to stage a boardroom coup and install a new, clean management team. With the aid of a hotshot news anchor (Miho Wada) and a hard-nosed prosecutor (Kenichi Endo), heads begin to roll.
Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Read more about the film, including ratings, at
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221321/
Learn more about the CJS Winter 2025 Film Series at: https://myumi.ch/AZ8Ep
The CJS Winter 2025 Film Series is co-sponsored by the Department of Film, Television, and Media.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favors scandal that threatens to rock the entire structure of business and government to its core. While the bank’s top executives continue to vacillate, a quartet of middle-management reformers, led by straight-arrow Kitano (Koji Yakusho), decide to stage a boardroom coup and install a new, clean management team. With the aid of a hotshot news anchor (Miho Wada) and a hard-nosed prosecutor (Kenichi Endo), heads begin to roll.
Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Read more about the film, including ratings, at
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221321/
Learn more about the CJS Winter 2025 Film Series at: https://myumi.ch/AZ8Ep
The CJS Winter 2025 Film Series is co-sponsored by the Department of Film, Television, and Media.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.