(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) CJS's Fall Film Series of 2012 features silent films by Yasujiro Ozu with professional benshi (narrator), Ichiro Kataoka, performing theatrical narration at each screening. Most films will also include a live music accompaniment.

STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (Ukikusa monogatari)
Story of Floating Weeds features an elegantly simple plot wherein an aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.
(119 min, 35 mm, 1934)

LIVE Music: Performance by Frank Pahl.