FRI FEB 27, 2026 7:00 PM EVERYNIGHT DREAMS / APART FROM YOU $17.00 (member) ; $22.00 (general admission) ; $21.00 (senior) Egyptian Theatre | Live Performance with Benshi performer Ichiro Kataoka and pianist Makia Matsumura 35mm prints courtesy of National Film Archive of Japan Series co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities ‘Mikio Naruse: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ This event has passed
ABOUT THE FILMS: EVERY-NIGHT DREAMS, 1933, Dir. Mikio Naruse, 65 Mins, Janus Films, Japan In Japanese with English subtitles. In the formally ravishing EVERY-NIGHT DREAMS, set in the dockside neighborhoods of Tokyo, a single mother works tirelessly as a Ginza bar hostess to ensure a better life for her young son—until her long-lost husband returns. FORMAT: 35mm APART FROM YOU, 1933, Dir. Mikio Naruse, 60 Mins, Janus Films, Japan In Japanese with English subtitles. For APART FROM YOU, Mikio Naruse turned his camera on the lives of working women, which he would continue to do throughout his long career. In this gently devastating drama, a critical breakthrough for the director, he contrasts the life of an aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, with that of her youthful counterpart, a lovely young girl resentful of her family for forcing her into a life of ignominy. FORMAT: 35mm