FRI JUN 2, 2023 4:00 PM THE LIFE OF OHARU $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by filmmaker and film historian Jim Hemphill ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 2′ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: In Japanese with English subtitles A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society, Kenji Mizoguchi had already been directing movies for decades when he made THE LIFE OF OHARU in 1952. But this dark portrait of an inexorable fall from grace, starring the astounding Kinuyo Tanaka as an imperial lady-in-waiting who gradually descends to street prostitution, was the movie that gained the director international attention, ushering in a new golden period for him. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films COUNTRY: Japan