Film: Chushingura
March 24 & 25, 2003 (Monday & Tuesday)*
Film: Chushingura
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki (1962, color, 207 min.)
Altschul Auditorium (417 International Affairs Building), Columbia University (118th St. and Amsterdam Ave.)
7:45 PM
*two-part screening
| In the dawn of the eighteenth century, a young lord is sentenced to ritual suicide for an act of disobedience stemming from corruption in the Shogun’s court. Masterless and displaced, his followers bide their time, suffering humiliation and poverty, waiting for the chance to prove their loyalty and adherence to the fading virtues of Bushido. A Japanese classic, often characterized as “the Gone With the Wind of Japan.” |
© 1962 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Part of “Exacting Revenge: A Series of Eight Japanese Films”
