Restored & Unseen Film history is not Eye Filmmuseum a closed book but Bring fi lm lovers together and before you know it a continuing story. they’ll be discussing fi lms that need catching up on or just have to be watched again. Preferably on the big screen, whether they are acclaimed master- pieces or forgotten gems. Restored & Unseen picks up this by offering biweekly screenings of restored classics and rediscovered fi lms, with introductions JAPAN by Eye programmer Leo van Hee or special guests.

Programme December 2019 RESTORED Japan Restored Classic Japanese cinema rediscovered 6 – 23 December , 1959 Ozu - , Kenzo Mizoguchi, 1954 Yasujiro

Sansho the Bailiff Floating Weeds,

Sansho the Bailiff Floating Weeds Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954, 126’ Yasujiro- Ozu, 1959, 119’

Rarely screened today: Sansho the Bailiff, a Ozu’s colour remake of his 1934 silent classic classic by the Japanese master Kenji Miozguchi. A Story of Floating Weeds, about an elderly actor , 1959

An epic on the suffering, ambition and eventual who returns with his company to a small town Ozu - decline of two aristocratic families in the where he is reunited with his former lover and his Yasujiro eleventh century (the Heian Era). illegitimate son. Mon 9 Dec 18.45, Sat 21 Dec 16.15 Sat 14 Dec 16.00, Mon 23 Dec 19.00

Floating Weeds, With an introduction by Ivo Smits (Professor of With an introduction by Dick Stegewerns Arts and Cultures of Japan, Leiden University) (Associate Professor Japan Studies, Oslo on 9 December. University) on 23 December.

Japan Restored is organized in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy (The Hague) and The Japan Foundation (Tokyo)

More Eye Filmmuseum: @eye_fi lm /eyefi lm JAPAN eyefi lm.nl/japanrestored RESTORED Classic Japan Restored Japanese cinema rediscovered , 1953 Ozu - , Kenji Mizoguchi, 1952 Yasujiro

The Life of Oharu Tokyo Story,

The Life of Oharu Tokyo Story Kenji Mizoguchi, 1952, 148’ Yasujiro- Ozu, 1953, 135’

Once Oharu was a stunningly beautiful geisha. A poignant story of the alienation between The golden years of Japanese cinema, the 1950s, are brought to life in Now that old age has caught up with her, she is grandparents living in the country and their big

a programme featuring brand new 4K restorations of seven classics in , 1953 gradually shunned to the lower echelons and city children and grandchildren in Tokyo. The Ozu an international tour organised by The Japan Foundation. Also screened - forced to beg for a living. deeply moving Tokyo Story is undoubtedly one

is the meticulously restored later fi lm The Ballad of Narayama (1983), Yasujiro Tues 10 Dec 16.00, Sat 14 Dec 18:45 of the greatest masterpieces in the history of Shohei Imamura’s Palme d’Or winner at Cannes. cinema.

Tokyo Story, Fri 13 Dec 19.00 The Ballad of Narayama The Crucifi ed Lovers The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Shohei Imamura, 1983, 130’ Early Spring Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954, 102’ Yasujiro- Ozu, 1952, 115’ Yasujiro- Ozu, 1956, 144’ Ancient traditions are honoured in a mountain One of Kenji Mizoguchi’s late period masterpieces The last screening of this fi lm in the Netherlands village in the north of Japan. Elderly villagers After Early Summer, Late Spring and Tokyo Story, from the 1950s. The wife of an artisan is accused was more than two decades ago. The Flavor of who reach the age of 70 are taken by their Ozu provided a portrait of the family life of a of adultery with a servant. When the two are Green Tea over Rice, Ozu’s personal favourite in children to the top of a mountain, where they are simple Japanese ‘salary man’. He did so with sentenced to death, they realise how strong their an oeuvre spanning more than fi fty fi lms, subtly left to die. Shohei Imamura’s tale about the warmth, humour and compassion for the hard love is. reveals class differences and tensions in a long- energetic Orin who prepares for his death was workers at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy. Fri 6 Dec 19.00, Fri 20 Dec 16.30 standing marriage in 1950s Tokyo. awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1983. Sun 15 Dec 18.30 Sat 7 Dec 19.00 Fri 13 Dec 16.00, Fri 20 Dec 19.00 With an introduction by Japan specialist Dick Stegewerns on 6 December. Ozu, 1952 - Yasujiro , Shohei Imamura, 1983 Ozu, 1956 , Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954 - , Yasujiro

The Crucifi ed Lovers ed Crucifi The The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, The Ballad of Narayama Early Spring