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The Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall Ciné-Là THE FUKUOKA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY MOVIE HALL CINÉ-LÀ FILM PROGRAM SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 2015 FILMS FROM BANGLADESH November 3-8 English subtitled THE WORLD OF KEN TAKAKURA PART ONE November 11-29 No English subtitles Dialogue: In Memory of Ken Takakura November 15 Dialogue event in Japanese only. ENGLISH HOME PAGE INFORMATION THE FUKUOKA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY Official English Language Website http://www.cinela.com/english/ This schedule can also be downloaded from: New & Events (click on Movie Hall Cine-la schedule) http://www.cinela.com/english/newsandevents.htm The Film Archive Division (click on “The programming schedule of the Movie Hall Cine-la can be found here”) http://www.cinela.com/english/filmarc.htm FILMS FROM BANGLADESH A collection of films from Bangladesh from our film archive collection. English subtitled. November 3-8 Admission: Adults ¥500 University/College/High School ¥400 Junior High/Elementary School ¥300 “Wa No Kai” members ¥250. Identification required for discounts. DUKHAI Director: Morshedul Islam Cast: Raisul Islam Asad, Amiru Hoq Chowdhury 1997 / 35mm/ Color / 128 min./ Bagladesh & Japan/ English subtitles STORY: In 1970, a cyclone and flood kills Dukhai’s family except for himself. He marries, has a daughter who is about to wed when another cyclone hits where again, he is the only survivor… A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS Director: Tanvir Mokammel Cast: Raisul Islam Asad, Munira Yusuf Memy 2001 / 35mm/ Color / 113min./ Bagladesh / English subtitles STORY: A man enters a countryside village and discovers a dilapidated grave, which he declares is a sacred shrine. The villagers eventually believe the hoax, bringing the man wealth and power until… LALON Director: Tanvir Mokammel Cast: Raisul Islam Asad, Yasmin Tamanna Thithi 2004 / 35mm/ Color / 132min./ Bagladesh / English subtitles STORY: The life story of Lalon, a noted spiritual leader, poet and folk singer of Bengal in the 19th Century. THE ALIENATION Director: Morshedul Islam Cast: Fahad, Amol, 2004 / 35mm/ Color / 91min./ Bagladesh / English subtitles STORY: Putul, a boy from a well to do family, lives a lonely life as his parents are too busy to be with him. Unable to cope being alone at home, Putul sneaks away from home and meets Antu, a street child, who lives as he pleases. Putul, who is drawn to the free lifestyle of Antu, accompanies the street child for an adventure… DOLLHOUSE Director: Morshedul Islam Cast: Riaz, Sohana Saba, 2006 / 35mm/ Color / 123min./ Bagladesh / English subtitles STORY: A university lecturer in the countryside of Bangladesh is asked to care for the sister of a friend. Finding her psychologically unstable at times, he finds a ruined house outside the village and starts to live with her… Set against the background of Bangladesh’s war of independence from Pakistan. MY FRIEND RASHED Director: Morshedul Islam Cast: Chowdhury Zawata Afnan,Rayan Ibtesham Chowdhury 2011 / 35mm/ Color / 100min./ Bagladesh / English subtitles STORY: A student keen on politics who everyone calls “Rashed” transfers into a village school. As the West Pakistani army tries to crush Bangladesh’s independence movement, Rashed and his friend Ibud decide to assist the Liberation Army. THE WORLD OF KEN TAKAKURA-PART I A collection of films donated from Takakura Productions centered around motion pictures featuring Ken Takakura from 1970 and thereafter. No English subtitles. November11-29. Admission: Adults ¥600 University/College/High School ¥500 Junior High/Elementary School ¥400 “Wa No Kai” members ¥300. Identification required for discounts. SHOWA ZAN-KYODEN SHINDE MORAIMASU Director: Masahiro Makino Cast: Ken Takakura, Junko Fuji 1970 / 16mm/ Color / 92min../ No English subtitles STORY: Ken Takakura tries to make good on showing his moral obligations (giri) and a character of caring for others (ninjo) against cruel and unjust treatment by the yakuza. SHOWA ZAN-KYODEN YABUREGASA Director: Kiyoshi Saeki Cast: Ken Takakura, Yuriko Hoshi 1972 / 16mm/ Color / 93min../ No English subtitles STORY: An evil gang boss tries take advantage of a rival gang to gain supremacy. A film starring Ken Takakura, Yuriko Hoshi and Ryo Ikebe. GORGO 13 Director: Junya Sato Cast: Ken Takakura, MohsenSohrabi 1973 / 16mm/ Color / 104min../ No English subtitles STORY: The film version of the famous Japanese cartoon about a professional assassin. Filmed in Iran. Being old, the film suffers from fading color. SHIAWASE NO KIIROI HANKACHI Director: Yoji Yamada Cast: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baisho 1977 / 16mm/ Color / 150min../ No English subtitles STORY: A story of a man just out of prison returning home, who gets a ride from a vacationing young man and woman. If the woman the man out of prison loves is still waiting for him, he’ll see a yellow handkerchief outside the home. DORAN Director: Shiro Moritani Cast: Ken Takakura, Sayuri Yoshinaga 1980 / 16mm/ Color / 108min../ No English subtitles STORY: Set against the background of Japanese history between the 515 and 226 coup d’etat attempts made in 1932 and 1936, Takakura plays a regiment captain. When one of his men desert, he meets the soldier’s sister who he fancies. They meet again in Manchuria… HARUKANARU YAMANO YOBIGOE Director: Yoji Yamada Cast: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baisho 1980 /16mm/ Color / 124min../ No English subtitles STORY: A man suddenly appears before a woman raising cattle and living with his son in Hokkaido, and asks for a job. Although the story resembles the western film “Shane”, the story is an original creation of the film director. IZAKAYA CHOJI Director: Yasuo Furuhata Cast: Ken Takakura, Tokiko Kato1983 /16mm/ Color / 126min../ No English subtitles STORY: Fujino manages “Choji”, a Japanese style bar serving snacks, with his wife in Hokkaido. He used to go out with a Sayo, who marries a big rancher but still thinks about Fujino… YASHA Director: Yasuo Furuhata Cast: Ken Takakura, Ayumi Ishida 1985 /16mm/ Color / 127min../ No English subtitles STORY: Shuji is a respected fisherman in a small coastal town along the Sea of Japan, but in the past he was a feared Yakuza in Osaka known as “Yasha” (demon). One day a woman arrives from Osaka and opens a small tavern…Takakura, known for his yakuza roles, plays a yakuza turned respected citizen. Also stars Beat Takeshi. A・UN Director: Yasuo Furuhata Cast: Ken Takakura, Junko Fuji 1989 /16mm/ Color / 114min../ No English subtitles STORY: Based on a best- selling novel, the film is about the triangle friendship between three characters played by Ken Takakura, Junko Fuji and Eiji Bando. TETSUDOIN POPPOYA Director: Yasuo Furuhata Cast: Ken Takakura, Ryoko Hirosue 1999 /16mm/ Color / 112min../ No English subtitles STORY: Based on a best-selling novel, the award-winning film is about a stationmaster of the final destination of a local train line. The stationmaster, having lost his wife and daughter, is approaching retirement and the train line stopping at his station will soon be discontinued. One day a girl, who the stationmaster has never met, comes to visit the station… HOTARU Director: Yasuo Furuhata Cast: Ken Takakura, Ryoko Hirosue 2001 /16mm/ Color / 114min../ No English subtitles STORY: Yamaoka raises kampachi fish (great amberjack) for a living in Chiran in Kumamoto and lives with ailing wife. Being a surviving member of the Japanese suicide kamikaze squad, he is one day asked to return the remains of a fellow Korean member of the kamikaze squad to the bereaved family. Nominated in 13 divisions at the Japan Academy Awards and made as the film commemorating Toei Film Company’s 50th Anniversary. … TANKI, SENRI WO HASHIRU Director: Yimou Zhang Cast: Ken Takakura, Li Jianmin 2005 /35mm/ Color / 108min../ Japan & China /No English subtitles STORY: A Japanese father travels to Yunnan Province in China in place of his dying son to film a famous folk-opera star. Director Yimou Zhang wrote the script envisioning Ken Takakura, the most famous of all Japanese actors in China, play the leading role of the film. IN MEMORY OF FILM STAR KEN TAKAKURA A dialogue talk event about the late KEN TAKAKURA in Japanese between film director Yasuo Furuhata and film producer Jun Sakagami. November 15 only. Dialogue 13:00-14:10 followed by the showing of the film “Hotaru”. Admission: ¥600 *Event admission includes admission to “Hotaru” to be shown after the event. *No discounts. Doors open 1 hour before the start of the Event. *To see the lecture, please send a postcard, email or fax by October 27 indicating, “I want to see the Ken Takakura Event” to the following: Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive 7-1 Momochihama 3-Chome,Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0001 Attn: “The Ken Takakura Lecture” Fax: 092-852-0609 Email: [email protected] NOVEMBER 2015 THEATER SCHEDLE Library closes Nov. 2, 4, 9, 16, 24, 30. Theater also closes Nov.10, 25. 1 Sun Private Screening: Info call 092-781-2817 (Fukuoka Eiga Circle) in Japanese THE FILMS OF BANGLADESH Nov. 3-8 English subtitled 3 Tue 11:00 The Alienation 14:00 Dukhai 5 Thu 11:00 Lalon 14:00 My Friend Rashed 6 Fri 11:00 Tree Without Roots* 14:00 Dukhai 17:00 Dollhouse 7 Sat 11:00 The Alienation 14:00 Lalon 17:00 Tree Without Roots* 8 Sun 11:00 My Friend Rashed 14:00 Dollhouse THE WORLD OF KEN TAKAKURA PT 1 Nov. 11-29 No English subtitles 11 Wed 11:00 Tanki, Senriwo Hashiru 14:00 Tetsudoin Poppoya 12 Thu 11:00 Izakaya Choji 14:00 A・Un 13 Fri 11:00 Shiawaseno Kiiroi Hankachi 14:00 Harukanaru Yamano Yobigoe 14 Sat 11:00 Tetsudoin Poppoya 14:00 Tanki, Senriwo Hashiru 17:00 Gorgo 13 15 Sun 13:00 EVENT: In Memory of Film Star Ken Takakura 14:10 Hotaru 17 Tue 11:00 Izakaya Choji 14:00 Yasha 18 Wed 11:00 Hotaru 14:00 Doran 19 Thu 11:00 Tetsudoin Poppoya 14:00 Tanki, Senriwo Hashiru 20 Fri 11:00 Gorgo 13 14:00 Shinde Moraimasu* 21 Sat 11:00 Yasha 14:00 A・Un 17:00 Yaburegasa* 22 Sun 11:00 Harukanaru Yamano Yobigoe 14:00 Doran 23 Mon 11:00 Shiawaseno Kiiroi Hankachi 14:00 Hotaru 26 Thu 11:00 A・Un 14:00 Yaburegasa 27 Fri 11:00 Yasha 14:00 Doran 28 Sat 11:00 Gorgo 13 11:00 Izakaya Choji 17:00 Shinde Moraimasu 29 Sun 11:00 Shiawaseno Kiiroi Hankachi 14:00 Harukanaru Yamano Yobigoe *Shortened titles due to lack of layout space: A Tree Without Roots→Tree Without Roots Showa Zan-kyoden Shinde Moraimasu →Shinde Moraimasu Showa Zan-kyoden Yaburegasa→Yaburegasa .
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