Japan Society NY
Presents
Umetsugu Inoue: Japan's Music Man
When: December 15-16, 2018
Where: Japan Society NY
333 East 47th Street, NYC
Tickets- $14/$11 seniors & students / $10 members
"A director who had a big impact on Japanese and Hong Kong pop cinema... Inoue's mix of music, action, and hot young talent became a template
for a new genre, called Nikkatsu Action."
— Variety
A prolific and versatile filmmaker who worked across a wide range of genres throughout his long career, Umetsugu Inoue (1923-2010) made his mark at Nikkatsu Studios in the 1950s with a series of highly entertaining, genre-blending musical films that captured the explosive energy of Japan's jazz fueled youth culture.
For this weekend film series, Japan Society is proud to present three of Nikkatsu's newly-subtitled, full-color Inoue classics starring heartthrob (and so-called "Japanese Elvis Presley") Yujiro Ishihara, the biggest male singing film star in postwar Japan.
Each film will be screened twice, once each day of the weekend film series:
- The Winner
- The Stormy Man
- The Eagle and the Hawk
Special Offer: Purchase all 3 Umetsugu Inoue films in the same transaction and receive $2 off each ticket!
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