Destiny's Son is like a haiku. Lyrical, minimalist, a true gem."
- Patrick Galloway, Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves
Destiny's Son will be shown on Friday, February 19 at 7:30 pm at Japan Society. This forgotten masterpiece from the director of Lone Wolf and Cub features Raizo Ichikawa, the “Japanese James Dean,” in a wondrously dark and foreboding role. The screeening is part of the Monthly Classics series: THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: The Chambara Films of Shintaro Katsu & Raizo Ichikawa.
In Kenji Misumi’s breakthrough film, Ichikawa seeks revenge and redemption after his family is murdered by a rival clan. An astonishing, dreamlike samurai film written by Kaneto Shindo, Destiny’s Son is a demonic masterpiece: designed with quasi-expressionist artistry, awash with surreal landscapes, and subsumed in an otherworldly beauty that fuses Zen and sword.
After Destiny's Son, the remaining series schedule will consist of:
Saturday, March 20, 2010
5:00 pm ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD: FIGHTING JOURNEY
7:00 pm SCAR YOSABURO
Saturday, April 24, 2010
5:00 pm NEW TALE OF ZATOICHI
7:00 pm NEMURI KYOSHIRO AT BAY: THE SWORD OF SEDUCTION
Friday, May 14, 2010
6:30 pm THE LONE STALKER AK.A. LONE WOLF ISAZO
8:30 pm THE DEVIL'S TEMPLE
Visit www.japansociety.org/film for more details on the Monthly Classics, schedule and tickets.
All film screenings held at: Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, NY 10017 (at First Avenue).
Buy Tickets Online or call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. - Fri. 11 am - 6 pm, Weekends 11 am - 5 pm.
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