Japan Society NY
presents
Poem / Uta
Directed by Akio Jissoji
Starring: Saburo Shinoda, Eiko Yanami, Hiroko Sakurai,
Ryo Tamura, and Shin Kishida
Japan, 1972, 136 minutes
DCP, b&w, in Japanese with English subtitles
When: Saturday, February 22nd at 4:00 pm
Where: Japan Society NY
333 East 47th Street, NYC
Tickets: $14/$11 seniors & students/$10 Japan Society members
The final entry in Jissoji’s trilogy is also the most austere, marking a stark departure in style and substance from his previous two films. A severely ascetic young man employed by a wealthy family takes it upon himself to protect their large estate and the spiritual lineage of Japanese tradition it symbolizes despite the family’s amoral sons’ apathy and embrace of Western values. Recalling postwar masterworks such as Kon Ichikawa’s Conflagration (1958) and Yuzo Kawashima’s The Temple of Wild Geese (1962), Poem similarly questions the place of purity within the cruel reality of modern life.
Part of the Akio Jissoji: The Buddhist Trilogy film series
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