THE STORMY MAN at Japan Society this Saturday and Sunday

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© 1957 Nikkatsu Corporation

 The Stormy Man / Arashi o Yobu Otoko

Directed by Umetsugu Inoue
With Yujiro Ishihara, Kyoji Aoyama, Fukuko Sayo, and Mie Kitahara
 Japan, 1957, 101 minutes, DCP, color
In Japanese with English subtitles

When: Saturday, December 15th at 7:00 PM
and Sunday, December 16th at 4:30 PM

Where: Japan Society NY

333 East 47th Street, NYC

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Tickets - $14/$11 seniors & students / $10 members

In the movie that made him a star, Ishihara plays a rough-hewn drummer out to make it in the seedy Ginza jazz world. An enormous success, The Stormy Man was Japan's third-biggest box-office hit of 1957, made the Nikkatsu studio solvent and solidified Inoue's reputation as a maker of hit musicals. For its young audience, who clapped and cheered as Ishihara sang "I'm a drummer, a no-good drummer," the movie was an event and a generational marker. Today it still packs musical excitement — and presents Japan's premier screen idol at his most charismatic.

Part of Umetsugu Inoue: Japan's Music Man

Special Offer: Purchase all 3 Umetsugu Inoue films in the same transaction and receive $2 off each ticket! 

THE EAGLE AND THE HAWK at Japan Society this Saturday and Sunday

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© 1957 Nikkatsu Corporation

 The Eagle and the Hawk / Washi to Taka

Directed by Umetsugu Inoue
With Yujiro Ishihara, Rentaro Mikuni, Ruriko Asaoka, Yumeji Tsukioka 
Japan, 1957, 115 minutes, DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles

When: Saturday, December 15th at 4:30 PM
and Sunday, December 16th at 2 PM

Where: Japan Society NY

333 East 47th Street, NYC

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Tickets - $14/$11 seniors & students / $10 members

A high seas adventure, murder mystery and revenge-driven melodrama all rolled into one, Inoue's follow-up to The Winner casts Ishihara as a cocky, musical seaman who joins the crew of a rusty cargo ship headed to Hong Kong. Amidst fist fights and scuffles along the way, two women on board vie for the ukulele-playing sailor's attention: a sultry stowaway and the captain's high-spirited daughter, who is also pursued by the ship's first mate. Morally ambiguous, Ishihara's character offered something new to Japanese cinema: a dirty hero with his own sense of justice and a way with song.

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Special Offer: Purchase all 3 Umetsugu Inoue films in the same transaction and receive $2 off each ticket!

THE WINNER at Japan Society this Saturday and Sunday

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© 1957 Nikkatsu Corporation

The Winner / Shori-sha

Directed by Umetsugu Inoue
With Yujiro Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Yoko Minamida, and Tatsuya Mihashi
Japan, 1957, 98 minutes, DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles

When: Saturday, December 15th at 2:15 PM
and Sunday, December 16th at 6:45 PM

Where: Japan Society NY

333 East 47th Street, NYC

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Tickets - $14/$11 seniors & students / $10 members

Eikichi, a nightclub owner and former boxer with unrealized dreams of being a prizefighter, picks up a talented but wildly undisciplined amateur fighter (Yujiro Ishihara) and decides to mold him into a champion. When a beautiful, destitute ballerina also comes under Eikichi's tutelage, however, romantic entanglements and jealousies threaten to undo his vicarious triumph in the ring. A box office success upon release, The Winner proved to Inoue's satisfaction that Ishihara could carry a film (though his studio bosses needed more convincing). It also established the action-with-musical-interludes template for dozens of Nikkatsu films to come.

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Special Offer: Purchase all 3 Umetsugu Inoue films in the same transaction and receive $2 off each ticket!

THE HOUSE THAT NEVER DIES: REAWAKENING

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The House That Never Dies: Reawakening

Directed by Joe Chien

Starring: Joan Chen, Julian Cheung, Gillian Chung

China, 2017, 98 minutes

Mandarin with English subtitles

The sequel to the 2014 hit film The House That Never Dies and based on true events that took place at the spookiest of Beijing’s Four Oriental Haunted Houses, The House That Never Dies: Reawakening

debuts on digital and DVD December 4th from Well Go USA Entertainment.

Starring Joan Chen (The Last Emperor, Judge Dredd), Julian Cheung (The Grandmaster), Mei Ting (Blind Massage) and Gillian Chung (Ip Man: The Final Fight), the story takes place a hundred years after a mutiny by warlords in Beijing when an expert in cultural relics encounters supernatural phenomena at the mansion on 81 Chaoyangmennei Street.

Synopsis:
A hundred years after the mysterious murders of the entire Zhisheng household, a cultural relic restorer Song Teng experiences strange events at the ancient mansion. After discovering baby skeletons and weird spells, the intricate weaving of the past and present begin to emerge and reveals a haunting tale of the wrongly deceased still seeking justice from the living world.

Tsui Hark's DETECTIVE DEE: THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS coming to multiple formats November 13th

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Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings / Di Renjie zhi Sidatianwang

Directed by Tsui Hark

China/Hong Kong, 2018, 132 minutes

Director Tsui Hark (The Taking of Tiger Mountain) brings back the popular hero in the smash hit wuxia fantasy franchise for Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, will be coming to digital, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD on Tuesday, November 13th from Well Go USA Entertainment.

Set during the Tang dynasty, the third film in the action-packed, martial arts franchise finds the intrepid detective defending himself from the Empress while looking to recover a magical weapon. Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings has Mark Chao (Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon) returning in the title role, with Feng Shaofeng (The Monkey King franchise), Lin Gengxin (The Taking of Tiger Mountain), Ethan Juan (The Guillotines), Ma Sichun (Goldbuster) and Carina Lau (Detective Dee franchise) rounding out the cast.

Synopsis:
A bold and exciting new entry into the smash hit wuxia fantasy franchise from master action director Tsui Hark, Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings sees the detective embroiled in his most difficult case yet. Accused of wrongdoing by Empress Wu, Detective Dee must defend himself against this formidable foe, all while investigating a crime wave that has engulfed the city, marked by strange and seemingly supernatural occurrences.