A Story from Chikamatsu
(Movies) WhenFrom May 25, 2018 <m>(Friday)m>To May 29, 2018 <m>(Tuesday)m> WhereGene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Event Details
A STORY FROM CHIKAMATSU
THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS / CHIKAMATSU MONOGATARI
1954, KENJI MIZOGUCHI, JAPAN, 102 MIN. WITH KAZUO HASEGAWAI, KYOKO KAGAWA.
friday, may 25th at 4:15pm
saturday, may 26th at 3:00pm
sunday, may 27th at 5:30pm
tuesday, may 29th at 6:00pm
CHIKAMATSU has been overshadowed by the more widely seen epics of Mizoguchi's late period, such as UGETSU and SANSHO THE BAILIFF, but, make no mistake, this is a consummate work from a master filmmaker at the height of his powers. Applied to the more concentrated dimensions of a love story (though with a keen sense of the economic and social factors involved), the exquisite precision of Mizoguchi's mature style is made all the more apparent. Based on a play by the celebrated 18th-century bunraku (puppet-theater) dramatist Chikamatsu Monzaemon, it tells of two humdrum souls - the weak-willed, conformist artisan Mohei and his master's petulant young wife Osan - who are transformed when a series of unfortunate circumstances propels them down a slippery slope of forbidden love. In Japanese with English subtitles. New 4K DCP digital restoration. (MR)