Though not as well known in America as some of his contemporaries like the beloved and prolific Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita was one of the most popular and critically-acclaimed directors in postwar Japan. BGSU will screen this foreign master’s most touching drama, Tragedy of Japan, the story of a mother, working as a maid and struggling to keep her family together as her upstart children long for better days and the finer things in life. The war was over, but the clash between east and west raged on in the heart of her family. The film will conclude BGSU’s celebration of Kinoshita’s work, the 2013 Japan Foundation Film Festival.
Monday, October 28. 7:30pm. Gish Theater, Hanna Hall, BGSU Campus, 1600 E. Wooster St., Bowling Green. 419-372-2222.
bgsu.edu/departments/theatrefilm. Free.
