In Focus: Hirokazu Kore-eda
March 13–April 24, 2019
This lecture/screening series is a chance to explore the stylistically restrained yet psychologically probing work of one of the most acclaimed directors working today.
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Shoplifters
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Our Little Sister
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After Life
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The Third Murder
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Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
After Life
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan, 1999BAMPFA Collection Print
Wednesday, March 13 3:10 PMLecture by Marilyn FabeView DetailsWelcome to the afterlife, where a busy production crew of angels films the favorite memories of the recently deceased. Kore-eda called this work entwining documentary and reality “a film about memory, and also a film about what it means to make films.”
Still Walking
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan, 2008Imported 35mm Print
Wednesday, March 20 3:10 PMLecture by Marilyn FabeView DetailsA family reunites for the anniversary of a son’s tragic death in Kore-eda’s deceptively unadorned examination of grown children and growing-older parents. This Ozuesque film shows “a sage-like understanding of what makes modern families tick” (Time Out).
Like Father, Like Son
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan, 2013Wednesday, March 27 3:10 PMLecture by Marilyn FabeView DetailsThe discovery that two boys were switched at birth leads to a meeting between two very different families in Kore-eda’s heart-rending yet surprisingly comic look at the nature-vs.-nurture debate and what it means to be a father.
Our Little Sister
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan, 2015Wednesday, April 3 3:10 PMLecture by Marilyn FabeView DetailsThree sisters grieving their father’s death decide to “adopt” a teenage half-sister in Kore-eda’s captivating exploration of sibling ties, female relationships, and the passing of time. “Channels the Japanese master Ozu” (Sight & Sound).
The Third Murder
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan, 2017Wednesday, April 10 3:10 PMLecture by Marilyn FabeView DetailsThe incomparable Koji Yakusho plays a man who confesses to a murder but may be hiding a more complicated truth. “Kore-eda has a quietly seductive way of finding the sublime in the mundane” (Wall Street Journal).
Shoplifters
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan, 2018BAMPFA Student Committee Pick
Wednesday, April 17 3:10 PMLecture by Marilyn FabeView DetailsA family of shoplifters and cast-offs float along the margins of Japan in Kore-eda’s 2018 Cannes Palme d’Or winner. “A perfect story about being human” (New York Times).
Maborosi
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan, 1995Wednesday, April 24 3:10 PMLecture by Marilyn FabeView DetailsA young widow comes to terms with her husband’s sudden suicide in Kore-eda’s debut, an examination of mourning and regeneration. “Draws the viewer into its spiritual mood with one breathtaking shot after another” (New York Times).