The Radical Cinema of Kijū Yoshida Retrospective at Lincoln Center
Dec 1 - Dec 8, 2023
Friday
Dec 1, 2023Friday
Dec 8, 2023
Date TypesFilm Screenings and Series
Shows / Movies18 Who Cause a Storm (1963), A Promise (2013), A Story Written with Water (1965), Affair in the Snow (1968), Akitsu Springs (1962), Blood Is Dry (1960), Confessions Among Actresses (1971), Coup d'état (1973), Eros + Massacre (1969), Farewell to the Summer Light (1968), Flame and Women (1967), Good-for-Nothing (1960), Heroic Purgatory (1970), The Affair (1967), Women in the Mirror (2002), Wuthering Heights (1988)
People / Bands / TeamsIkki Kita, Kijū Yoshida
LocationsWalter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center
165 W 65th Street
New York City, New York 10023
United States
Presented in partnership with the Japan Foundation, The Radical Cinema of Kijū Yoshida is the most comprehensive collection of Yoshida’s work ever presented in the United States. Each screening in the series is showcased on film, including 35mm and 16mm prints. Among 16 films, the series presents Yoshida’s renowned political trilogy, highlighting pivotal moments in 20th-century Japanese history: Eros + Massacre, his masterpiece; Heroic Purgatory, a complex exploration of an atomic engineer’s revolutionary past; and Coup d’état, a captivating portrait of the infamous militarist Ikki Kita.
Film Titles
- 18 Who Cause a Storm
- A Promise
- A Story Written with Water
- Affair in the Snow
- Akitsu Springs
- Blood Is Dry
- Confessions Among Actresses
- Coup d'état
- Eros + Massacre
- Farewell to the Summer Light
- Flame and Women
- Good-for-Nothing
- Heroic Purgatory
- The Affair
- Women in the Mirror
- Wuthering Heights
