The Yale University Council on East Asian Studies will sponsor a series of landmark films by Japanese directors Yasujiro Ozu and Juzo Itami.
All events are free and open to the public.
Ozu will be represented by work that spans three decades. Once considered the most Japanese of Japanese directors, Ozu has acquired a worldwide reputation for his delicate portraits of people whose ties to each other and to their families become increasingly fragile as modern influences overtake them. In each of his works, Itami fleshes out characters who are simultaneously realistic and ridiculous. His gentle satire pokes fun at the conventions of society with wit and intelligence.