Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Match (緋牡丹博徒: 花札勝負)
Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Auditorium (Room 101), Henry R. Luce Hall
53 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
6510
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Match (Hibotan bakuto: Hanafuda shobu)
Directed by Kato Tai, 1968 (98min, 35mm, English Subtitles)
A chivalric yakuza battle the modern mob in Kato Tai’s aesthetic celebration of death.
Cinematic Strangers: Marginal Figures In Japanese Film
A woman gambler, an atomic terrorist, disillusioned youth, a Korean resident of Japan all people marginal to Japanese society featured in a series of celebrated films rarely shown outside Japan.
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In conjunction with FILM 448a/JAPN 271a - Prints Courtesy of the Japan Foundation
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