Thousand Cranes (1953)
Dir: Yoshimura Kozaburo
Japan, 1953, 110minmins, 35mm
Cast: Mori Masayuki, Kogure Michiyo, Otowa Nobuko, Sugimura Haruko
The moral shadings of Kawabata’s post-war masterpiece are illuminated by an ensemble of top-notch talents from the Golden Age of Japanese cinema – flamboyant direction by Yoshimura Kozaburo, concise screenplay by Shindo Kaneto, and awe-inspiring cinematography by Miyagawa Kazuo. The beauty of tea ceremony is transcended into an allusion of erotic obsession in an enthralling story about a young man who stumbles into a passionate yet destructive relationship with his late father’s mistress and her daughter. A world slowly disintegrating, a decadence so overpowering.
Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Cinematography
12.5 (SUN): Film Talk with William Lau
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
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HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
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the sky
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Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
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