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Seasons in the Sun: The Heyday of Nikkatsu Studios

1 June 2013 @ 11:30 am - 30 June 2013 @ 8:30 pm

Man Who Causes a Storm, Director: Umetsugu Inoue
Man Who Causes a Storm, Director: Umetsugu Inoue

BFI Southbank will be celebrating the recent centenary of Nikkatsu, the oldest of Japan’s major film studios, with a season of films and events throughout June 2013, focusing on the company’s heyday in the 1950’s and 1960’s. We will screen a selection of films, including Takumi Furukawa’s Season of the Sun (Taiyo no kisetsu) (1956), a story of youth in revolt that heralded the arrival of the so-called “Sun Tribe” movies; Pigs and Battleships (Buta to gunkan) (1961) a controversial Nikkatsu “Borderless Action” film directed by Shohei Imamura; and cult classic Branded to Kill (Koroshi no rakuin) (1967).

Tickets (BFI Members: £9.50, Adult: £11.00, Member concessions: £7.00, Non-Member concessions: £8.50) can be booked in person at BFI Southbank Box Office, online at https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/nikkatsu-studios, or by telephoning the BFI Southbank Box Office on 020 7928 3232.The Box Office is open daily from 11:30 – 20:30.

Monday Girl (getsuyobi no Yuka) director: Dir. Ko Nakahira
Monday Girl (getsuyobi no Yuka) director: Dir. Ko Nakahira

Supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, The Japan Foundation, Nikkatsu Studios, National Film Center Tokyo

 

Details

Start:
1 June 2013 11:30 am
End:
30 June 2013 8:30 pm
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Venue

BFI Southbank
Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XT United Kingdom