6 CLASSES ON JAPANESE CREATORS J & K
ICHIKAWA JUN & ICHIKAWA KAN
Often seen alongside Akira Kurosawa, Ichikawa Kan’s (1915 – 2008) spectrum of work adapts many literature works and witnessed the golden age of Japanese films. An innovator of visual images himself, Kan worked all the way through to his Nineties.
Ichikawa Jun (1948 – 2008) came from an advertising background. A fan of Yasujirō Ozu, Jun is also very fond of the minimal visual of Takeshi Kitano’s films. He started directing films in the 1980s, and known for a subtle elegant style. His artistic manner is mellow and contrived, Jun’s most well-known film being ‘Tony Takitani’ (an original work by celebrated Japanese writer Haruki Murakami).
The two directors passed away consequently in 2008. ‘Summer Classics’ shown eight films directed by Ichikawa Kan; the 30th Film Festival shown one film by Ichikawa Kan and four by Ichikawa Jun, with the three more by Ichikawa Kan, it is time for learning the masters’ work.
22/8 (Sat) The Solitude Style of Ichikawa Jun
30/8 (Sun) The Life of Ichikawa Jun
5/9 (Sat) Ichikawa Kan: The Underestimated Mater
12/9 (Sat) The Japanese Literature in Ichikawa Kan’s films
19/9 (Sat) Ichikawa Kan’s ‘Kindaichi Case Files’ Series
26/9 (Sat) Ichikawa Jun VS Ichikawa Kan
All applicants will be given a pair of Summer IFF 2009 ‘The Pathos of Things: Ichikawa Jun’ voucher.
23/8 (Sun) 7pm The Tokyo Siblings
23/8 (Sun) 9pm Osaka Story
27/8 (Thurs) 7:30pm Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
28/8 (Fri) 7:30pm Tony Takitani
Text: BEBOP | Translation: dilettante
Update: 5 Aug 2009
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