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Film Series

For over 30 years, CJS has offered annual film series that are free and open to the public. For more information about CJS's film series, both past and present, please email umcjs@umich.edu.

Summer 2009 Film Series:
"Friendly Feuds: Adolescence and Kinship in Recent Japanese Film"

Friday, July 24 ~ THE TASTE OF TEA (Cha no Aji)
Friday, July 31 ~ HONEY AND CLOVER (Hachimitsu to Clover)
Friday, August 7 ~ FUNKY FOREST: THE FIRST CONTACT (Naisu no mori)
Friday, August 14 ~ PING-PONG (Pinpon)
Friday, August 21 ~ HAPPILY EVER AFTER (Jigyaku no Uta) DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES, THIS FILM WILL BE SCREENED IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES AUDITORIUM, ROOM 2140 AT 7:30PM. Click here for a campus map.

For more details about each film, please enter the date in the search box.

All prints and screening permissions are from Viz Pictures.
This film series is partially funded by a Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Fall 2009 Film Series:
"Conflict and Compassion in Post-War Japanese Film"

Friday, September 25 ~ DRUNKEN ANGEL (Yoidore Tenshi)
Friday, October 2 ~ LATE SPRING (Banshun)
Friday, October 9 ~ STRAY DOG (Nora Inu)
Friday, October 16 ~ EQUINOX FLOWER (Higanbana)
Friday, October 23 ~ FIRES ON THE PLAIN (Nobi)
Friday, October 30 ~ GATE OF FLESH (Nikutai no mon)
Friday, November 6 ~ TOKYO DRIFTER (Tokyo Nagaremono)

All prints and screening permissions are from Janus Films. This film series is partially funded by a Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

All films start at 7pm and are screened in Askwith Auditorium, Lorch Hall (611 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109), unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public.

November 2009 Events

November 06, 2009
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM, Askwith Auditorium, Lorch Hall, 611 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

CJS Free Film ~ TOKYO DRIFTER (Tokyo Nagaremono)

Further Information:

Awaiting imminent execution, reformed yakuza hitman "Phoenix" Tetsu drifts around Japan until he's called back to Tokyo. Seijun Suzuki presents a surreal and somewhat absurb view of gangster life in this visually appealing post-war film.

Print and screening permissions from Janus Films.

CJS's film series is partially funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.

Description:
Directed by Seijun Suzuki; 1966; 83 min.; DVD; In Japanese with English subtitles.

Contact Information: 734.764.6307 or umcjs@umich.edu