Recognized as one of the three great Japanese masters of film, Kenji Mizoguchi is often mentioned in the same breath as Ozu and Akira Kurosawa. He gained his reputation for grand tragic stories about geishas. The festival will showcase Mizoguchi's Sister of Gion, about two sisters both working in Kyoto's geisha region of Gion, but who express different attitudes toward their male clients. Osaka Elegy is about a woman who sells her body to raise money for her father and brothers.
There will also be five films from Mikio Naruse, who excels at depicting strong and determined modern women characters in his movies. Apart from movie screenings, there will be eight seminars on Yasujiro Ozu from Saturday, Dec 13 at SPOT.
A Chinese-language film theory book about Yasujiro Ozu will also be published during the festival. For more program information, check www.spot.org.tw.
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