International Lens Film Series: "Gate of Flesh: (Nikutai no mon)"11/17/20097:00 pm - 9:00 pm ...

Nov 17, 2009 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Tuesday)
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Event details: International Lens Film Series: "Gate of Flesh: (Nik...
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Sarratt Cinema
Contact:
Joel Logiudice
Description:
Free and open to the public
Presented as part of The New Age of the New Wave
Presented by: Todd Hughes, Director, Language Center
Japan (1964) Dir: Seijun Suzuki.
Set immediately after WWII, this film explores the desperate lengths a devastated community must go to in order to survive. A group of prostitutes live and work in the basement of a bombed-out building in Tokyo, governing themselves with a strict code of conduct. The women's solidarity breaks down when they shelter a wounded man as each woman claims him for herself. Originally intended as a gritty erotic tale, Suzuki uses his wartime experiences to depict the depths to which post-war urban centers fell.
In Japanese with English subtitles. 90 minutes. DVD.
Funded in part by the Language Center. Held in conjunction with International Education Week.
Presenters will provide an introduction and facilitate post-screening discussion for each film.
Sarratt Cinema is located on the first floor of the Sarratt Student Center at Vanderbilt University.
For additional information and parking maps, visit the International Lens web site (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/internationallens) or call 322-6400.
INTERNATIONAL LENS is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students and coordinated by the Office of Arts & Creative Engagement and the Office of International Student & Scholar Services in collaboration with Vanderbilt University academic departments, programs, and centers.
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