ARMY (1944) in 35mm
Special Features: 80th Anniversary
[RIKUGUN 陸軍]
Keisuke Kinoshita's ambitious and intensely moving film begins as a multigenerational epic about the military legacy of one Japanese family before settling into an emotionally complex portrayal of parental love during wartime. As the mother and father of a boy shipped off to battle, Kinuyo Tanaka and Chishū Ryū locate profound depths of feeling that transcend ideology. (Note courtesy of Janus Films.) DIR Keisuke Kinoshita; SCR Tadao Ikeda; PROD Kenichirô Yasuda. Japan, 1944, b&w, 87 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. NOT RATED
35mm print courtesy of the Japan Foundation Film Library.
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 87 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, June 01, 2024
Genre: War drama
