I don’t know too much about Izumi Ashikawa, but when I was looking through the pamphlette for this festival at the Jimbocho, I saw that many of the films co-star Yujiro Ishihara, a few co-started favorites of mine Ruriko Asaoka and Jukichi Ono. That is why I want to go. Perhaps I will learn more about Ashikawa, as well. Glass… Read more →
Category: Jimbocho Theater
Dorei Kōjō (The Slave Factory)
The Jinbōchō Theater is screening the 1968 film Dorei Kōjō as part of its current “Yakusha wa ichinichi shite narazu” (An actor isn’t made in one day) series. This film, starring Maeda Gin and Uno Jūkichi among others, documents a labor struggle in the 1960s in Kanto. It was, in fact, even funded by a labor union. According to the Jinbōchō Theater… Read more →