Part of the 2018 season: (Un)true Colours
Room for Let
Director Yuzo Kawashima
Cast Cast: Chikage Awashima, Nobuko Otowa, Frankie Sakai, Ikio Sawamura
©1959 Takarazuka Eiga Co., Ltd.
(Kashima ari, 貸間あり)
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, enters an old mansion overlooking Osaka enquiring about a room to rent, she discovers a bizarre collection of characters dwelling in the humble abode. There’s a low-level gangster and panty thief, an old army sergeant and cabbage roll specialist, and a female illegal liquor vendor – to name a few. The leader of the menagerie is Yoda Goro, an eccentric jack of all trades; his simplicity and naivety, however, leave him susceptible to unscrupulous manipulators.
Celebrating the centenary of Yuzo Kawashima, a master of satire little-known outside of Japan, this rare portrait of Osaka low life will be commemoratively shown as part of this year’s programme.
1957/35mm/112 min/B&W/English Subtitles
貸間あり
井伏鱒二の同名原作を映画化した群像コメディー。大阪の高台にあるアパートの一室に越してきた陶芸家の女性は、そのアパートに住む貧しいが個性豊かな住人たちと賑やかな共同生活を始める。下っ端ヤクザや下着泥棒、年老いた元陸軍軍曹、アルコールの密売人などがひしめき合い、それぞれが様々な工夫をして、日々の暮らしをサバイバルする人間模様を描く。
監督: 川島雄三
出演: フランキー堺、淡島千景、桂小金治
(Special thanks to Eikoku News Digest)
Past screenings
- ICA Saturday 3 February, 13:20
- QUAD Saturday 10 February, 14:30
- Phoenix Leicester Monday 19 February, 18:20
- HOME Monday 26 February, 17:50
- Dundee Contemporary Arts Saturday 3 March, 15:30
- Filmhouse Wednesday 7 March, 20:45
- Showroom Cinema Wednesday 14 March, 18:00
- Broadway Wednesday 21 March, 18:00
- Eden Court Wednesday 28 March, 18:15
All films in this season
- Gukoroku - Traces of Sin
- Japanese Girls Never Die
- The Dark Maidens
- The Long Excuse
- Oh Lucy!
- Initiation Love
- The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
- Memoirs of a Murderer
- Sing My Life
- Birds Without Names
- After School
- Sword of the Stranger
- Room for Let
- Joy of Man's Desiring
- Where I Belong
- MUMON: The Land of Stealth