A traveling retrospective of Suzuki Seijun’s films, in coordination with Japan Foundation, has just started in US. The series is designed to commemorate Suzuki’s centennial in 2023 and to promote the book “Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema”, published this year, and written by William Carroll, Assistant Professor at University of Alberta, Department of East Asian Studies. You can find the book here.
The traveling retrospective begins in October at University of Oklahoma with screenings of “Tokyo Drifter” and “Satan’s Town” (October 5th), “Carmen from Kawachi” and “A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness” (October 7th), and “Love Letter” and “Kagero-za” (October 9th).
In early November, there will be screenings at Duke University (Durham, NC) and Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY).
Bard College will play “Love Letter” and “Satan’s Town” on November 7th and “Tokyo Drifter” on November 14th. I will also be doing a public talk event at Bard College on November 8th.
Duke University will play “Tokyo Drifter” on November 4th, “Carmen from Kawachi” on November 10th, and “Kagero-za” on November 11th.
Additional screenings have been planned, including:
Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT): late November/early December
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA; Berkeley, CA): December/January
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL): January
George Eastman Museum (Rochester, NY): January/February
Japan Society (New York, NY): February
American Cinematheque (Los Angeles, CA): February/March
Some more screenings in Canada will follow, beginning in April 2023. The one confirmed venue is Metro Cinema in Edmonton, AB for April.
