who’s excited about the upcoming shohei imamura retro at the PFA?
i am, i am. starts may 25, runs through june 30. sounds far away, but it’s basically right around the corner.

here’s something to work up an appetite, pulled from the PFA’s website:

“The Japanese master Shohei Imamura (1926–2006) is famous for the controversial subject matter and raw energy of his films. Imamura’s Japan is a sensual and often cruel universe untouched by the tea ceremony, Zen, or conventional gentility. In Imamura’s universe, Japanese women are not long-suffering, modest females, but survivors-self aware, self-serving, and sexual. Imamura’s films are ‘obviously the work of a supremely assured artist, and one who is at home with his (and our) most basic instincts.’ ”

i saw the eel a long, long time ago and remember enjoying it.
also, i have a small crush on koji yakusho. he’s got the 80s-90s ryuichi sakamoto ruggedness going on.

so, who wants to get their shohei imamura on with me? schedule.
i hope to make as many as i possibly can.
this sounds like a wonderful program.

as does this!