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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Tokyo Twilight (1957), one of the most acclaimed films from one of Japan’s most renowned filmmakers Yasujiro Ozu. We watched his Early Summer (1951) last Sunday, and we’re going back in for more. Two sisters reconnect with their birth mother, who abandoned them as children. One sister is willing to let bygones be bygones, but the other holds a grudge. Drama ensues. This is considered one of the best Japanese films of all time, so let’s give it a whirl.

After that is A New Leaf (1971), a screwball comedy from Elaine May, whose Mikey & Nicky (1976) and The Heartbreak Kid (1972) we previously watched. Along with those, this is one of the few mainstream 1970s Hollywood films directed by a woman. Walter Matthau stars as a sadistic formerly-rich man who decides to become rich again by pursuing, murdering, and marrying a wealthy nerdy lady, played by Elaine May herself. All sorts of comic antics follow from there. Will real romance bloom from this outrageous scenario? I guess we’ll see. Excellent reviews for this, so we’ll watch it.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Tokyo Twilight: https://letterboxd.com/film/tokyo-twilight/
• A New Leaf: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-new-leaf/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Tokyo Twilight: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/836719
• A New Leaf: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067482/parentalguide/

CWs for Tokyo Twilight:

• Child abandonment.
• PTSD.
• Depression.
• Discussion of abortion.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.

CWs for A New Leaf:

• Sexual assault: a man attempts to remove a woman’s top without her consent. This movie is rated G, so it doesn’t go very far.
• Knee injury.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Blood.

Links to movies:

• Tokyo Twilight: https://tankie.tube/w/ndYjkg5ZUfGu4vhYazFaY6
• A New Leaf: https://tankie.tube/w/rPviL8Hdv8DFqFdMXtHnKF