“The Catch (1983, Soumai Shinji) Film Screening” (Council on East Asian Studies)

Event time: 
Saturday, April 15, 2023 - 7:00pm
Location: 
HQ L01 (320 York Street) See map
Event description: 
The Yale Film Archive and the Yale MacMillan Center Council on East Asian Studies present: 
 
The Catch (1983, Soumai Shinji, 140 min., 35mm, with English subtitles)
 
A rugged drama of initiation set in an isolated part of northeastern Japan. A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend’s father, a tuna fisherman, by getting the older man to teach him the secrets of his dangerous trade (MUBI.com).
 
35mm print courtesy of the National Film Archive of Japan (NFAJ).
Admission: 
Free