Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s 2010 Sunset Cinema Series screening of Departures, on Friday, July 9, from 5:30PM to 8:00PM, at 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan.
This four-session workshop will guide viewers on a retrospective study through some of Asian American / Asian cinema’s most beloved and highly acclaimed films from the past decade.
Please adhere to the following:
Registration only accepted per session each week, and starts Monday, at 1PM.
There is no on-site admittance without prior registration and confirmation by e-mail or phone.
Please do not arrive earlier than 5:20PM.
Departures (Japan, 2008)
Running Time: 131 Minutes
Freshly unemployed, young cellist Daigo (Masahiro Motoki) has an epiphany in which he realizes he’s been heading down the wrong career path. Retreating to his hometown, he trains for a new professional role as a Nakanshi, or one who prepares the dead for burial. Tsutomu Yamazaki provides comic relief as Daigo’s eccentric mentor in director Yojiro Takita’s Oscar-winning, richly detailed — if unlikely — drama about finding your bliss.
This film will be shown in Japanese, with English subtitles.
Admission is free. To register, please reply to this email with your contact information including zip code, or call our office at 212-869-0182/0187.
For details on this and all of AAARI’s upcoming activities, please visit www.aaari.info.