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ABACUS AND SWORD
BUSHI NO KAKEIBO UNITED STATES PREMIERE
saTURDay, OCTObER 23 | 8:45 Pm | REgal DOlE sUnDay, OCTObER 24 | 12:30 Pm | REgal DOlE jaPan 2010 | jaPanEsE W/ EnglIsh sUbTITlEs | 129 m
DIRECTOR: Yoshimitsu Morita sCREEnWRITER: Michio Kashiwada PRODUCERs: Masayuki Motomochi, Hidekazu Tobita, Masao Teshima CInEmaTOgRaPhER:
Yukihiro Okimura CasT: Masato Sakai, Yukie Nakama, Keiko Matsuzaka, Masahiko Nishimura, Mitsuko Kusabue
From director Yoshimitsu Morita, comes a cinematic adaptation of Michifumi Isoda’s best-selling book. Based on Isoda’s interpretation of an old account book belonging to a low-ranking samurai family during the Edo period, ABACUS AND SWORD chronicles the lives of one family struggling through turbulent 19th century Japan.
ABOUT HER BROTHER
OTOTO HAWAII PREMIERE
mOnDay, OCTObER 18 | 6:15 Pm | REgal DOlE WEDnEsDay, OCTObER 20 | 5:30 Pm | REgal DOlE jaPan 2010 | jaPanEsE, EnglIsh W/ EnglIsh sUbTITlEs | 126 m
DIRECTOR: Yoji Yamada sCREEnWRITER: Emiko Hiramatsu, Yoji Yamada PRODUCERs: Kenichi Tamura, Ichiro Yamamoto, Hiroshi Fukasawa
CInEmaTOgRaPhER: Masashi Chikamori CasT: Ryo Kase, Yu Aoi, Tsurube Shofukutei, Sayuri Yoshinaga
Naoyuki is the 8th head of the Inoyama house, a family of hereditary book- keepers who have for generations watched over the property of the Kaga Clan. Arithmetic is in his blood. Yet as the end of the Tokugawa-era looms, tough times fall upon the clan and debts begin to mount. Naoyuki and his family must resort to drastic measures in order to survive. Truly a tale of struggle, perseverance, and humility that is in many ways applicable to modern day Japan.
Tetsuro (Tsurube Shofukutei, KABEI: OUR MOTHER) has always been the black sheep of the family, causing trouble for his older sister Ginko (Sayuri Yoshinaga, KABEI: OUR MOTHER) since he was a child. Ginko is a widow who spends her days running a small pharmacy with her daughter Koharu (Yu Aoi, HULA GIRLS, HANA & ALICE). But when Tetsuro appears unannounced at Koharu’s wedding reception, and becomes drunk and disorderly, he disrupts their quiet life and Koharu’s marriage. Tetsuro’s problems are greater than Ginko realizes and his subsequent return threatens to bring an end to their relationship.
From acclaimed director Yoji Yamada (THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI, LOVE AND HONOR), ABOUT HER BROTHER is an intimate portrait of familial duty, loyalty, love and loss, both humorous and heart wrenching. Dedicated to director Kon Ichikawa’s 1960 classic OTOTO, this film is a meditation on modern Japanese values. —Anna Page
LEONIE / BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS
KYOTO STORY / ABACUS AND SWORD
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