Japanese Cinema 1960s Series : Pleasures of the Flesh

When:Friday, November 5, 2010
Time:6:45pm
Where:Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Cost:Free

The Asia Society and Museum is hosting a month long series of Japanese movies from the sixties.
Tonight’s selection will be the Nagisa Oshima feature film Pleasures of Flesh.

From the Asia Society:

The decade of the ’60s produced a wide array and high quantity of films that made it the golden age of Japanese cinema. Politically radical New Wave films, formally vigorous art films, and mainstream genre films were produced side-by-side contributing to the vibrancy of the industry. This series showcases a sampling of films representative of this period. These diverging voices reflect acute attitudes toward a changing Japan, a sense of exploration, with hints of tradition. (All films in Japanese with English subtitles.)