Japanese master's three works in 1960s will be brought to the Japanese audience again, and introduced to the international community. Screened with English subtitles.

OKAMOTO Kihachi: Screenwriter-director OKAMOTO Kihachi was born in Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture, in 1924. He joined Toho as an assistant director in 1943. He made hid debut as a director in 1958 with his All About Marriage (Kekkon no Subete). His fifth film, Outpost Desperado (Dokuritsu Gurentai), shocked Japan's filmdom of the era, with its vast scale, bringing to mind Westerns, its fast tempo and dynamic style, so unusual for war movies. Outpost Desperado will long be remembered as a pure entertainment film. After that, OKAMOTO made several excellent gangster films and costume dramas. In 1968 he made his unusual Human Bullet, a work featuring the experimental courage that only an independent director can really possess. The film drew ratings as excellent. His latest work is Vengeance Is Such A Great Business (Sukedachiya Sukeroku).

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman / Everyman-shi no Yuga na Seikatsu Japan / 1963 / 102min / 35mm / B&W Director: OKAMOTO Kihachi Cast: KOBAYASHI Keiju, ARATAMA Michiyo, YANAI Shigeru, TONO Eijiro, HANABUSA Yuriko Schedule Nov. 21 Wed. 21:15 Start (Cine la sept)

Fort Graveyard / Chi to Suna Japan / 1965 / 132min / 35mm / B&W Director: OKAMOTO Kihachi Cast: MIFUNE Toshiro, ITO Yunosuke, SATO Makoto, AMAMOTO Hideyo Schedule Nov. 23 Fri. 21:15 Start (Cine la sept)

Killer's Age / Satsujin-kyo Jidai Japan / 1967 / 99min / 35mm / B&W Director: OKAMOTO Kihachi Cast: NAKADAI Tatsuya, DAN Reiko, SUNAZUKA Hideo, AMAMOTO Hideyo Schedule Nov. 22 Thu. 21:30 Start (Cine la sept)

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* Vengeance Is Such A Great Business Japan / 2001 / 88min / Color Director: OKAMOTO Kihachi Cast: SANADA Hiroyuki, SUZUKI Kyoka, KISHIBE Ittoku, NAKADAI Tatsuya