Posted by marci.l.angevine@Vanderbilt.Edu on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 in Activities Everyone.

Presented by: Yoshikuni Igarashi, Associate Professor of History.

Japan (2004) Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda. Four siblings live with their mother in a small apartment in Tokyo. One day, the mother leaves behind a little money and a note, charging her oldest boy to look after the others. And so begins the children’s odyssey. Though engulfed by the cruel fate of abandonment, the four children do their best to survive in their own little world. Japanese with English subtitles. 35mm. 140 mins. Funding provided by Cinema & Media Arts.