Posted by marci.l.angevine@Vanderbilt.Edu on Thursday, February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone.

Presented by Yoshikuni Igarashi, Associate Professor of History.

Japan (2008) Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda. A family drama about grown children visiting their elderly parents unfolds over one summer day when their son and daughter return for a rare family reunion, bringing their own families with them. They have gathered to commemorate the death of the eldest son, who drowned in an accident fifteen years ago. Although the house is as comforting and unchanging as the mother’s homemade feast, everyone in the family has subtly changed. Japanese with English subtitles. 35mm. 114 mins. Funding provided by Cinema & Media Arts.