A Woman's Testament
Rare, not-on-DVD films from Yasuzo Masumura
Three stories about "immoral" women and their money: the first (by Masumura)
is about a nightclub waitress who cares only for cash but falls in love with a
young man on the night before his wedding; the second, Women Who Sell
Things at High Prices (Ichikawa), involves a young real estate agent who tricks a
novelist into buying a beach house; and the last (Yoshimura) centers on an ex-
geisha who inherits a restaurant from her husband and promptly falls in love
with a forger. Yukio Mishima admired the "Poe-like sweetness" of Ichikawa's tale.
A fascinating entrée to the burgeoning Japanese New Wave with its sexual
frankness and irreverent attitude, A Woman's Testament features superb color
'Scope cinematography and three top actresses as the enterprising trio.
— James Quandt
A Woman's Testament
Free show!
Sponsored by The Japan Foundation
Thu November 17, 2011, 7:00 only, Muenzinger Auditorium
Japan, 1960, in Japanese, Color, 100 min, 2.35:1
Tickets
10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission.
$7 w/UCB student ID,
$7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.
Parking
Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the
Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters
along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.
RTD Bus
Park elsewhere and catch the HOP to campus
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