Japan Society is pleased to present a slate of online film offerings on view through its virtual cinema this October and November. Titles include three new releases by documentary filmmakers from the U.S. and Japan—Linda Hoaglund’s “Edo Avant Garde”, Tokachi Tsuchiya’s “An Ant Strikes Back”, and Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s “Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams”—and two partial retrospective film series—”Tomoyasu Murata: Stop Motion Master” and “Three by Ryusuke Hamaguchi”. Full details can be found below and at film.japansociety.org; additional programs will be announced as they are confirmed.
“An Ant Strikes Back“
*Starts October 23
Dir. Tokachi Tsuchiya, 2019, 98 min. After years of toiling for a large moving company under dehumanizing and illegal labor conditions—including enforced unpaid overtime, unregulated salary reductions, and restricted socializing with other employees—Yu Nishimura was on the brink of literally working himself to death, a phenomenon in Japan...
“An Ant Strikes Back“
*Starts October 23
Dir. Tokachi Tsuchiya, 2019, 98 min. After years of toiling for a large moving company under dehumanizing and illegal labor conditions—including enforced unpaid overtime, unregulated salary reductions, and restricted socializing with other employees—Yu Nishimura was on the brink of literally working himself to death, a phenomenon in Japan...
- 11/1/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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