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Japan Meets Chicago in Two Films
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This week, Japan makes its way to Chicago via cinema. Today marks the Chicago premiere of The First Breath of Tengan Rei. The filmmakers are a husband and wife team—one of whom is from Chicago, the other from Japan. And the film is set in both Okinawa and Chicago.
In it, a young Japanese woman makes her way to the US to exact revenge on two US servicemen who violated her. It’s an intense film, to say the least.
Joining us to talk about this new film and a 50-year-old Japanese film playing in Evanston this weekend is Eight Forty-Eight’s film critic Jonathan Miller.
The First Breath of Tengan Rei screens tonight, tomorrow and Monday at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. Filmmakers Junko Kajino and Ed Koziarski will be at all screenings for an audience discussion.
The Burmese Harp screens tonight at 8 at the Block Museum in Evanston.
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Andrea Samuels, Rogers Park // Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 1:22 PM
'First Breath of Tengen Rei' was fantastic. Due to the subject matter, this film should be shown world wide. The acting and directing was so original, haunting, and extremly raw and intense. I recommend this for anyone who likes drama films.
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