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Ebisu / 10/19 thu 19:00-20:30
Ebisu / 10/20 fri 17:00-18:30
Ebisu / 10/21 sat 11:00-12:30
Juzo Itami, director of “Tampopo”, has many devoted fans around the world. This is his legendary first short film

RUBBER BAND PISTOL

Ichizo Itami/32:00/Japan/Drama/1964

The first film of Juzo Itami. The film describes a group of unique young people in the high economic growth period, who are into games with rubber band pistols.

Director : Ichizo Itami

Born in Kyoto in 1993. Juzo Itami studied acting at an acting school called Budai Geijutsu Gakuin in Tokyo and first acted on screen in 1960. His debut as director was the movie Osōshiki (The Funeral) in 1984, at the age of 50. The film won many awards, including at the Japanese Academy Awards. After releasing “The Funeral,” he directed nine other films such as “Tampopo,” “A Taxing Woman,” and “Supermarket Woman.” 

http://itami-kinenkan.jp (ITAMI JUZO MUSEUM)

Ebisu / 10/19 thu 19:00-20:30
Ebisu / 10/20 fri 17:00-18:30
Ebisu / 10/21 sat 11:00-12:30

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