PLAYING THIS WEEK

THE HUMAN CONDITION II: ROAD TO ETERNITY (1959)*
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Japanese, 181 min.

Resistance-Compliance

In the second installment, our pacifist hero, a conscript in war-time Japan’s military, struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.
*Please note that film II has two parts, including a credit scene before part 4 begins.

Wednesday, Sep. 24 — 5:00PM Faculty Lecture

Wednesday, September 24 — 5:35PM
IC Club Chat - Post Film Discussion
Friday, September 26 — 2:30PM
Saturday, September 27 — 4:20PM

BALLAD OF A SOLDIER (1959)
Directed by Grigoriy Chukhray
Russian and Ukrainian, 89 min.

Be You

With its poetic visual imagery, Grigoriy Chukhray's Ballad of a Soldier is an unconventional meditation on the effects of war, and a milestone in Russian cinema.

Wednesday, September 24 — 9:30PM
Thursday, September 25 — 7:30PM
Friday, September 26 — 5:50PM
Saturday, September 27 — 12:15PM
Saturday, September 27 — 7:55PM

TOGETHER (2002)
Directed by Kaige Chen
Mandarin, 116 min.

Location Location Location

Driven by his father's ambition, a young violin prodigy leaves his quiet town for the competitive music scene of Beijing, confronting the challenges and sacrifices necessary to achieve his dreams, all against the backdrop of a changing China.

Thursday, September 25 — 5:00PM
Friday, September 26 — 8:15PM
Saturday, September 27 — 10:00AM
Saturday, September 27 — 2:10PM
Saturday, September 27 — 9:35PM

Upcoming Faculty Lecture

“The Human Condition: Complicating Narratives of Postwar Japanese Victimization”

Aaron Skabelund
Professor Skabelund is a member of the History Department and is the author of Inglorious, Illegal Bastards: Japan’s Self-Defense Force during the Cold War (Cornell University Press, 2022) and Empire of Dogs: Canines, Japan, and the Making of the Modern Imperial World (Cornell UP, 2011). The class he teaches most frequently is “World War Two in History and Memory.”

FOLLOWED BY A SCREENING OF
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
(Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese, 1959, 181 min.)

Lecture @ 5:00PM
Wednesday, September 24
250 KMBL

Next Week's Showtimes

Wednesday, Oct. 1

5 PM Director Introduction
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Tokyo Cowboy (2024)
5:35PM

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Post Film Q&A with film Director Marc Marriott

Twin Fences (2024)
8:25PM

Twin Fences (2024)
8:00PM

Tokyo Cowboy (2024)
9:50PM

Thursday, Oct. 2

Twin Fences (2024)
5:00PM

Tokyo Cowboy (2024)
6:50PM

Day of Wrath (1943)
9:10PM

Friday, Oct. 3

Day of Wrath (1943)
2:30PM

Twin Fences (2024)
4:40PM

Tokyo Cowboy (2024)
6:30PM

Twin Fences (2024)
8:50PM

Saturday, Oct. 4

Day of Wrath (1943)
8:00PM

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