ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Film Club: No Regrets for Our Youth directed by Akira Kurosawa

Date
Wednesday 1 February 2023
Time
6.30pm

Booking Details
Free - Booking essential
Priority for Japan Society Members

Please remember to watch the film in advance. 
No Regrets for Our Youth is available to watch on BFI Player 
It will also be screened at the BFI on Monday 2 January (12.45pm) and Tuesday 10 January (8.40pm)

To celebrate the BFI’s major retrospective of the work of the renowned director, Akira Kurosawa, the BFI are offering 241 tickets on screenings of Kurosawa films, as well as extended free access to the BFI player to enjoy at home streaming. Click here for details.

Do you love Japanese film classics, anime or contemporary cinema stories? Do you miss Japan and want to see it at least on screen? Would you like to learn and discuss about Japanese culture and society? Join us for the Japan Society Film Club where we will chat online about films and Japan in an informal atmosphere.

Join us on 1 February when we will discuss No Regrets for Our Youth, Kurosawa's first post-war film starring Setsuko Hara as the privileged daughter of a professor who takes up arms against the Japanese military.

No Regrets for Our Youth (わが青春に悔なし, Waga Seishun ni Kuinashi, 1946) is Akira Kurosawa's first post-war film. Based on the Takigawa incident of 1933, the film tells a story of a prominent professor being forced out of his position by the government for his leftist views. Setsuko Hara plays Yukie, a privileged daughter of the professor, who takes a soul-searching journey through rural Japan and comes to question her values, deciding to join the fight against the state of wartime Japan.

Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) is considered one of the greatest film directors in the history of cinema in Japan and beyond. After training as a painter, he entered the film industry in 1936 and made his directorial debut in 1943 with the film Sanshiro Sugata. After the war, Kurosawa went on to write and direct celebrated and influential films such as Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo(1961), Dersu Uzala (1975) and Ran (1985). Often regarded as the most Western of Japanese directors, Kurosawa is celebrated for his innovative style, visual composition and storytelling. During his 50 year career in which he directed 30 films, he received numerous film awards and career honours, including a Golden Lion for Career Achievement at the 1982 Venice Film Festival and an Academy Award for lifetime achievement in 1989.

Japan Society Film Clubs take place on the first Wednesday of the month. We recommend a film to watch in advance and meet online to discuss. Films are often available online for free, to rent or with subscription, as well as on DVD/Blu Ray. When possible, we also invite film experts to introduce and lead the discussion, but the event is open to all and we encourage participants to freely express their opinions and feelings about the films.

If you have any questions, please call the Japan Society office on 020 3075 1996 or email events@japansociety.org.uk.

Special Discount for Members and Friends

To celebrate the BFI’s major retrospective of the work of Akira Kurosawa, members and friends are offered 241 tickets to screenings of Kurosawa films throughout this special season in January and February. Simply use the code GIANT241 when booking.

BFI are also offering an additional 1 month extension to the 14 day free trial to BFI Player to enjoy at home streaming of Kurosawa's range of works. To access this special offer please click here to create your account or sign in, choose your subscription type, and then add in the code KUROSAWA. 

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