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Black and white photo of three Japanese people in uniforms, a woman in the middle and two men on either side, smiling past the camera

A Hero of Tokyo

In just over an hour of tautly paced, plot-filled action, Shimizu unspools the tragic generational tale of Kenichi, a boy whose backsliding father abandons him.

At a seaside dock, two Japanese women in modern clothes and hats look at a woman in traditional geisha clothes and parasol

Japanese Girls at the Harbor

Shimizu’s most celebrated silent film—about the jealousy that ensnares devoted Catholic school mates Sunako and Dora as they both fall for the motorcycle-sporting playboy Henry—screens with live piano accompaniment by Makia Matsumura on 5/4.

Two people stand in front of a creature with a human face made of water, one pointing her finger at it
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The Abyss: Special Edition

James Cameron has re-released his beloved underwater sci-fi adventure in a newly restored, remastered version of the acclaimed extended director’s cut screens 4/28, 5/3, and 5/5.

A black and white image of a group of six Japanese women looking left off-screen, the womanin front leaning her elbow on a table, all look serious

Forget Love for Now

This devastating story of a single mother Oyuki who supports herself and her son Haruo by working at a “chabuya,” a hostess bar catering to foreigners, is set in the cosmopolitan harbor city of Yokohama.

A man sits in a restaurant looking concerned at a laptop screen open in front of him.

I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me

An engrossing dark comedy from Mexican director Frías (I’m No Longer Here), based on the novel by acclaimed writer Juan Pablo Villalobos. Followed by a Q&A with director Fernando Frías.

A black and white photo of a man in a cap polishes the side of the front wheel of a bus while a woman closely clutching her coat looks on.

Mr. Thank You

This charming road movie follows a genial local bus driver along his route as he transports a group of travelers from the far reaches of the Izu peninsula to the train station that links it to Tokyo.

Fertile Memory

Prismatic Ground kicks off its fourth edition with the Belgian Film Archive restoration of this mournful, poetic glimpse of everyday life in the occupied West Bank.

A black and white photo of three Japanese boys in white caps sitting forlornly with their chins in their hands on the edge of a house's front porch.

Children in the Wind

In Shimizu’s most renowned and adored film in Japan, the idyllic country life of two brothers is suddenly thrown into crisis one summer when their father is wrongly arrested for embezzlement.