Asia Society and Museum (Venue Partner)
725 Park Avenue
212.288.6400
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The series Extreme Private Ethos: Japanese Documentaries is supported, in part, by the Japan Foundation
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Saturday Mar 10 (3pm)
- Where
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Directions: Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 to Madison & 70th; M101, M102 to Lexington & 70th; M30 to Park & 72nd; M66 to Park & 68th OR Subway: #6 to 68th St.
- Price
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$11 / $9 students and seniors with ID
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Death of a Japanese Salesman
Dir. SUNADA Mami. 2011. 90 min. Color. HDCAM. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Recently retired from a company after some 40 years of service, Sunada Tomoaki, father of filmmaker Sunada Mami, is diagnosed with terminal cancer and only has a few months left to live. True to his pragmatic core, Sunada sets out to accomplish a list of tasks before his final departure: playing with his grandchildren, planning his own funeral, saying “I love you” to his wife, among others. In a voice over, using words taken from her father’s diary, filmmaker Sunada speaks tenderly in first person as the elder Sunada. Produced by the acclaimed director Kore-eda Hirokazu (Still Walking, Nobody Knows), the documentary, at once mournful and celebratory, is a moving tribute to the filmmaker’s father. A Bitters End, Inc. film.
