Spotlight on Japanese Cinema
July 5–September 1, 2024
Experience Japanese cinema on the big screen this summer. The MFAH showcases new and classic Japanese films in conjunction with the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan.
Upcoming Events in this Series
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The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka)
Winner of the 2024 Oscar for Best Animated Film and over a dozen international awards, this latest film from Studio Ghibli follows young Mahito, who moves to his family’s countryside estate after losing his mother.
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Shōgun: A Director’s Perspective | Episode 8 “The Abyss of Life”
The MFAH presents Episode 8 “The Abyss of Life” from the acclaimed 2024 TV series Shōgun. The director, Houston filmmaker Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, introduces the screening and participates in a Q&A afterward.
- Sunday, July 14, 2024
- 2 p.m.
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The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)
Adapted from the 1948 literary classic by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business in the years leading up to the Pacific War.
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Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai)
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning Drive My Car is a foreboding fable on humanity’s mysterious, mystical relationship with nature.
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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai tells the story of a 16th-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.
Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L'Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.
“Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” is organized by the Japanese Art Society of America (JASA), with funds provided by JASA members, to celebrate its 50th Anniversary, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
In Houston, major support is provided by:
Bobbie Nau
Additional generous support is provided by:
Kathy and Glen Gondo
Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Anne and Albert Chao
Daikin Comfort Technologies
Marty and Kathy Goossen
Milton D. Rosenau, Jr. and Dr. Ellen R. Gritz
Dr. Ritsuko Komaki
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Miwa Sakashita and Dr. John R. Stroehlein
Nanako and Dale Tingleaf
The exhibition catalogue is made possible with funds provided by The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and The Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art, Columbia University.