Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan Caroline Wiess Law Building Films Year of Saturday, July 6, 2024-Saturday, July 5, 2025
06 Jul Sat / 2024
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The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka)
7 p.m.—9 p.m.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.
07 Jul Sun / 2024
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The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka)
2 p.m.—4 p.m.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.
11 Jul Thu / 2024
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The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka)
7 p.m.—9 p.m.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.
14 Jul Sun / 2024
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Shōgun: A Director’s Perspective | Episode 8 “The Abyss of Life”
2 p.m.—4 p.m.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.
28 Jul Sun / 2024
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The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)
5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.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.
04 Aug Sun / 2024
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The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki)
5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.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.
10 Aug Sat / 2024
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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
5 p.m.—8:45 p.m.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.
11 Aug Sun / 2024
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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
2 p.m.—5:45 p.m.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.
01 Sep Sun / 2024
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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
2 p.m.—5:45 p.m.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.