Film screening: Older Brother, Younger Sister (Ani imoto)

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This Daiei melodrama reunites Rashomon (1950) stars Kyo Machiko and Mori Masayuki as siblings Mon and Inokichi. Mon's unexpected pregnancy causes concurrent changes in Inokichi and her younger sister, San (Kuga Yoshiko): as Inokichi descends into rageful madness, San becomes more assured in her own desires. Based on the 1934 short story by Muro Saisei, the film places its conversations about sex and love within a sparse rural setting, where passersby eagerly eavesdrop and distribute gossip for the whole town. Notably, Naruse hired Tanaka Kinuyo as an assistant for this film, allowing her to gain further experience for her own directorial debut later that year. – Kelley Dong

Directed by Naruse Mikio.
With Kyo Machiko, Mori Masayuki, Kuga Yoshiko.
Japan, 1953, 35mm, black & white, 87 min.
Japanese with English subtitles.

Harvard Film Archive Floating Clouds... The Cinema of Naruse Mikio film series co-presented by the Japan Foundation and co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute