Kinuyo Tanaka Film Series: Dragnet Girl (1933)

Wednesday, January 12, 2005
12:00 AM - 7:30 PM
(Pacific)
Cubberley Auditorium

Dragnet Girl (1933)

Directed by Yasujiro Ozu; Starring Kinuyo Tanaka, Kenji Oka, Hideo Mitsui.

Silent film. A surprising film for those only familiar with Ozu's postwar "family dramas," but actually a representative work from the early years of his career, when he was known as one of the most innovative and "modern" directors in Japan. His idiosyncratic, and somewhat comical, take on the American gangster film, with Tanaka playing a reformed gang moll.

Piano Accompaniment by David Olachea

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General Public Welcome

All Prints 35mm, with English Subtitles

Program Includes Films Rarely Screened Outside Japan