Film Screening: Harmonium

Spring 2025 GEDDES JAPANESE MOVIE SERIES
Tadanobu Asano (浅野忠信): The actor who dares
Four Wednesdays Screenings at 6:30pm
CAS 533B (Capacity strictly 30 maximum), 685 Commonwealth Avenue
BU COMMUNITY ONLY; previous sign-up is necessary
Credit for Language beyond the Classroom (Culture Pass)

April 23 – Harmonium　渕に立つ　(2016)  118 min. Directed by Koji Fukuda
Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance begins to meddle in Toshio’s family life and all hell breaks loose. Asano played Yasaka, who has just been released from prison and gained employment at Toshio’s workshop. This movie won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016.
         *Please sign up BEFOREHAND for this showing by 5pm on 4/23 at   https://shorturl.at/8FPlq

Presented by the Department of World Languages and Literatures, Boston University Center for the Study of Asia, and the Geddes Language Center. For further information, please contact Hiromi Miyagi-Lusthaus, the series curator (hmiyagi@bu.edu).