Today at The Lyric
Japanese Film Festival - Our Mother
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Veteran Japanese filmmaker Yoji Yamada's 80th feature film concerns a mother living in 1940s-era Tokyo who is forced to care for her two daughters alone after her husband is jailed for expressing reformist views on the Japanese invasion of China. Professor Shigeru Nogami (Mitsugoro Bando) is an outspoken man with some particularly unpopular political views, and for his role in speaking out against the Japanese invasion of China he is promptly jailed. In the wake of his imprisonment, Professor Nogami's devoted wife, Kayo (aka Kabei, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga), is suddenly relegated to the status of single mother. As Kayo does the best to care for the couple's two young daughters, her stern policeman father (Umenosuke Nakamura) proves little help. Thankfully for Kayo and the two children, the people of the neighborhood are more concerned with the well-being of her family than her husband's political views. One of the professor's former students in particular, the clumsy but well-meaning Yamasaki (Tadanobu Asano), does his best to ensure that the Nogami family is properly cared for until the day his mentor can return.
Showtimes & Tickets
3:00pm • Admission is Free
Veteran Japanese filmmaker Yoji Yamada's 80th feature film concerns a mother living in 1940s-era Tokyo who is forced to care for her two daughters alone after her husband is jailed for expressing reformist views on the Japanese invasion of China. Professor Shigeru Nogami (Mitsugoro Bando) is an outspoken man with some particularly unpopular political views, and for his role in speaking out against the Japanese invasion of China he is promptly jailed. In the wake of his imprisonment, Professor Nogami's devoted wife, Kayo (aka Kabei, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga), is suddenly relegated to the status of single mother. As Kayo does the best to care for the couple's two young daughters, her stern policeman father (Umenosuke Nakamura) proves little help. Thankfully for Kayo and the two children, the people of the neighborhood are more concerned with the well-being of her family than her husband's political views. One of the professor's former students in particular, the clumsy but well-meaning Yamasaki (Tadanobu Asano), does his best to ensure that the Nogami family is properly cared for until the day his mentor can return.
| » IMDB | |
| RATING: | Not rated. |
| RELEASED: | 2008 |
| RUN TIME: | 133 Minutes |
Showtimes & Tickets
3:00pm • Admission is Free
The Descendants
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From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning Sideways, set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
Showtimes & Tickets
7:00pm • $6.00, $5.00 with Membership
9:15pm • $6.00, $5.00 with Membership
From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning Sideways, set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
| » Official Site | » IMDB |
| RATING: | R. |
| RELEASED: | 2011 |
| RUN TIME: | 115 Minutes |
Showtimes & Tickets
7:00pm • $6.00, $5.00 with Membership
9:15pm • $6.00, $5.00 with Membership
| (M): Movie | (LM): Live Music |
| (P): Play | (SE): Special Event |
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Week At A Glance
Fri • Feb 10
CORBiAN/Light Wire Theater presents The Ugly Duckling & The Tortoise and The Hare (P)
7:00pm
CORBiAN/Light Wire Theater presents The Ugly Duckling & The Tortoise and The Hare (P)
7:00pm
Sat • Feb 11
Japanese Film Festival - Still Walking (M)
3:00pm
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (M)
7:00pm • 9:30pm
Japanese Film Festival - Still Walking (M)
3:00pm
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (M)
7:00pm • 9:30pm
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