A Fugitive from the Past
KIGA KAIKYÔ (????) | 1965 | 183 min | NR
Main Auditorium
Monday, Feb 27, 2017 7:00 PM
Part of the Kuro: The Dark Edge of Japanese Filmmaking Film Series
Plays Monday, February 27 at 7:00 PM.
Imported 35mm film presentation. This decade-spanning, epic thriller of a heist gone wrong follows a lone surviving thief as he evades the law, going into desperate hiding with a prostitute. This cover allows retribution for them both into society, but at disastrous costs as the detectives pursue the crime and its story unravels with time.
From director Tomu Uchida, this feature swept the Mainichi Film Concours for that year, including Best Director and Screenplay for the adaptation of the novel from Tsutomu Minakami. The film print being shown will be the first time outside the Museum of Modern Art, presented in its entirety anywhere in the country.