Cinematheque: Tokyo Now - Contemporary Japanese Cinema
I Just Didn't Do It (Soredemo boku wa yattenai, Japan, 2007, 35mm, color, 143 min; In Japanese with English Subtitles; Directed by Masayuki Suo)
Event Details
Date
Friday, February 19, 2010
Time
7:30 p.m.
Location
Cinematheque, room 4070, Vilas Hall
Description
Teppei Kaneko (Ryo Kase) is mistaken for a molester en route to a job interview, arrested on the spot and convicted in short order. In his first film since the international smash hit "Shall We Dance? director Masayuki Suo asks what it means to live in a country with a 99.9% conviction rate. Winner of the 2008 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film, Best Picture, Director (Masayuki Suo), Actor (Ryo Kase) and Screenplay.
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