Film Screening of Kon Ichikawa's "The Makioka Sisters"

The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-Yuki), Japan, 1983, 35mm, 140min, subtitled. Director: Kon Ichikawa. Cast: Keiko Kishi, Yoshiko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga. Ichikawa's great adaptation of Junichiro Tanazaki's celebrated novel tells of four sisters in 1920s Japan who have taken over their family's kimono manufacturing business. The two eldest women remain loyal to traditions while the younger two drift toward western lifestyles.