Japan Classics Screening and Talk Series# 6

• Dec 12, 2019
• 6 pm - 8:30 pm
• The Japan Foundation, Yangon
  No. 70, Nat Mauk Lane (1), Bahan township, Yangon

Japan Classics Screening and Talk #6 @ The Japan Foundation, Yangon

HER BROTHER (Otouto) (1960 / 98min)
Director : Kon Ichikawa

Date – 12th December 2019
Time – 6:30 PM
Venue  – The Japan Foundation, Yangon, No. 70, Nat Mauk Lane (1), Bahan township, Yangon

Door open – 6:00 PM

with English Subtitles

After the screening, Aung Phyo, editor of 3-Act Film Magazine will lead the talk.

Story
Gen is 17 and only three years older than her brother, but she seems much more mature than Hekiro who is headstrong yet timid at the same time. Their father is a writer, not spectacularly successful but rather well-known in the country. He is shut up in his study all day long and most of the night. Their stepmother, a devout Christian, is a semi-invalid suffering from rheumatism.

The four members of the family are equally stubborn in their respective ways, and the friction between their father and step-mother adds to the oppressive gloominess that hangs over the home. It seems to draw Gen and Hekiro even closer together than ordinary sister and brother in normal homes, and she tries to be a little mother to him.
In spite of Gen’s anxiety over Hekiro’s unpredictable behaviors at times, the worst happens. One day when she returns from school, her stepmother tells her that he has been expelled from the Christian school she had chosen for him, for stealing. She bitterly blames the father for Hekiro’s delinquency, saying that he spoils him.

Organized by:
The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japanese Government,
The Embassy of Japan in Myanmar,
Japan Foundation, Yangon

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