Event time:
Monday, April 7, 2025 - 6:30pm
Location:
Auditorium
53 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
06520
Event description:
The Yale University Library Cinemix Film Series presents a film screening:
“Sansho the Bailiff.”
(Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954, 35mm, 124 mins).
In the 11th century, two aristocratic children sold into slavery struggle to uphold their father’s lessons in mercy in a world that rewards brutality.
“A perfect and profound masterpiece” (Robin Baker) and “one of the greatest emotional and philosophical journeys ever made in film” (Richard Peña). In Japanese with English subtitles. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
Co-presented with the Yale Film & Media Studies Program.
Admission:
Free
Open to:
General Public