Subtitle:
Activity Type:
Film
Presenter:
Date:
Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 21:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
125 Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Contact Person:
Lynn Kawaratani
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:
asia@pitt.edu
Event Web Site:
Cost:
2018 | Japan | 138 Minutes | Drama
Directed by: Masanori Tomonaga
SYNOPSIS: In the 1980's, Akira Suei achieved fame as the chief editor for several pornography magazines, although his reputation as a trendsetter was under constant scrutiny due to the magazines' taboo material. The film follows Suei from a traumatic event in his youth (involving his mother, the next door neighbor, and a bundle of dynamite) to Tokyo, where he climbed the ladder from lowly graphic designer to the chief editor of his own magazine due to his aggressive, raw style which attracted a variety of talented people who helped bring about a revolution in the Japanese magazine industry.
UCIS Unit:
Asian Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
Silk Screen Asian Arts & Culture Organization