It's back to Japan this week for Alex and Jonathan, but not for anime or Akira Kurosawa. We take a look at three other directors with Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri (1963), Yasujirô Ozu's Tokyo Story (1952), and Hirokazu Koreeda's Nobody Knows (2004). We discuss various kinds of family drama in Japanese films, the distinction between "big" and "small" movies, and the restraint and poeticism across Japanese art.

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3:58 - Harakiri

20:30 - Tokyo Story

37:04 - Nobody Knows

54:33 - Overall

1:05:03 - Coming Attractions

Coming Attractions:

Macario (1960)

Amores Perros (2000)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

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