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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Chizuko’s Younger Sister, a ghost story from renowned Japanese auteur Nobuhiko Obayashi, the guy behind House (1977), His Motorcycle Her Island (1986), Miss Lonely (1985), and The Rocking Horsemen (1992), and others. It is the story of two sisters, one a model student, and the other clumsy and neglected; the latter dies in a freak accident, and comes back as a ghost to help her sister through her grief, and to start rocking at life. Obayashi’s usual cartoonish and surreal touches are on display throughout. Excellent reviews for this, so let’s check it out.

Next up is All That Heaven Allows (1955), another classic from the maestro of melodrama himself, Douglas Sirk, whose Imitation of Life (1959) we watched last week. This one is considered arguably his magnum opus, following a middle-aged rich lady who becomes infatuated with her working-class gardener (Rock Hudson), who is half her age. Drama ensues as news of their burgeoning romance reaches the hellish suburban milieux among which she lives.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • Chizuko’s Younger Sister: https://letterboxd.com/film/chizukos-younger-sister/
  • All That Heaven Allows: https://letterboxd.com/film/all-that-heaven-allows/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • Chizuko’s Younger Sister: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
  • All That Heaven Allows: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047811/parentalguide/

CWs for Chizuka’s Younger Sister:

  • Ghosts.
  • Death of family member.
  • Death of child.
  • Creepy doll.
  • Sad ending.

CWs for All That Heaven Allows:

  • Age-gap romance.
  • Implied sex out of wedlock.
  • Sexual assault: a man kisses a woman without her consent. Nothing happens beyond that, nor is anything else implied.
  • Kissing.
  • Alcohol.
  • Classism.

Links to movies:

  • Chizuko’s Younger Sister: https://tankie.tube/w/5kEsctJSiRBmMDZT9EuH64
  • All That Heaven Allows: https://tankie.tube/w/2smX1uH2ojbUvvqCh3mAUe