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Dragnet Girl by Yorkshire Silent Film Festival.

Enjoy the effortless cool of Ozu’s homage to Hollywood gangster films.

Joji is a washed-up boxer turned hoodlum whose former glory and current infamy has won him the admiration of impressionable young wannabe hoodlum, Hiroshi – and Hiroshi’s life is going off the rails fast. Kazuko, Hiroshi’s sister, steps in, but Joji’s current girlfriend, Tokiko, senses competition…

With its film noir-ish settings of smoky clubs, pool halls, and dingy tenements, Yasujiro Ozu’s gangster melodrama is a homage to the American movies he spent so many hours watching in his youth.

Tickets are £0-£10.83. Book on the link.

Irine Røsnes (violin) and Jonny Best (piano) will improvise a live musical accompaniment.

Dir. Yasujiro Ozu, 1933, Japan, 100 minutes.

Part of Japan 2021.

Thanks to BFI and Shochiku.