Gensen-Kan Inn
Japan / 1993 / 99min
In Japanese with English subtitles
Best Supporting Actress, Best Film Score, and Special Prize, Yokohama Film Festival

Directed by the "King of Cult" Teruo Ishii, this anthology adapts four short stories by Yoshiharu Tsuge, transporting the audience into his surreal universe. The journey begins with a quirky landlord who claims to communicate with birds, followed by a young woman who gives birth to crimson flowers. Next, we meet a visitor in a ghostly village who is mistaken for the local innkeeper. The collection concludes with a hapless young man hoping to strike it rich by publishing a town guide funded by ad sales. Each tale encapsulates the signature, dreamlike absurdity of Tsuge's work, evoking a uniquely atmospheric experience.

DIR:
Teruo Ishii
CAST:
Shiro Sano, Emu Hisazumi, Kaoru Mizuki, Mayo Kawasaki, Nana Okada
TIME & VENUE
29/10 3:35PM Broadway Cinematheque
31/10 9:45PM Broadway Cinematheque
06/11 7:50PM Broadway Cinematheque
11/11 9:40PM Broadway Cinematheque
15/11 9:10PM Broadway Cinematheque
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