Films at the Embassy of Japan： The Story of Jiro

The Story of Jiro
次郎物語

Directed by Tokihisa Morikawa 森川時久 / 1987 / 110 mins

Wednesday, 26 September 2012, 18:30
Doors open at 18:00. No admittance after 19:00

 

Reared by a kind woman, Ohama, away from his sick mother, Jiro leads a poor but happy life playing with Ohama’s children. At six, Jiro reluctantly returns to live with his own family, and is forced to observe the family’s traditional lifestyle. He misses Ohama and the carefree life he enjoyed with her children. His mother blames Ohama for Jiro’s lack of self-control.

This film is a remade version of one based on a novel written by the educator Kojin Shimomura and published in 1941. The tale depicts the character building of a boy named Jiro, who passes his boyhood influenced by circumstances such as the decline of his wealthy family and the constant turbulence of the early Showa period.

 

For booking information, click here

 

For details of future film screenings, please keep an eye on this webpage or subscribe to the Embassy of Japan Webmagazine.