Yasunari Kawabata’s 1962 novel The Old Capital is an elegiac meditation on the cultural heritage of Kyoto and was one of the works that earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Come enjoy the film based on the novel. It portraits its aftermath as it unveils the beauty and spirit of Japan through life in Kyoto and Japanese traditional culture. With English subtitles. NR, 117 mins., 2016.

Funded by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco.