Japan cinema master Ozu’s silent classic to be heard for first time in PH
Japanese cinema master Yasujiro Ozu’s “A Straightforward Boy” (“Tokkan Kozo”)—thought to have been lost to the ravages of time—will be screened in the 12th International Silent Film Festival, not just with live music but also with a narrator, or what the Japanese call katsudo benshi. The festival runs Aug. 30-Sept. 2 at Cinema 2, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong.