Box!, Toshio Lee, Japan, 2010.

Box!

Timid honor student Yuki joins Ebisu High School’s boxing club, aspiring to the raw power of his childhood friend Kabu, who’s a bad boy boxing prodigy. Under the coach’s guidance, Yuki gradually builds strength, moving one step closer to undefeated high school rookie Kabu. Fate leads the two friends to become rivals… Fighting until the end, for a friend. What lies ahead for Kabu and Yuki? (Toshio Lee, Japan, 2010, 126 min.)

Saturday, April 27, 2024
2:00pm
Lightbox Film Center
401 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA / Google Maps ❯❯

$10 General Admission • $8 Students/Seniors • FREE for JASGP Members

All films will be screened in Japanese with English subtitles.

Youth Rebellion in Japanese Cinema

Youth Rebellion is a universally relatable concept that teenagers and adolescents throughout the world experience. While varied in how it manifests across countries and time periods, rebellion is a rite of passage in both the United States and Japan.

As the closing program of the 2024 Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival, and in partnership with Lightbox Film Center, Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia presents Youth Rebellion in Japanese Cinema, a curated series of six films exploring the topic of youth rebellion across six decades of Japanese cinema, from immediate postwar Japan to the early 2000s “Cool Japan” era.

Acknowledgments

Funding for this program was provided by The Japan Foundation, New York and is presented in partnership by the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia and Lightbox Film Center.