Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., Sep. 19, 2025, 9:30 – 11 p.m.

In a nod to her role in Hideko the Bus Conductor (1941), the Hayashi Fumiko adaptation Lightning stars Takamine Hideko as the jaded bus guide, Kiyoko. The endless bickering and money troubles of Kiyoko's half-siblings, their lecherous lovers and her inconsolable mother have all but destroyed her optimism. Centered around Kiyoko's desire for independence, the interior focus of Lightning makes it one of Naruse's most powerful films about the courage to choose life each day without any guarantee of a change in circumstance.

Gazette Classification: Diversity and Inclusion, Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive & Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Cost: $10 - Regular Admission / $8 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard staff and Senior Citizens. Harvard students free.
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