Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Los Feliz Theatre, Los Angeles
### **ABOUT THE FILM:** *In Japanese with English subtitles.* Scripted in collaboration with Marxist intellectual Murayama Tomoyoshi, AVALANCHE was a critical disaster; Naruse himself later called this merry-go-round of wily patrician courtship a failure, while assistant directors Kurosawa Akira and Honda Ishiro rarely mentioned their involvement in the film. AVALANCHE is by no means the auteur’s supreme visual accomplishment—the action is speech-sodden and the editing lethargic—yet this minidrama is striking in its liberal use of flashbacks, superimposition and thoughtful interior monologue. A semi-translucent tinted screen descends over the image every time a character enters subjective rumination, with dissolves and double exposures serving as two more inventive techniques with which Naruse effectively communicates idiosyncratic states of mind. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBTUOR: Toho COUNTRY: Japan