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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is One Million Yen Girl (2008), a Japanese drama about a 21-year-old woman who has just been released from prison for petty crimes, and cannot stand that she is ostracized from the community around her. She decided to save up one million yesn, and then move somewhere new, save up another million, and repeat the process, and so on. Will she be able to escape her past and begin with a clean slate, or will her criminal past constantly haunt her? We’ll just have to watch it, I guess. This is the most popular and most-acclaimed work to date of director Yuki Tanada. Great reviews all around.

After that is Lenny (1974), a biopic about legendary 1960s stand-up comic Lenny Bruce (Dustin Hoffman) and his groundbreakingly crude and acerbic routine. He may have been funny on stage, but what about the chaos behind the scenes? Turns out he was also a drunken mess. Director is Bob Fosse, whole films Cabaret (1972) and All That Jazz (1979) we previously watched. This was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in 1974, and Hoffman for Best Actor. Great reviews for this, so let’s check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• One Million Yen Girl: https://letterboxd.com/film/one-million-yen-girl/
• Lenny: https://letterboxd.com/film/lenny/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• One Million Yen Girl: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1077094/parentalguide/
• Lenny: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/114140

CWs for One Million Yen Girl:

• Kissing.
• Implied sex.
• Bullying.
• Drunkenness.
• Profanity.

CWs for Lenny:

• Sex.
• Homophobic slurs.
• N-word.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Car crash.
• Cheating.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol.
• Babies.
• Hospital scene.
• Drug use.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.
• Dead animals.
• Shaving.
• Needles.
• Blood and gore.
• Vomiting.

Links to movies:

• One Million Yen Girl: https://tankie.tube/w/tQm1Si1bam76NQwVf25b5Z
• Lenny: https://tankie.tube/w/wKnhh6RxJbLddT779oyvzz