Night Butterflies
Kōzaburō Yoshimura: Tides of Emotion
December 5 - 11, 2025
Two bar proprietresses try to make ends meet in the Ginza district of Tokyo in this typically incisive study of Japanese society from Yoshimura, here working with Mikio Naruse’s frequent scriptwriter, Sumie Tanaka.
A rivalry between two women again lies at the heart of a typically incisive study of Japanese society by Kōzaburō Yoshimura, here working with another great screenwriter of the era: Sumie Tanaka, who wrote many of Mikio Naruse’s films and several films of Kinuyo Tanaka, the legendary actress and Japan’s first female director. Two bar proprietresses (Machiko Kyō and Fujiko Yamamoto), originally from Osaka and Kyoto respectively, try to make ends meet and succeed in the Ginza district of Tokyo, their competition giving way to a gripping succession of conflicts and entanglements, all captured in vibrant color by DP Kazuo Miyagawa. Print courtesy of the National Film Archive of Japan.
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