January 2024 Calendar for My Imaginary Repertory Cinema
This list is just meant as a fun exercise. Basically, what if I were the curator or head programmer of a repertory cinema? Which movies would I pick to fill a whole month of programming? Since I had so much fun in making a list for December I wanted to make one for January too.
For me, January (a.k.a. Japanuary) is all about Japanese cinema. I also want to celebrate Nicolas Cage's 60th birthday and pay tribute to some master filmmakers (Sergio Leone, Nobuhiko Obayashi, Takeshi Kitano, David Lynch & Jim Jarmusch) who were born in January.
program:
1–30: evening shows
32–34: Friday matinees (Yakuza film)
36–38: Friday midnight shows (J-horror)
40–42: Saturday midnight shows (Erotica)
45–47: Saturday & Sunday family matinees (Ghibli)
special events:
January 5, 6 & 7: Nicolas Cage 60th birthday celebration (film #6, 31, 35, 39, 43 & 44)
January 29: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 60th anniversary screening
past calendars: December 2023 Calendar
For me, January (a.k.a. Japanuary) is all about Japanese cinema. I also want to celebrate Nicolas Cage's 60th birthday and pay tribute to some master filmmakers (Sergio Leone, Nobuhiko Obayashi, Takeshi Kitano, David Lynch & Jim Jarmusch) who were born in January.
program:
1–30: evening shows
32–34: Friday matinees (Yakuza film)
36–38: Friday midnight shows (J-horror)
40–42: Saturday midnight shows (Erotica)
45–47: Saturday & Sunday family matinees (Ghibli)
special events:
January 5, 6 & 7: Nicolas Cage 60th birthday celebration (film #6, 31, 35, 39, 43 & 44)
January 29: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 60th anniversary screening
past calendars: December 2023 Calendar
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- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsKichiemon NakamuraNobuko OtowaKei SatôTwo women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai.January 1 & 2 (evening show)
Kaidan double feature - DirectorTokuzô TanakaStarsShiho FujimuraAkira IshihamaMachiko HasegawaThe lives of a master sculptor and his young apprentice are changed forever when they meet an evil witch during a snow storm.January 1 & 2 (evening show)
Kaidan double feature - DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.January 3 (evening show)
Sergio Leone tribute - DirectorMizuho NishikuboMamoru OshiiStarsAtsuko TanakaIemasa KayumiAkio ÔtsukaA cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.January 4 (evening show)
90s anime double feature - DirectorSatoshi KonStarsJunko IwaoRica MatsumotoShinpachi TsujiA pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.January 4 (evening show)
90s anime double feature - DirectorKristoffer BorgliStarsLily BirdNicolas CageJulianne NicholsonAn ordinary family man finds his life turned upside down when strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams.January 5, 6 & 7 (evening show)
Happy birthday Nicolas Cage! - DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiRie YokoyamaYayoi WatanabeAfter being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.January 8 (evening show)
Meiko Kaji double feature - DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiToshio KurosawaMasaaki DaimonA strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.January 8 (evening show)
Meiko Kaji double feature - DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsKimiko IkegamiMiki JinboKumiko ÔbaA schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.January 9 (evening show)
Nobuhiko Obayashi tribute (double feature) - DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsKiwako HaradaNoriko WatanabeRiki TakeuchiAfter a failed romance, a temperamental young biker meets a carefree rural girl while riding through her island hometown and gets her obsessed about riding a motorcycle.January 9 (evening show)
Nobuhiko Obayashi tribute (double feature) - DirectorDennis HopperStarsPeter FondaDennis HopperJack NicholsonTwo bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.January 10 & 11 (evening show)
New Hollywood double feature - DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsBarry NewmanCleavon LittleCharlotte RamplingDuring the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.January 10 & 11 (evening show)
New Hollywood double feature - DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHidetoshi NishijimaTôko MiuraReika KirishimaA renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.January 12, 13 & 14 (evening show)
- DirectorNobuhiro YamashitaStarsBae DoonaAki MaedaYû KashiiA music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival.January 15 (evening show)
Music double feature - DirectorKenji IwaisawaStarsShintarô SakamotoRen KomaiTomoya MaenoA trio of delinquent schoolkids form a music band.January 15 (evening show)
Music double feature - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.January 16 & 17 (evening show)
double feature (paired with Under the Flag of the Rising Sun) - DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTetsurô TanbaSachiko HidariShinjirô EbaraOne woman's search to find the truth about her husband's death in World War II.January 16 & 17 (evening show)
double feature (paired with Rashomon) - DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsClaude MakiHiroko ÔshimaSabu KawaharaThe lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding.January 18 (evening show)
Happy birthday Takeshi Kitano! (double feature) - DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoKayoko KishimotoRen ÔsugiNishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.January 18 (evening show)
Happy birthday Takeshi Kitano! (double feature) - DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin TherouxAfter a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.January 19, 20 & 21 (evening show)
Happy birthday David Lynch! - DirectorJim JarmuschStarsMasatoshi NagaseYûki KudôScreamin' Jay HawkinsThree stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.January 22 (evening show)
Happy birthday Jim Jarmusch! (double feature) - DirectorJim JarmuschStarsForest WhitakerHenry SilvaJohn TormeyAn African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.January 22 (evening show)
Happy birthday Jim Jarmusch! (double feature) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya NakadaiA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.January 23 (evening show)
Toshiro Mifune & Tatsuya Nakadai double feature - DirectorKihachi OkamotoStarsTatsuya NakadaiMichiyo AratamaYûzô KayamaThrough his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.January 23 (evening show)
Toshiro Mifune & Tatsuya Nakadai double feature - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAfter a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.January 24 & 25 (evening show)
Kaiju double feature