Film Screening: One Million Yen Girl (2008)
Council on East Asian Studies
Event time:
Friday, November 11, 2022 - 7:30pm to 10:00pm
Location:
Humanities Quadrangle (HQ)
320 York Street
New Haven, CT
06511
Tanada Yuki’s endearing road movie is about a young woman with a criminal record, played by Aoi Yu, who tries to find independence by never settling down, moving every time she saves up one million yen (about $7000 today). Tanada earned the Director’s Guild of Japan New Director Award for her work with this film.