EALC Movie Night – ‘Ash is Purest White’

Happening this Friday, Dec. 6th at 6pm
Dower House Living Room

Ash Is Purest White: ‘In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.’

Ash Is Purest White (Chinese: 江湖儿女; ‘Sons and Daughters of Jianghu’) is a 2018 Chinese drama film directed by Jia Zhangke. It was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. The story is loosely based on the leader of a gang from Zhangke’s childhood, whom he had admired as a role model.

Korean Major/Minor meeting

The Korean Major and Minor meeting took place on Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the EALC House. Korean majors/minors as well as students considering a major/minor in Korean attended the meeting and learned about summer/winter programs, internships, and study abroad opportunities. Professors and students cooked some delicious Korean food, including Kimbap, Ddeokbokki, and Kimchi Buchimgae. What a great time we had! You can get a sense of how homey the setting was by looking at these photos.

EALC Movie Night – ‘Poetry (시)’

Poetry (시) is a 2010 South Korean drama film written and directed by Lee Chang-dong. It tells the story of a suburban woman in her 60s who begins to develop an interest in poetry while struggling with Alzheimer’s disease and her irresponsible grandson. Yoon Jeong-hee stars in the leading role, which was her first role in a film since 1994. The film was selected for the main competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Best Screenplay Award.

DVDs You May Borrow

Hi All, I have quite a few DVDs (Japanese, Korean, Chinese) that I’m happy to make available to you.  Please send me an email if you’d like to borrow one of the following films

Japanese (anime) – The Wind Rises, Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Mononoke, Kiki’s Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky, Paprika, Tokyo Godfather, The Borrower Arrietty, Grave of the Fireflies,

Japanese (Kurosawa) – No Regrets for Our Youth, One Wonderful Sunday, Scandal, The Idiot, I Live in Fear, Dersu Uzala, Roshomon

Japanese (Ozu) – Tokyo Story, An Autumn Afternoon, Early Spring, Tokyo Twilight, Equinox Flower, Late Autumn, The End of Summer, Early Summer, Floating Weeds

Japanese (Koreda) – Like Father, Like Son, Hana, Still Walking, Nobody Knows, I Wish, Air Doll.

Japanese (misc.)  – Norwegian Wood, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Tony Takitani

Korean – A Brand New Life, Poetry, Bad Guy, Breath, The Coast Guard, Chaser, The Day He Arrives, Old Boy, Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Thirst, I’m A Cyborg but that’s Okay,  Dream, Ha Ha Ha, The Host, In Another Country, In Between Days, The Isle, Joint Security Area, The King and the Clown, The Man from Nowhere, Night and Day, Oasis, Oki’s Movie, Old Partner, Paju, Phone, Pieta, Samaritan Girl, Spring Summer Fall Winter, Sunny, Tae Guk Gi, Take Care of My Cat, The Taste of Money, 301/302, Time, Treeless Mountain, Turning Gate, Woman i the Future of Man, Woman on the Beach

Chinese – Ashes of Time, As Tears Go By, Last Train Home, Sun Li and the Poet, A Touch of Sin, Mountains May Depart, Still Life, The World, Fallen Angels, In the Mood for Love, Ju-Dou, The Road Home, Raise the Red Lantern, To Live