Special Screening: Osamu Tezuka's and Macoto Tezka's LEGEND OF THE FOREST, PARTS 1 & 2

After the conclusion of The Dark Side of the Sun: John Zorn on Japanese Cinema, we present a special screening of Osamu Tezuka’s Legend of the Forest, Part 1 and Macoto Tezka’s Legend of the Forest, Part 2, along with select Tezuka shorts.

Osamu Tezuka initially conceived Legend of the Forest as a four-part film chronicling the history of animation, each part corresponding to a movement in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, Op. 36, that would pay homage to Walt Disney. Over the course of ten years, the godfather of anime was only able to complete the first and fourth movements of the piece before his passing.

Using the notes and synopsis that his father left behind, animator and artist Macoto Tezka completed the second movement 25 years after his father’s death. Legend of the Forest, Part 2 premiered at the prestigious 2014 Hiroshima International Animation Festival, and will be screening in the United States for the first time at Japan Society.

Appropriate for all ages!

$9 for Students, Seniors and Japan Society Members

$12 for General Admission