The Harimaya Bridge

Sunday 10th April 5:00 PM - Alhambra
The Harimaya Bridge
Director:Aaron Woolfolk
Cert:TBC Year: 2009 Length:120mins
Country:USA
Veteran African-American actor Bennet Guillory plays a grieving father who goes to Japan to collect his dead son's belongings, and meets prejudice, including his own – his father died brutally in a Japanese POW camp. The bridge itself, an ancient bridge still standing, is a fine metaphor for the connections between ancient and modern, East and West, that unfold.

Critics

“First time writer-director Aaron Woolfolk is obviously on a mission of his own with this tale of cross-cultural redemption, and his camera absolutely loves Japan without relying on the typical Tokyo sparkle.”

Tom Long, Detroit News

Score

79.59%
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