Wakamusha [In-Person Only]
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF Member
Discussion
** The July 26, 7pm screening features a Zoom Q&A with Wakamusha director Ryutaro Ninomiya and producer Tokushi Suzuki! **
About
(Ryutaro Ninomiya, Japan, 2023, 103 min, in Japanese with English subtitles)
Writer-director Ryutaro Ninomiya follows his 2017 film, Sweating the Small Stuff, with another small-scale drama of disaffected youth in Japan. Three young men live and work in a nearly-deserted Japanese city. Eiji is the loud-mouth, looking for trouble and causing mischief with unsuspecting bystanders; Wataru is the quiet one, whose blank exterior belies a troubled past and a roiling rage; Mitsunori is in between, adopting the worldview of whoever he is with. The three wander the streets, ruminating on the pointlessness of life in the modern age, never quite living up to the deeds of a fallen friend, until one of them goes too far and permanently fractures their relationship.
Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum’s ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. All doors in Northwest Film Forum are non-motorized, and may require staff assistance to open. Our upstairs workshop room is not wheelchair accessible.
The majority of seats in our main cinema are 21″ wide from armrest to armrest; some seats are 19″ wide. We are working on creating the option of removable armrests!
We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter. Also available at the front desk is a Sensory Kit you can borrow, which includes a Communication Card, noise-reducing headphones, and fidget toys.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at suji@nwfilmforum.org. Our phone number (206-329-2629) is voicemail-only, but we check it often.
Made possible due to a grant from Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, in partnership with Sensory Access, our Sensory Access document presents a visual and descriptive walk-through of the NWFF space. View it in advance of attending an in-person event at bit.ly/nwffsocialnarrativepdf, in order to prepare yourself for the experience.
NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Recent variants of COVID-19 readily infect and spread between individuals regardless of vaccination status.
Read more about NWFF’s policies regarding cleaning, masks, and capacity limitations here.
