# Event Details - **Event Name**: Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY: YUMEJI (1991) - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: Suzuki's mesmeric, elegiac, and lyrical meditation on art, longing, and the restless currents of desire!About this EventSEIJUN SUZUKI’S TAISHŌ TRILOGY (Series Pass Available)(1980) (1981)3/29 — YUMEJI (1991)Please Note: Each film in the trilogy is a completely standalone work—come for one, two, or all three!7th House is proud to present maverick cinematic alchemist Seijun Suzuki’s extraordinary TAISHŌ TRILOGY across three consecutive Sundays this March—a trio of radically surreal late-career masterworks from one of Japanese cinema’s most singular, shape-shifting figures. Rising through the Nikkatsu studio system in the 1960s, Suzuki became a subversive force within genre filmmaking, transforming crime pictures into detonations of color, rhythm, and avant-garde invention. His now-legendary Branded to K*ll (1967) proved so formally audacious that it led to his dismissal from the studio and a decade-long exile. When he returned in 1980, it was with something altogether stranger: three lavish, visually unbound works set during Japan’s Taishō era (1912–1926), a period of cultural collision and modern awakening.Across ZIGEUNERWEISEN (1980), KAGERO-ZA (1981), and YUMEJI (1991), Suzuki abandons conventional storytelling for a cinema of atmosphere, sensation, and unstable memory. Scenes unfold like moving paintings; time loops and fractures; sliding doors reveal impossible landscapes; characters drift through dreamlike tableaux where identity and desire blur into apparition. Drawing from silent cinema, theater, Western modernism, and the avant-garde, the trilogy erupts in bold color, theatrical artifice, and sudden ruptures of logic—at once ravishingly composed and gleefully disorienting. Rarely screened in the United States and widely regarded in Japan as the summit of Suzuki’s artistry, these films mark a triumphant rebirth: a lush, sensuous, and experimentally explosive triptych that drifts between dream, memory, and hallucination.YUMEJISuzuki’s dreamlike trilogy concludes with YUMEJI (1991), an elegiac and lyrical meditation on art, longing, and the restless currents of desire. Inspired by the life of the celebrated Taishō-era painter and poet Takehisa Yumeji, the film follows the wandering artist as he drifts through fleeting romances and moments of artistic introspection, his encounters increasingly shadowed by a mysterious woman whose presence seems to blur the boundaries between memory, imagination, and fate.Where Kagero-Za erupts in theatrical delirium, Yumeji unfolds with a quieter contemplative grace. Suzuki composes each frame with painterly precision—lantern-lit streets, windswept fields, figures poised like living woodblock prints—while recurring musical motifs thread gently through the film. The result is one of the director’s most haunting and visually exquisite works: a luminous meditation on love, artistic yearning, and the elusive nature of inspiration.Dir. Seijun Suzuki, 1991, 139 mins, Japan, Japanese w/ English subtitles, Unrated (Adults Only), Digital.Special thanks to American Genre Film Archive and Arrow Films.TICKETS: $12 | SERIES PASS: $26 (In Person Event Only)Please email events@prs.org or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/fd59e600-1609-11f1-b721-47f7b7f4904f-rimg-w1200-h718-dc1f2a1d-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/fd8fc310-1609-11f1-992d-917cdff1f8ad-rimg-w1200-h720-dc2d3329-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/fdca5b10-1609-11f1-b721-47f7b7f4904f-rimg-w1200-h720-dca6a994-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/fdf9cf80-1609-11f1-b721-47f7b7f4904f-rimg-w1200-h718-dc93161c-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/fe2c9f50-1609-11f1-992d-917cdff1f8ad-rimg-w1200-h720-dc302d1e-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/fe653b80-1609-11f1-b721-47f7b7f4904f-rimg-w1200-h718-dc301d17-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/feae5270-1609-11f1-b721-47f7b7f4904f-rimg-w1200-h718-dc482a1f-gmir.jpg ADVISORY DISCLAIMERWith some exception, The Philosophical Research Society’s 7th House Screenings does not typically provide advisory warnings about potentially upsetting content or subject matter, as sensitivities are particular to each viewer. 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No animals permitted whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support, under ADA guidelines and CA Health Code.Please do not bring outside food or drink into PRS events.Weapons are strictly prohibited at PRS events. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/los-angeles/seijun-suzukis-taishŌ-trilogy-yumeji-1991/100001984157177530 - **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, health-wellness, meditation, fine-arts, business, concerts, performances, music, literary-art, nonprofit, live-music, theatre, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 14.64, max: 29.58, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Los Angeles - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: Philosophical Research Society - **lat**: 34.1131212 - **long**: -118.27764890000003 - **full address**: Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY: YUMEJI (1991) - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/04074b46c02fc21293674f7e11792e92f7b5d3b912a143195b4baa401cbee7d1-rimg-w1200-h600-dc181514-gmir.jpg?v=1772436763 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY: YUMEJI (1991) being held? - **A:** Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY: YUMEJI (1991) takes place on Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY: YUMEJI (1991)? - **A:** Ticket prices for Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY: YUMEJI (1991) range from USD 15 to USD 30 depending on the ticket type. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityGeneral AdmissionUSD 15 + USD 3 feeAvailableSeries Pass (3 Films – $10 Off)USD 30 + USD 4 feeAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY: YUMEJI (1991)? - **A:** Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY: YUMEJI (1991) is organized by The Philosophical Research Society. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Seijun Suzuki's TAISHŌ TRILOGY: YUMEJI (1991) is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Los Angeles, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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