Dogra Magra

Portland premiere of the new restoration!

Part of the Hanabi Film Festival, running select days Aug. 18 – 31. Limited festival passes available for access to all films.

A man wakes in an asylum with no memory. Dr Wakabayashi helps him to recall his past in which he killed his bride on their wedding day. Part of his memory becomes linked to another doctor, Dr Masaki, and a manuscript, Dogra Magra. As the two doctors treat him, reality and fantasy become blurred and the patient becomes unsure of his identity or his doctors’ experiments.

The final feature film by Toshio Matsumoto (Funeral Parade of Roses) is an adaptation of the celebrated novel by Kyusaku Yumeno, stunningly shot by cinematographer Tatsuo Suzuki (Pastoral: To Die in the Country and Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance).

Not available outside of Japan for nearly 30 years, we’re very excited to bring this masterpiece to Portland for the first time.

Screened in Japanese with English subtitles.