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The Soba Man (1963)
Director: Donald Wrye
A Japanese folktale of the "Soba Man" and a demon without a face blends into the present when Japanese American Mirico attends a party with her white boyfriend. Mirico is made into an object of fascination to Dom's white friends at a party, unsettling her. She meets Chuck, the host of the party, and learns that she resembles a past lover. Mirico shares eerie similarities with the lover and the girl in the "Soba Man" folktale.
Visit our blog to learn more about the history of UCLA student filmmaking: https://cinema.ucla.edu/blog/first-years-of-ucla-student-films-1947-1965
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The Soba Man (1963)
Director: Donald Wrye
A Japanese folktale of the "Soba Man" and a demon without a face blends into the present when Japanese American Mirico attends a party with her white boyfriend. Mirico is made into an object of fascination to Dom's white friends at a party, unsettling her. She meets Chuck, the host of the party, and learns that she resembles a past lover. Mirico shares eerie similarities with the lover and the girl in the "Soba Man" folktale.
Visit our blog to learn more about the history of UCLA student filmmaking: https://cinema.ucla.edu/blog/first-years-of-ucla-student-films-1947-1965
Director: Donald Wrye
A Japanese folktale of the "Soba Man" and a demon without a face blends into the present when Japanese American Mirico attends a party with her white boyfriend. Mirico is made into an object of fascination to Dom's white friends at a party, unsettling her. She meets Chuck, the host of the party, and learns that she resembles a past lover. Mirico shares eerie similarities with the lover and the girl in the "Soba Man" folktale.
Visit our blog to learn more about the history of UCLA student filmmaking: https://cinema.ucla.edu/blog/first-years-of-ucla-student-films-1947-1965
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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