TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 24: 31 Days of Oscar: Advanced Japanese

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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009.

12:15 AM Sounder (1972)
Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education. Cast: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Kevin Hooks. Dir: Martin Ritt. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 AM Southerner, The (1945)
A sharecropper fights the elements to start his own farm. Cast: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Jean Renoir. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC

4:00 AM Hawaiians, The (1970)
A wanderer returns home only to find political turmoil, disease and romantic difficulties. Cast: Charlton Heston, Geraldine Chaplin, Tina Chen. Dir: Tom Gries. C-134 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format



6:15 AM Two Women (1960)
A widow tries to get her daughter to safety in World War II Italy. Cast: Sophia Loren, Eleanora Brown, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Dir: Vittorio De Sica. BW-96 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

8:00 AM Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want. Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffre. Dir: Vittorio De Sica. C-114 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format



10:00 AM Four Days Of Naples, The (1963)
The citizens of Naples fight back against Nazi oppression. Cast: Regina Bianchi, Lea Massari, Jean Sorel. Dir: Nanni Loy. BW-121 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

12:03 PM Short Film: Annie Was A Wonder (1948)
BW-11 mins,

12:15 PM Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Vacationers in a French resort town almost kill themselves trying to relax. Cast: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Michelle Rolla. Dir: Jacques Tati. BW-87 mins, TV-G

1:45 PM 400 Blows, The (1959)
A 12-year-old boy turns to crime to escape family problems. Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy. Dir: Francois Truffaut. BW-100 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

3:26 PM Short Film: I Won'T Play (1944)
BW-18 mins, TV-PG

3:45 PM Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987)
A French boarding school harbors Jewish children during the Nazi occupation. Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Francine Racette. Dir: Louis Malle. C-105 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format



5:45 PM Gervaise (1957)
A French laundress fights to better herself despite her family's addiction to alcohol. Cast: Maria Schell, Francois Perier, Jany Holt. Dir: Rene Clement. BW-117 mins,

What's On Tonight: 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: ADVANCED JAPANESE

8:00 PM Burmese Harp, The (1956)
A Japanese musician keeps up the spirits of his fellow soldiers as they flee Burma during World War II. Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui, Jun Hamamura. Dir: Kon Ichikawa. BW-116 mins, TV-PG

10:00 PM Rashomon (1950)
In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-88 mins, TV-PG



11:30 PM Seven Samurai (1954)
Japanese villagers hire a team of traveling samurai to defend them against a bandit attack. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kuninori Kodo. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-207 mins, TV-14

3:00 AM Kwaidan (1964)
Four stories mix love and the supernatural in exotic settings. Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe. Dir: Masaki Kobayashi. C-161 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format