The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center’s Japanese FilmFest will take place on Aug. 31 through Sept. 2. This festival will showcase films ranging from Akira Kurosawa’s Lower Depth, a definitive piece during Japan’s Golden Age of Film to more modern, family films like Ninja Kids. The JACCC will also be hosting a...
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The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies present a screening of Love and Honor (Bushi no ichibun; 2006) directed by the legendary Yamada Yoji and starring uber-celeb Kimutaku (Kimura Takuya) on Friday, February 4, at 7:00 pm at the James Bridges Theater in UCLA’s Melnitz Hall (1409 Melnitz, Los Angeles,...
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According to Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, Los Angeles premiere on Dec 17 of film “The Last Ronin” at Mann Chinese 6 Theater is cancelled. In the press release of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, an American company made “protest” to the English film title “The Last Ronin” in the procedure of the film rating by...
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Nibei Foundation Japan Study Club Dr. James Goodwin, who received a PhD from Rutgers University, is a professor of English at UCLA where he teaches in the areas of modern drama, film, and American literature. His books include Eisenstein, Cinema, and History (1993) and Akira Kurosawa and Intertextual Cinema (1993). Prof. Goodwin presented his...
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Nibei Foundation Japan Study Club Dinner and Lecture Series in May 2010 May 18 (Tuesday) 6:30PM Terasaki Foundation Laboratory Building at 11570 Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 The Art of Akira Kurosawa: An Appreciation Prof. James Goodwin, UCLA English Department James Goodwin is a Professor of English at UCLA who teaches in areas...
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