JAPANESE FILM SCREENING Sakura Motion Picture 29min Color 16mm With English narration ※No Japanese...

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Admission Free (With English subtitles & narration) :Event Hall, Kyoto International Community House(kokoka) 2-1 Torii-cho, Awataguchi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 300m from the exit 2 of Keage Station of Kyoto City Subway Tozai Line (6 minutes on foot) :13:30 Presented by The Japan Foundation Kyoto Office  Co-presented by Kyoto City International Foundation For more information,  Contact:The Japan Foundation Kyoto Office TEL:075-762-1136(Office hours:10am to 5pm, Mon.-Fri.) VENUE OPEN “YOJIMBO”, a historical drama directed by Akira KUROSAWA, Toshiro MIFUNE received the best performance by an actor at the Venice International Film Festival in 1961. “In This Corner of the World”, an anime movie had a long run since November 2016 released and awarded many prizes. The original story of a literary film “The Professor and His Beloved Equation”won the top prize at “The 1st Japan Booksellers' Award(Honya taisho)”. Also screening two cultural documentaries regarding Kabuki to coincide with Minami-za(a theater in Kyoto especially famous for Kabuki plays)reopens in this November. JAPANESE FILM SCREENING 2018 November 13(Tue.)14:00 KOKEN-Stage Assistants in Kabuki Directed by:Tomoko FUJIWARA 1992 Sakura Motion Picture 44min Color 16mm With English narration ONNAGATA:The Making of a Kabuki Female Impersonator Directed by:Tomoko FUJIWARA 1982 Sakura Motion Picture 29min Color 16mm With English narration ※No Japanese translations in both of the two films. November 14(Wed.)14:00 The Professor and His Beloved Equation Directed by:Takashi KOIZUMI Original story:Yoko OGAWA 2005 Asmik Ace Entertainment 117min Color 35mm With English subtitles November 15(Thu.)14:00 YOJIMBO Directed by:Akira KUROSAWA 1961 Toho 110min B & W 35mm With English subtitles November 16(Fri.)14:00 In This Corner of the World Directed by:Sunao KATABUCHI Original story:Fumiyo KOUNO 2016 Konosekai no katasumini Project 130min Color Blu-ray With English subtitles ©2006 "THE PROFESSOR AND HIS BELOVED EQUATION" Film Partners "YOJIMBO" TM&1961 TOHO CO., LTD. ©Fumiyo Kouno/Futabasha/Konosekai no katasumini Project “KOKEN-Stage Assistants in Kabuki” ©Sakura Motion Picture “ONNAGATA-The Making of a Kabuki Female Impersonator”©Sakura Motion Picture

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Admission Free(With English subtitles & narration)

       : Event Hall, Kyoto International Community House(kokoka)2-1 Torii-cho, Awataguchi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto300m from the exit 2 of Keage Station of Kyoto City Subway Tozai Line (6 minutes on foot)

       :13:30Presented by The Japan Foundation Kyoto Offi ce  Co-presented by Kyoto City International FoundationFor more information,  Contact:The Japan Foundation Kyoto Offi ce TEL:075-762-1136(Offi ce hours:10am to 5pm, Mon.-Fri.)

VENUE

OPEN

“YOJIMBO”, a historical drama directed by Akira KUROSAWA, Toshiro MIFUNE received the best performance by an actor at the Venice International Film Festival in 1961. “In This Corner of the World”, an anime movie had a long run since November 2016 released and awarded many prizes. The original story of a literary fi lm “The Professor and His Beloved Equation” won the top prize at “The 1st Japan Booksellers' Award(Honya taisho)”. Also screening two cultural documentaries regarding Kabuki to coincide with Minami-za(a theater in Kyoto especially famous for Kabuki plays)reopens in this November.

JAPANESE FILM SCREENING

2018November 13(Tue.)14:00KOKEN-StageAssistants in Kabuki Directed by:Tomoko FUJIWARA1992 Sakura Motion Picture 44minColor 16mm With English narration

ONNAGATA:The Making ofa Kabuki Female ImpersonatorDirected by:Tomoko FUJIWARA1982 Sakura Motion Picture 29minColor 16mm With English narration※No Japanese translations in both of the two fi lms.

November 14(Wed.)14:00The Professor andHis Beloved EquationDirected by:Takashi KOIZUMIOriginal story:Yoko OGAWA2005 Asmik Ace Entertainment 117min Color 35mmWith English subtitles

November 15(Thu.)14:00YOJIMBODirected by:Akira KUROSAWA1961 Toho 110min B & W 35mmWith English subtitles

November 16(Fri.)14:00In This Corner of the WorldDirected by:Sunao KATABUCHIOriginal story:Fumiyo KOUNO2016 Konosekai no katasumini Project 130min Color Blu-rayWith English subtitles

©2006 "THE PROFESSOR AND HIS BELOVED EQUATION" Film Partners

"YOJIMBO"TM&1961 TOHO CO., LTD.

©Fumiyo Kouno/Futabasha/Konosekai no katasumini Project

“KOKEN-Stage Assistants in Kabuki”©Sakura Motion Picture

“ONNAGATA-The Making of a Kabuki Female Impersonator”©Sakura Motion Picture