Uncategorized | April 4, 2008
The Japan-America Society of Wyoming (JASWY) will hold its second Japanese Film Festival in Classroom Building Room 133 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, from 1:30-3:50 p.m., and 7-9 p.m.. on Saturday, April 19. Doors will open 20 minutes before show time. Free admission.
The movie schedule is as follows:
Always: Sunset at 3-chome: April 19 (Sat.) 1:30 p.m. (2005), family movie, 133 minutes, drama. Set in Tokyo in 1958, this film depicts human dramas of downtown residents who lived at the time of the construction of the Tokyo Tower — a symbol of Japan’s economic growth in the mid-20th century.
Zatoichi: April 19 (Sat.), 7 p.m., 2003, rated R, 119 minutes (Samurai movie). A blind masseur and sword master helps two youngsters avenge their parents at a gang-infested local town of pre-modern Japan. (Caution: This movie contains some graphic scenes of violence.)
The Japanese Film Festival is co-sponsored by the Modern & Classical Languages Dept., English Dept., Honors Program, and Japan Culture Club at the University of Wyoming.
The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.
