Premiered in 1893 Written by Ochi Fukuchi Composed by Shojiro Kineya III Recorded live at Kabuki-za Theatre, Tokyo, 2009 70 min. (Introduction 10 min. + dance 60 min. ) Subtitled in English Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdPjLAYMbzI For the late Kanzaburo XVIII “Lion … Continue reading →

Three Thieves Named Kichisa/San’nin Kichisa (an urban outlaw story) Premiered in 1860 Written by Kawatake Mokuami Directed for the stage and Cinema Kabuki by Kushida Kazuyoshi Recorded live at Theater Cocoon, Shibuya, Tokyo, 2014 136 min. Subtitled in English Trailer: … Continue reading →

Kagotsurube, The Haunted Sword/Kagotsurube Sato no Eizame (a story of the pleasure quarter) Written by Shinshichi Kawatake Premiered in 1888 Directed for Cinema Kabuki by Hiroyuki Nakatani Recorded live at Kabuki-za Theatre, Tokyo, 2010 113 minutes Subtitled in English Trailer: … Continue reading →

click here for info about the screening in Hamilton on March 6! This drama by award-winning director Yuya Ishii (The Great Passage) is based on the true story of the Vancouver Asahi, a Japanese-Canadian baseball team that was established in 1914 and … Continue reading →

presented The Japan Foundation in cooperation with the Hamilton Public Library This drama by award-winning director Yuya Ishii (The Great Passage) is based on the true story of the Vancouver Asahi, a Japanese-Canadian baseball team that was established in 1914 and rose to … Continue reading →

The Japan Foundation, Toronto is proud to partner for the first time with the Hamilton Dialogues to present a free screening of About the Pink Sky preceded by the animated short Chameko's Day (1931, 7  minutes) Kobayashi Keiichi's feature debut is … Continue reading →

Sayoko, single and in her thirties, lives alone in her  traditional Japanese house- alone, that is, except for the many cats who are inexplicably drawn into her orbit. She passes her time tending to her house, taking care of the family altar of her … Continue reading →