Kumagai’s Camp/Kumagai Jin’ya (a samurai tragedy) Premiered in 1751 as a puppet theatre play Written by Namiki Sosuke Recorded live at Kabuki-za Theatre, Tokyo, 2010 104 min. Subtitled in English Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLsXQXWbDjU Synopsis and background: http://www.kabuki21.com/kumagai.php A samurai hero struggles … 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 →
A Lecture by Prof. Hidefumi Imura Co-organized by The Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) and The Japan Foundation, Toronto with support from The Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, The Asian Institute at The Munk School of Global Affairs, … Continue reading →
If you're looking for a way to combine your love of Toronto with your love of learning Japanese, this is the class for you! For late-beginner / intermediate students of Japanese, what better way to meet other learners at your level, … 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 →
Organized by: The Japan Foundation, Toronto Supported by: Ted Rogers School of Management & Ryerson University; Renison University College, University of Waterloo; Centre for Japanese Research, University of British Columbia Not able to escape Toronto's cold and slush this season? … Continue reading →
Come enjoy traditional Japanese music known as Ohayashi, which has accompanied Japanese festivals and theatre since ancient times. Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13 Times: 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, and 3:00 pm (3 times on both days. Each performance … 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 →
