Cyborg 009 Directed by Masayuki Akehi 1980, PG, 131 min. Community Partner: The Cyborg 009 series of manga, TV anime and feature films centres on nine humans who have been turned into superhuman Cyborgs by a criminal … Continue reading →
Mai Mai Miracle Directed by Sunao Katabuchi 2009, G, 95 min. Community Partner: Mai Mai Miracle is a nostalgic full-length animated film adaptation of the autobiographical novel of the same title by Akutagawa Prize winner, Takagi Nobuko. Set … Continue reading →
Dir. Jesper Wachtmeister 2006, 53 min. KOCHUU is a visually stunning film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition, and its impact on the Nordic building tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future and traditional … Continue reading →
In conjunction with “Japanese Design Today 100”exhibition 1:00 pm Curator’s talk by Hiroshi Kashiwagi 3:30 pm Designer/Architect’s talk by Yoshifumi Nakamura Prof. Hiroshi Kashiwagi (Musashino Art University) and architect/furniture designer, Mr. Yoshifumi Nakamura, are visiting Toronto to give lectures to Canadian … Continue reading →
Understanding the Dynamics of Aging, Depopulation and Well-Being in Rural Japan A talk by Dr. Peter Matanle, University of Sheffield Since at least the 1950s, rural Japan has been slowly but steadily aging and depopulating. Youth migration to urban areas … Continue reading →
The Dagger of Kamui Directed by Rintaro 1985, PG, 132 min. Community Partner: Set in pre-Meiji era Japan, this epic by anime master Rintaro (Metropolis, Galaxy Express 999) tells the life story of Jiro, a … Continue reading →
*This class is now full. Thank you for your interest* Interested in learning Japanese but not sure where to begin? Join us for Let’s Learn Hiragana! In this class we will learn hiragana, one of the basic components of written … Continue reading →
Fuminori Nakamura & Vicki Delany in conversation Join us for an intimate evening of literary conversation, featuring Japanese author Fuminori Nakamura and Canadian author Vicki Delany, both renowned for their crime writing. In this talk, the authors will examine topics … Continue reading →
Akira Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo 1988, AA, 124 min. Community Partner: The year is 2019. Tokyo, now post-apocolyptic Neo-Tokyo, has been rebuilt after obliteration in WWIII. When a biker named Tetsuo is discovered to have mysterious telepathic … Continue reading →
