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This year, on the 10th anniversary of the death of Akira Kurosawa, a giant of world cinema, International House of Japan will hold a discussion aimed at understanding some of the reasons for the gap between Kurosawa's dual legacy at home and abroad.
Date: Saturday, March 1, 2008
Venue: Lecture Hall, International House of Japan
Language: Japanese/English (with simultaneous translation)
Program Fee: 1,500 yen (800 yen for IHJ members and students)
Organizer: International House of Japan
1:30 pm Film Showing: "Rashomon" (1950, monochrome with English subtitles, 90 mins.)
3:30 pm Keynote Speech by Andrew Horvat(Visiting Professor, Tokyo Keizai University)
Panel Discussion
Panelists: Chris Fujiwara (Film Critic), Kenji Ishizaka (Director of the "Winds of Asia" section of the Tokyo International Film Festival), Teruyo Nogami (Author of "Waiting on the Weather: Making Movies with Akira Kurosawa"/Former manager of Kurosawa Productions)
Donald Richie (Film Historian/Author of "The Films of Akira Kurosawa")
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