Bi-weekly Japanese Films

The first film in this semester's bi-weekly Japanese film series will be on Thursday, January 22nd from 2-4pm in Mackinac Room B-1-118. I have reserved the same room for every other week after that, with one exception, so the tentative schedule is below:

Jan. 22nd - - MAK B-1-118 - - 2-4pm
Feb. 5th - - MAK B-1-118 - - 2-4pm
Feb. 19th - - MAK B-1-116 - - 3-5pm
Mar. 19th - - MAK B-1-118 - - 2-4pm
Apr. 2nd - - MAK B-1-118 - - 2-4pm
Apr. 16th - - MAK B-1-118 - - 2-4pm
Apr. 30th - - MAK B-1-118 - - 2-4pm

For those who can not make it on Thursday afternoons there was, unfortunately, no consistent alternative time that was available, though those who would be able to make it to a Wednesday afternoon session instead should contact me and if enough people express interest I will try to vary the schedule.

The film for Thursday will be Twilight Samurai, the story of a low-ranking samurai struggling to get by in the late Tokugawa period. All films after that are undecided at this point, though I have lots of ideas and would welcome feedback about desired films. I have ordered a lot of films for the LRC, many of which I have not yet seen and thus can not speak to the quality, but I would be happy to include them in the rotation. I'm thinking of mainly contemporary films, though I would also be happy to do a session of either traditional Japanese theater or Japanese classic cinema if anyone is interested. Some possibilities include:

Taste of Tea
Linda Linda Linda
Ping Pong
Tekkon Kinkreet
Paprika
Jump Ko-Gals
After Life
Metropolis
Funky Forest
Densha Otoko
Hana: The Tale of a Reluctant Samurai
Book of the Dead
Ghost in the Shell (1 or 2)
etc.

Let me know what you think about the films, how the schedule works for you, etc. I hope to see you on Thursday!