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January 2020
Manga Hokusai Manga
Manga Hokusai Manga: Approaching the Master’s Compendium from the Perspective of Contemporary Comics 「マンガ・北斎・漫画」展 — 現代日本マンガから見た『北斎漫画』 January 16 – April 23, 2020 In light of Japan’s contemporary comics and their global proliferation, the 19th-century Hokusai Manga is attracting increasing…
Find out more »The BLINDSPOT of JAPAN
This lecture will feature Eric Cazdyn’s "Blindspot Machine"--a unique film rig that questions what a blindspot is and teaches us about how we look, how we think, how we desire, and how change occurs in the world. In this iteration…
Find out more »RAMEN FILM SERIES: Ramen Heads
RAMEN FILM SERIES @JFT, admission free, RSVP required All films in Japanese with English subtitles Warm up to a tasty bowl of Ramen! This series will examine all that is Ramen with great stories about the people who make…
Find out more »February 2020
RAMEN FILM SERIES: Ramen Shop
RAMEN FILM SERIES @JFT, admission free, RSVP required All films in Japanese with English subtitles Warm up to a tasty bowl of Ramen! This series will examine all that is Ramen with great stories about the people who make…
Find out more »Mixed Doubles
Valentines Film Screening MIXED DOUBLES ミックス February 14, 2020 6:30 PM @JFT, admission free, RSVP required, film in Japanese with English subtitles Directed by Junichi Ishikawa 2017, 119 min. Tamako, formerly a "table tennis prodigy", was in…
Find out more »Welcome to TOKYO: Urban Change and International Spectacle from the Meiji Period to 2020
Anticipating the arrival of tens of millions of foreign tourists attending the 2020 Olympic Games, the Tokyo municipal government announced in 2014 a long-term city plan aiming to make Tokyo the “world’s best city.” With the Olympic Games a “springboard”…
Find out more »RAMEN FILMS: God of Ramen
RAMEN FILM SERIES @JFT, admission free, RSVP required All films in Japanese with English subtitles After watching these films, you'll want to warm up to a tasty bowl of Ramen! This series will examine all that is Ramen with great…
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