Love and Honor [武士�一分] 2006NEW

The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles is proud to present a screening of Love and Honor (武士ã�®ä¸€åˆ†; 2006) directed by the legendary Yamada Yôji and starring uber-celeb Kimutaku (Kimura Takuya) at the James Bridges Theater in UCLA's Melnitz Hall. The film carries on traditions in blind samurai protagonists, and represents one of three films Yamada directed in the first decade of the new millennium, partly in tribute to warrior and cinematic traditions, but also in ways that revise our view of both. Join us for a discussion with Yamamoto Ichiro (producer for Shochiku Studios), Nicholas Rucka (filmmaker, editor, film critic), and Jordan Smith (lecturer UCLA/CSU Long Beach) to be followed by a light reception sponsored by UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies.

Sponsored by The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies.  Supported by Shochiku, Co., Ltd, Eleven Arts, Inc, Funimation Entertainment, and Japan Film Society

Date
Friday, February 4

Love and Honor screening:  7 pm
Panel Discussion:    9 pm
Reception:   10 pm

Location
UCLA James Bridges Theater

WHO: The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
UCLA  Paul. I and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
Supported by SHOCHIKU., Co, Ltd, Eleven Arts, Inc,, Funimation Entertainment, Japan Film Society