PROGRAM *Door open: 15 mins. before

June 23 (Fri.)	18:30	The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
June 24 (Sat.)	13:30	The Inner Palace Conspiracy
	15:45	Bloody Spear at Mt. Fuji
	18:00	Bushido: Samurai Saga
June 25 (Sun.)	13:30	Rashomon
	15:15	Lecture by Dr. Keiko McDonald “Reading Jidaigeki”(Professor, University of Pittsburgh)
	18:00	Revenge of a Kabuki Actor

* All Screenings with English Subtitles.

For more than 20 years, the Japan Foundation has been showing subtitled Japanese films overseas as part of its efforts to introduce Japanese culture to the world. In 2004, the Japan Foundation began offering these English-subtitled prints to foreign residents of Japan so that they would have the opportunity to experience the wealth of Japanese cinema.

We have organized five film events (*1) in the last two years, and as the sixth event, we are proud to present “The Masters and Jidaigeki.” Japanese period dramas, called jidaigeki, are popular not only in Japan.They have passionate fans, there have been many masterpieces, they have spawned many great sub-genres, and they continue to develop by adding contemporary tastes. For the sixth film event, we selected films from 1950s and 1960s by masters of Japanese cinema and also starring charismatic actors.

In addition to film screenings, there also will be a lecture by Dr. Keiko McDonald, adding different perspectives to enjoying jidaigeki period dramas.

*1
June 2004	Masters of Japanese Cinema
March 2005	When Masters Were Young—1960s
June 2005	Flashback/Flashforward: Staging the Past
September 2005	The Best of Japanese Horror
March 2006	The Masters' Gaze on Women in Hanamachi

Dates	June 23 (Fri.) to June 25 (Sun.) 2006
Venue	OAG Hall, OAG Haus, 1st Floor 7-5-56 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo Nearest station: Aoyama-itchome (Ginza, Hanzomon and Oedo subway lines), Exit 4
Presented by The Japan Foundation With the special cooperation of TOKYO FILMeX Organizing Committee With the cooperation of Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. , Toei Co., Ltd , and Shochiku.
Price	A single ticket: 600 yens at the door only. (A single ticket for members of JF Supporter's Club: 500 yen at the door only.) *Lecture: Admission Free
Info	TOKYO FILMeX Office Info. Tel: 03-3560-6394 (till 6/22, 11:00-17:30 Weekdays only) Tel: 090-3467-4963 (6/23-25 only)

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