Events

2011

October

Hiroshima by Ishiuchi Miyako

Venue: UBC Museum of Anthropology

Exhibition dates: Friday, October 14, 2011 through Sunday, February 12, 2012

Details: http://www.moa.ubc.ca/exhibits/

2012

February

Edo: Arts of Japan's last Shogun age

Date and Time:Thursday, February 9 - Monday, May 21
Weekday: 9:00am to 9:30pm

Weekend: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Venue: Richmond Museum (7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond)
Details: http://www.richmond.ca/culture/sites/museum/exhibit.htm

Public Performances: One Thousand Cranes
A play by Colin Thomas, translated by Toyoshi Yoshihara. Presented in Japanese by Bunkaza Theatre Company (Tokyo), with accompanying English storytelling
Date and Time: Friday, February 10, 2012 (7:30 pm)
Saturday, February 11, 2012 (2:00 pm and 7:30 pm)
Venue: Frederic Wood Theatre(6354 Crescent Road, UBC)
Details: http://www.moa.ubc.ca/events/

Exhibit Closing: Coming Together
Date and Time: Sunday, February 12, 2012 (2:00-4:00 pm)
Venue: Great Hall, UBC Museum of Anthropology
Details: http://www.moa.ubc.ca/events/

Japanese Film Show for Kids "NARUTO THE MOVIE   Legend of the Stone of Gelel"
Date and Time：Sunday, February 12  2:00pm-
Venue：Steveston Japanese Language School （4111 Moncton Street, Richmond　Steveston Community Centre Gym）
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Japanese Anime Film Show "NARUTO THE MOVIE SHIPPUDEN"
Date and Time：Thursday, February 16  6:30pm-
Venue：SFU Surrey Campus (250-13450 102 Avenue, Rm. 5280 (above Central City Mall))
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Cinema Kabuki in high definition on the big screen
Date and Time: Sunday, February 26, 2012 (1:00pm & 3:30 pm)
Venue: Cineplex Odeon, International Village Cinemas (88 West Pender Street, Vancouver)

Tickets: On sale online at www.cineplex.com and at the theatre box offices.
Details:http://www.jftor.org/whatson/Kabuki2012.php

Murder in a Hell of Oil (a murder story)

Sunday, February 26, 2012 1:00pm

Onna Goroshi Aburano Jigoku

Premiered as a Bunraku puppet play in 1721

Written by Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Premiered as a Kabuki play in 1909

Directed for Cinema Kabuki by Hiroyuki Nakatani Recorded live at Kabuki-za Theatre, Tokyo, 2009

110 minutes

Subtitled in English

Set in Osaka, the centre of commerce in 18th century Japan, Yohei, played by Nizaemon, a specialist of Kyoto/Osaka style Kabuki, is the prodigal son of an oil merchant who consumes the family fortune pursuing ‘pleasures of the night’. In spite of the heartfelt concern of his mother and stepfather, Yohei will not give up. Finally cornered by loan sharks, Yohei begs Okichi, the wife of a fellow oil merchant, for money. Upon her refusal, Yohei turns into a cruel murderer. Splashes of blood and oil energize Kabuki’s most spectacular murder scene.

The Heron Maiden (a dance performance)

Sunday, February 26, 2012 3:30pm

Sagi Musume

Premiered in 1762

Directed for Cinema Kabuki by Hiroyuki Nakatani

Recorded live at the Kabuki-za Theatre, Tokyo, 2005

32 minutes

Subtitled in English

The Heron Maiden is one of the most challenging dance roles in Kabuki. Featuring fifteen musicians on stage and dramatic costume changes amid swirling snow, the popular Heron Maiden is performed by star onnagata Tamasaburo (a male actor who specializes in female roles). Transforming himself gracefully from a white heron to a coquettish girl, then into a woman who seduces and brutally betrays her lover, the Heron Maiden is Tamasaburo’s signature piece. With his extraordinarily expressive fingers - from the opening birdlike steps through to the dance’s finale - Tamasaburo is unforgettable.

March

Japanese Film Show for Kids "Naruto THE MOVIE Guardians of Crescent Moon Kingdom"

Date Sunday, March 4

Time:2:00pm-

Venue: Gradstone Japanese Language School (6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby Nikkei Centre Hall)

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