The Japan-America Society of Wyoming (JASWY) will hold its second Japanese Film Festival in Classroom Building Room 133 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, from 1:30-3:50 p.m., and 7-9 p.m.. on Saturday, April 19. Doors will open 20 minutes before show time. Free admission.
The movie schedule is as follows:
Always: Sunset at 3-chome: April 19 (Sat.) 1:30 p.m. (2005), family movie, 133 minutes, drama. Set in Tokyo in 1958, this film depicts human dramas of downtown residents who lived at the time of the construction of the Tokyo Tower — a symbol of Japan’s economic growth in the mid-20th century.
Zatoichi: April 19 (Sat.), 7 p.m., 2003, rated R, 119 minutes (Samurai movie). A blind masseur and sword master helps two youngsters avenge their parents at a gang-infested local town of pre-modern Japan. (Caution: This movie contains some graphic scenes of violence.)
The Japanese Film Festival is co-sponsored by the Modern & Classical Languages Dept., English Dept., Honors Program, and Japan Culture Club at the University of Wyoming.
FMI: http://www.jaswy.org/
