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Japanese Cultural Awareness in Appalachia Film Festival: Seven Samurai
Venue: Heth Hall (Radford University), Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012
Time: 2:00 - 6:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
Radford University will pay tribute to the land of the rising sun with its first Japanese Cultural Awareness in Appalachia Week which includes a film festival and lecture series. The final film is "Seven Samurai" which will be shown in Heth Hall room 106.

A special introduction to the film will be given by RU Professor Ted McKosky.

Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese adventure drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film takes place in 1587 during the Warring States Period of Japan. It follows the story of a village of farmers that hire seven masterless samurai (ronin) to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops.

Seven Samurai is described as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, and is one of a select few Japanese films to become widely known in the West for an extended period of time. It is the subject of both popular and critical acclaim; it was voted onto Sight & Sound's list of the ten greatest films of all time in 1982, and to the directors' top ten films in the 1992 and 2002 polls.

Featuring the film festival and a demonstration of Japanese sword fighting on Wednesday, April 4, the week will also include a series of lectures on contemporary society and cultural issues relating to business, gender and education in Japan. All events are free and open to the public. The aim is to expand the university's focus on international issues.

For more information about the schedule of events, visit: http://www.radford.edu/content/radfordcore/home/news/releases/2012/March/japanese-awareness.html or contact Brian Massie at bmassie@radford.edu.