Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 7, 2004|Volume 32, Number 29|Two-Week Issue

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Award-winning filmmaker to visit the campus

The Council on East Asian Studies, the Film Studies Program and the Japan Society of Boston will host a visit by celebrated Japanese film director Shinoda Masahiro on Monday, May 10.

While on campus, Masahiro will discuss his filmmaking career and present screenings of two of his films at the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St.

At 1 p.m., Masahiro will discuss his films in Rm. 208. Registration is required for this event; contact Anne Letterman at (203) 432-3428 or anne.letterman@yale.edu.

The East Coast premiere screening of "Spy Sorge" will take place at 5 p.m. in the auditorium. A discussion with the director will follow. A buffet dinner will take place at 8:30 p.m. in Rm. 108, followed by a screening of "Owl's Castle (Fukuro No Shiro)" at 9:30 p.m. in the auditorium. For more information about this event, visit www.yale.edu/ycias/ceas/shinoda.html.

Masahiro's most recent production, "Spy Sorge," is an historical thriller based on the life of Richard Sorge, the German newspaper correspondent who passed Japanese military secrets to the Russians during the early years of World War II. He was ultimately captured and executed for his actions. Masahiro reportedly spent 10 years planning the film, which was nominated for several awards from the Japanese Academy.

A critically acclaimed director, Masahiro's other films include "Double Suicide," an award-winning avant-garde production based on a Kabuki play; "Silence," about the persecution of Japanese Christians by the Edo government; and "Himiko," about the Yamatai Empire's queen in ancient Japan.

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