News tag: Japanese film

Pureism Supperclub Review

Thanks to Pureism Shojin Ryori supperclub, I got the unique chance to sample beautifully presented Buddhist inspired cuisine whilst enjoying traditional Japanese music in a cosy North London venue.

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Kentaro Kobayashi, the award-winning Japanese comedian and playwright, will unveil his new show in London in February 2015

Kentaro Kobayashi, the award-winning Japanese comedian, playwright, performer, is coming to London in February 2015  to unveil his brand new show Mr Potsunen’s Peculiar Slice of Life. Mr Potsunen’s Peculiar Slice of Life  (UK Premiere) will be shown on at 7:30pm on 3 and 4 February 2015 at Leicester Square Theatre, London.

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Yoshitaro Nomura Film Season at the ICA, 18-23 April 2014

“A hugely revered, popular filmmaker in his home country of Japan, Yoshitaro Nomura’s (1919 – 2005) film career spanned more than 50 years during which he directed 89 films.

Considered one of the pioneers of Japanese film noir, he is best known in Japan for his adaptations of mystery and detective novels, several of which were based on stories by best-selling left-leaning crime writer Seicho Matsumoto (1909-1992), who was the most popular and highest paid writer in Japan in the late 1950s.

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Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan - a Day of Japanese Music on Saturday 2 February at the Barbican

The BBC Symphony Orchestra is presenting a day of Japanese music on Saturday 2 February at the Barbican in London – Total Immersion: Sounds from Japan. This is part of a long-running series of Total Immersion days. These days usually celebrate the music of a single composer. They are branching out this year and looking at music

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Shinji Somai Retrospective at Edinburgh International Film Festival, 20th June through 1st July

The Edinburgh International Film Festival will be presenting the very first complete retrospective of the films of director Shinji Somai to be shown outside his native Japan, including a number of films never before screened in the UK. A constant source of inspiration to Japanese filmmakers, Somai’s work is still largely unseen by Western audiences.

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Shūji Terayama Retrospective at the Tate Modern, Friday 16 March to Sunday 25 March 2012

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting Shūji Terayama ‘who can say that we should not live like dogs?’ at the Tate Modern, Friday 16 March to Sunday 25 March 2012. 

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Premiere Japan 2011 at the Barbican, 25-27 November 2011

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting Premiere Japan 2011.

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