Arts and entertainment
Japanese Movie Screening: Samurai Cat
Posted by Michiko Yoshimoto
for Soga Japan Center
The Soga Japan Center will host the Japan Foundation Film Series at Room 2028 Brown Hall on December 3 and December 5. These screenings are free and open to the public.
5pm, Tuesday, December 3
Samurai Cat/猫侍 (2014) dir. Yoshitaka YAMAGUCHI, 100 min. ()
Expert swordsman Madarame Kyutaro (Kitamura) was once a feared killer, but now lives in poverty. One day, he receives his first assassination request in quite a while. However, the target for the assassination turns out to be a cat said to have turned its master into a spineless jellyfish…
Synopsis (Japanese):
时は幕末。
かつて百人斩りと恐れられた剣豪は、今は贫乏浪人となり果てていた。
行き场を失った男に久々に舞い込んだ仕事、それは敌対一家の亲分が饲う?猫?を斩れというものだった…。
しかし、この小さな生き物との出逢いで、剣しか知らぬ侍が、初めて”癒し”を知った。
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024
5 to 7 p.m.
2028
Brown Hall
Kalamazoo, MI 49008 US
Michiko Yoshimoto