The Belton Area Museum Association will present a free Japanese Film Festival bi-weekly in February and March 2014 as part of the Anderson County 2014 International Festival. Four famous Japanese movies will be screened and followed by interactive discussions with humanities scholars. SC Humanities supported the Japanese Film Festival with a Mini Grant in September 2013.
The theme and title of Anderson County’s 2014 International Festival is “Youkoso,” which means “welcome” in Japanese. Youkoso will celebrate the Japanese people, companies, and cultural organizations that have made the upstate their home over the last 70 years. Other events will include two Japanese art exhibits, a Japanese Tea Ceremony, a children’s art day with origami and calligraphy lessons, and much more.
The Belton Area Museum Association will contribute to the festivities with a four-part film and lecture series featuring four famous Japanese films, The Tokyo Story, Godzilla, Seven Samurai, and Spirited Away. Two excellent scholars will provide humanities content by discussing topics such as traditional and modern Japanese culture, Japanese filmmaking techniques, and Japanese heritage. Dr. David Larson is a Professor of Theatre who has been at Anderson University since 1991, and Dr. Wayne Cox has been a Professor of English at Anderson University since 1992.
The four events include:
February 13 | 06:00 pm
Japanese Film Festival: "The Seven Samurai" and Nobility and Honor in Postwar Japan
The Belton Area Museum Association will present a Japanese Film Festival bi-weekly in February and March 2014 as part of Anderson County's 2014 International Festival
The Seven Samurai will be screened, and scholar Dr. David Larson will speak about "Nobility and Honor in Postwar Japan"
Location: Historic Belton Train Depot, 100 North Main Street, Belton, SC
Free and open to the public
Info: 864-338-7400
February 27 | 06:00 pm
Japanese Film Festival: "Godzilla" and Imperialism, Body Snatchers, and the Post-Nuclear World in Japan
The Belton Area Museum Association will present a Japanese Film Festival bi-weekly in February and March 2014 as part of Anderson County's 2014 International Festival
Godzilla will be screened, and scholar Dr. Wayne Cox will speak about "Imperialism, Body Snatchers, and the Post-Nuclear World in Japan"
Location: Historic Belton Train Depot, 100 North Main Street, Belton, SC
Free and open to the public
Info: 864-338-7400
March 13 | 06:00 pm
Japanese Film Festival: "The Tokyo Story" and the Japanese Aesthetic of Simplicity
The Belton Area Museum Association will present a Japanese Film Festival bi-weekly in February and March 2014 as part of Anderson County's 2014 International Festival
The Tokyo Story will be screened, and scholar Dr. David Larson will speak about "The Japanese Aesthetic of Simplicity"
Location: Historic Belton Train Depot, 100 North Main Street, Belton, SC
Free and open to the public
Info: 864-338-7400
March 27 | 06:00 pm
Japanese Film Festival: "Spirited Away" and Alice in the Spiritual Wonderland of Japanese Anime
The Belton Area Museum Association will present a Japanese Film Festival bi-weekly in February and March 2014 as part of Anderson County's 2014 International Festival
Spirited Away will be screened, and scholar Dr. Wayne Cox will speak about "Alice in the Spiritual Wonderland of Japanese Anime"
Location: Historic Belton Train Depot, 100 North Main Street, Belton, SC
Free and open to the public
Info: 864-338-7400
For more information about the Japanese Film Festival or the other events taking place as part of “Youkoso,” please contact the Belton Area Museum Association at 864-338-7400.
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