The Japan Film Program is hosted by Reed Hessler, longtime host on WBJC. Co-presented with the Baltimore Kawasaki Sister City Committee (BKSCC), TU College of Fine Arts and Communication Dean’s Office, and Asian Arts & Culture Center. (Note: October 25 has been cancelled)

September 27 - The Funeral (お葬式, Osōshiki)
Enjoy this 1984 comedy film about a family’s preparations for a suddenly deceased husband and father. The Funeral was Juzo Itami's feature film debut, garnering five Japanese Academy Awards in 1985.
1987, dir. Juzo Itami (124 minutes)

CANCELLED: October 25 - Tampopo (タンポポ)
A story about the relationship of love and food. Two truck drivers stop at a decrepit roadside ramen noodle shop and decide to help it’s owner along.
1984, dir. Juzo Itami (114 minutes)

November 15 - A Story from Chikamatsu (近松物語)
In this 1954 historical drama, an Edo-period Kyoto scroll maker, his apprentice, wife, and servant spin a web of star-crossed romance, betrayal, and compromised morality. Based on a classic eighteenth-century Japanese bunraku puppet-theater drama by the acclaimed Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Kenji Mizoguchi’s stunning film masterfully portrays the fears, frustrations, hopes and vulnerabilities of the story’s characters. 
1954, dir. Kenji Mizoguchi (102 minutes)

January 17 - Spring Dreams (春の夢)

March 14 - The Ceremony 

June 20 - Humanity and Paper Balloons

July 18 - Like Father Like Son