Japanese Movies in Astrakhan Again

The Festival is to be opened today at 06.30 p.m. at the Illusion Cinema Theater. It shall be opened by Mr. Tanaka Reiko from the Japanese Embassy to Russia and by Alexander Lunyov, Rector of ASU. The first film to be shown is a comedy by Yoshishige Miyake “Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle”.

According to Alina Savinova, an Associate Professor of ASU’s Chair of Oriental Languages, the films were being selected especially thoroughly; the Japanese Embassy was involved in the selection. The Astrakhan audience can also watch “Bushido Sixteen” by Tomoyuki Furumaya, “Shodo Girls” by Ryuichi Inomata, and “Happy Flight” by Shinobu Yaguchi. All the films shall traditionally be demonstrated in Japanese with Russian subtitles.

During the opening and the closing days, guests of the Festival can also come to the foyer of the Illusion Cinema Theater and try themselves in calligraphy, learn the intricacies of origami, and visit the Japanese tea bar. On Friday at 05.00 p.m., the cinema theater foyer will host a master class in the Japanese monochromic ink wash painting sumi-e to be delivered by Olga Selivanova, an expert in Japanese traditional arts from Moscow.

The Festival of the Japanese Cinema is also a place for students of Kanagawa University and Astrakhan State University to work together as a single team to arrange this remarkable event.

 Russian original information source: Yuri Garanov (the Press Service of ASU)