Screening of the Documemtary and Discussion: The Making of Kagemusha

February 10, 1999

Screening of the Documemtary and Discussion: The Making of Kagemusha
702 Hamilton Hall, Columbia University (116th St. & Amsterdam Ave.)
7:00 – 9:00 PM

Columbia University’s Nihon Benkyokai and the Donald Keene Center are cosponsoring a special screening of the documentary The Making of Kagemusha about the shooting of Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1980 film. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Peter Grilli, Director of the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture. Mr. Grilli has produced a number of award-winning documentaries, including Shinto: Nature, Gods, and Man in Japan, Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden, and Music for the Movies: Toru Takemitsu, a film portrait of the great Japanese film composer. Grilli, who was a close friend with Kurosawa for nearly twenty-five years, produced the first complete retrospective of Kurosawa films and was the Japanese language coach for Richard Gere in Kurosawa’s Rhapsody in August.
Co-sponsored by Nihon Benkyokai