University Participates in Japan Foundation Film Series

Students intrigued by Japanese cinema will have the opportunity this fall to attend free screenings of contemporary Japanese films during the eighth annual Japan Foundation Film Series.

             

The New York office of the Japan Foundation owns a collection of Japanese film on 35mm prints. For the past eight years, they have been circulating these films to institutions in parts of the country that do not often get a lot of exposure to Japanese cinema, according to Elyssa Faison, associate professor of Japanese history at the University of Oklahoma.

           

 “My hope is that OU students who may be familiar with Japanese popular culture through manga and anime…might give themselves the opportunity to see the latest themes and visual aesthetics that are driving today’s younger Japanese filmmakers,” Faison said.

          

  “Dog in a Sidecar” is the first film scheduled to be screened Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.