In collaboration with the Japan Foundation LA, we are proud to present an evening of pure entertainment and excitement on Sunday, March 27 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. The fee is the price of general admission ($10).Join us in an interactive samurai show performed by Burai Productions, a Japanese Entertainment Group based in California, and learn about Japanese cultural traditions while getting firsthand experience of basic samurai movements, sword handling, and manner of speaking. You will be challenged in a sword fight performance as only seen in samurai movies. Paper “swords” will be provided for practice.
After this 40-minute extravaganza, you will enjoy the movie "Uzumasa Limelight" (2014) which focuses on an aging background actor that specializes in being killed. The movie is in Japanese with English subtitles.
The Samurai performance and movie screening will take place outdoors.
BURAI PRODUCTIONS
A Japanese Entertainment Group based in California.
Since 2016, they have been in events such as Anaheim Japan Fair/Long Beach Japan Fair/LANSCA 60th Anniversary Special Event/ Nisei Obon Festival/Nisei week Fashion Show/Geisha Fashion Show/Coedo Beer Event/Suntory Beer Event(Okayama Kobo&Bizen Bar)Japan Expo/Ninjya Convention /OC Japan Fair/Ronin Expo/Tokyo City Cup/Beer and Sake at Harrah's Casino.
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ABOUT THE MOVIE:
UZUMASA LIMELIGHT (太秦ライムライト)
(104MINS, 2014)
DIRECTED BY KEN OCHIAI
About:
A drama that evokes the pathos of an actor who specializes in the waning samurai film genre, set at the Uzumasa film studio in Kyoto. Fukumoto Seiji, Japan's top "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) with appearances in numerous samurai movies, plays a utility actor reminiscent of himself in his first starring role in a film.
Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran kirareyaku actor Kamiyama (Fukumoto) is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki (Yamamoto Chihiro). A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.
Details:
Sunday, March 27 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Check-in time at Gift Shop: 5:50pm
Gate opens: 6:00pm and begins at: 6:30pm
Tickets are the same as general admission: $10 (No membership discount)
Join us for this one of a kind experience!
Event Venue
Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, 1125 N 3rd Ave, Phoenix, United States
Tickets