International Film Series Past Semesters

Spring Semester 2023

JAPAN

This semester, we will be looking at five films from Japan that have changed world media culture forever. Of course, narrowing it down to just five films is nearly impossible, and so Dr. Chad Diehl collaborated with Dr. Anri Yasuda, an expert on Japanese film, literature, and language, to settle on the following films.

All screenings will be 11:30-2:00 on a Friday in the Language Commons.

Lunch will be provided.

(flyer available here)

February 3

Stray Dog (野良犬), dir. Kurosawa Akira, 1949. (IMDB)

If you missed the screening, you can watch at: https://www.kanopy.com/en/virginia/watch/video/113321

Poster for the Kurosawa film, Stray Dog.

February 17

Godzilla (ゴジラ), dir. Honda Ishiro, 1954. (IMDB)

NOTE: This screening will include a short introductory lecture by Japanese historian Dr. Chad Diehl, as well as a post-screening discussion of the film and its (musical) legacies, also led by Chad.