Events Calendar

Nikkatsu at 100

Admission is free.

For a complete festival schedule and to RSVP, go to: http://cinema.usc.edu/Nikkatsu.

On September 10, 2012, Japan’s Nikkatsu Film Studio will celebrate its 100th anniversary. One of Japan’s oldest and most acclaimed film studios, the Nikkatsu libraries contain approximately 3,300 film titles, including some of the most important Japanese films from the silent era to the classical period, from the postwar era to the new wave, and up to the current renaissance of Japanese cinema. Nikkatsu’s collection includes period pieces, samurai films, melodramas, youth films, gangster films, “pink” movies, horror films and contemporary blockbusters, with major critical and box-office successes in each of those areas. This three-day event will draw from Nikkatsu’s library to celebrate 100 years of Japanese cinema, and will include screenings and discussions with filmmakers, scholars and critics on Nikkatsu’s enduring legacy in Japan and its historical place in the film world.

Schedule of events:

Friday, October 26:

7 p.m.: Opening remarks by Elizabeth M. Daley, dean of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Akira Mizuta Lippit, Ph.D., Professor of Critical Studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Naoki Sato, President and CEO of Nikkatsu Corportation.

7:20 p.m.: Surprise film premiere from director Hideo Nakata (Ringu, Dark Water), co-presented by The Cinefamily, followed by Q&A with the director.

10 p.m.: Reception

Location: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) - Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Daria Yudacufski