CAS is kicking off our fall event calendar with two聽screenings:聽Cinema Kabuki: Sagi Musume and Last Life in the Universe!
From a white heron to a coquettish girl, to a woman seducing her lover and hellish betrayal,聽Sagi Museum, or 鈥淗eron Maiden,鈥� is one of the most challenging dance roles in Kabuki theatre.聽This screening is hosted by CAS in collaboration with the Japan Foundation, Japan America Society of Colorado, and the CU International Film Series.聽Join us Tuesday, September 13 at 7:30 in the Muenzinger Auditorium for this special film.聽
On Wednesday, September 14 at 7:30 in Muenzinger, we will host a special showing of Last Life in the Universe.
A suicidal, obsessively compulsive Japanese librarian is forced to lie low in Thailand with a pot-smoking woman coping with the recent loss of her sister.聽David Atherton,聽assistant professor of Japanese, will lead a聽discussion after the film.聽This screening is hosted by CAS in collaboration with the Japan Foundation and the CU International Film Series.