APRIL MOVIE a Boy and His Samurai
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1 2014 -15 JCCC Board of Directors In This Issue... President Gary Kawaguchi Past President/Advisor Marty Kobayashi VP, Heritage Jan Nobuto 2 JCCC Events VP, Management Ann Ashley Secretary Sharon Marubashi Treasurer Chris Reid 3 Toronto Japanese Film Festival Directors Ken Fukushima Anzu Hara 日 Chris Hope 4-6 JCCC News Warren Kawaguchi Karen Kuwahara 系 Lorene Nagata 7 Heritage & Sedai News Christine Nakamura Cary Rothbart 11 Legacy Update Ross Saito 文 Nao Seko Tak Yoshida 15-16 Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre Inscriptions 化 Advisors Mackenzie Clugston (Ambassador of Canada to Japan) 17-20 日本語紙面 Sid Ikeda Miki Kobayashi 会 Mickey Matsubayashi Steve Oikawa Connie Sugiyama 館 JCCC Foundation Chair Shari Hosaki Calendar of Events 役 JCCC Staff James Heron 員 April Executive Director Fri 3 JCCC closed -Good Friday [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.224 Fri 10 Rakugo with Sansho Nakamura Kathy Tazumi 及 Sat 11 Karaoke Club Accounting/General Administration Manager [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.229 Sun 12 Kumihimo Workshop Christine Takasaki び Mon 13 Manju Workshop Community Events Coordinator Thu 16 Tsugaru Shamisen & Taiko Concert [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.221 Wed 22 Origami Workshop Haruko Ishihara ス Sat 25 Karaoke Club Community Rentals Coordinator [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.228 Sun 26 Manju Bee Christine Seki タ Thurs 30 Movie Night - A Boy and his Samurai Corporate Rentals/Programming and Business Development May [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.231 Sat 2 Bazaar Sally Kumagawa ッ Sun 10 Kumihimo Workshop Donations/Memberships/Classes Database Administrator Mon 18 JCCC closed -Victoria Day [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.223 Thu 21 Movie Night - Kanzaburo Yuki Hipsh フ Sat 23 Karaoke Club Volunteer Coordinator [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.235 Mon 25 Manju Workshop Wed 27 Origami Workshop Sandy Chan Executive Assistant/Newsletter & Website Sat 30 Sakura Gala [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.226 Maki Klotz June Receptionist/Office Assistant Thu 11 Toronto JFF opening [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.227 Sat 13 Karaoke Club Elizabeth Fujita Sat 20 Karaoke Club Heritage and Sedai Project Fri 26 Toronto JFF closing [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.303 Sat 27 Nagata Shachu Concert Constantin Dutescu Operations and Technical Coordinator [email protected] 416-460-3522 JCCC Reception Desk [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext. 222 The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Newsletter SUBMISSION DEADLINE Editors: James Heron, Kathy Tazumi, Sandy Chan Deadline for the May 2015 issue is Friday April 10, 2015. Japanese Section: Maki Klotz, Haruko Ishihara, Sandy Chan 5月号の締め切りは2015年4月10日(金)です。 Your news is welcome! Please contact: Cover Picture: Sakura by Mark Yungblut [email protected] tel 416-441-2345 ext.226 2 KOJI YAMAGUCHI - Tsugaru Shamisen Rakugo Performance by YOSHIHIKO FUEKI - Taiko Sansho Nakamura – 2015 North American Tour Live Concert @ JCCC Kobayashi Hall “Matsuyama Kagami (Mirror)” Koji Yamaguchi will be back with his shamisen at the JCCC along Rakugo is coming to the JCCC this Spring! Sansho Nakamura will with international taiko performer Yoshihiko Fueki. be coming to the JCCC from Kumamoto, Japan. He will perform “Matsuyama Mirror” in Japanese first, followed by the English version. Each performance is about 30 minutes. Date: Friday April 10, 2015 Time: 7:00pm Admission: $5.00 (JCCC members); $7 (General) *Reservation required. Please call JCCC reception at 416-441- 2345 ext.222 to reserve your seat. Greetings from Sansho Nakamura: "I'm Sansho Nakamura, a rakugo artist visiting from Kumamo- to, Japan. Rakugo is a traditional Japanese storytelling art form which has been performed for over 400 years. In the stories of Rakugo, various kinds of people live together - sometimes quar- relling, sometimes helping each other. Rakugo depicts scenes of human life, and provides an occasion for audience to laugh at their own foolishness, and also appreciate the charming and humane parts of us all. The featured story for this event is "Matsuyama mirror". The story takes place a long time ago in Matsuyama village. At that time, mirrors were not yet widely available. One day, a farmer named Shousuke saw a mirror without knowing what it was... Please come to this special performance to listen to the rest of the story unfold in both English and in Japanese." Date: Thursday April 16, 2015 Time: 7:00pm Tickets: $22.12 (+HST) for members and students $26.55 (+HST) for non-members Tickets can be purchased at JCCC reception in person or by phone at 416-441-2345 ext 222. Tickets can also be purchased online through ticketweb at www.ticketweb.ca Yoshihiko Fueki - Studied Japanese musical instruments from a young age, and was involved in the start up of the taiko group, Dacunto. Since then he has been introducing Japanese taiko within and outside of Japan through solo concerts and workshops. He belongs to various Japanese musical groups and enjoys collaborating with musicians from different music genres. Koji Yamaguchi - Under his grandmother’s (shamisen teacher) influence, he became a performer celebrated not only in Japan but also internationally, and teaches shamisen at his own school, Yamaguchi Koji Sangenkai all over Japan. Yamaguchi has been the recipient of numerous awards throughout Japan. He is also a member of the famous shamisen group Hayate, with Kenichi Yoshida of international superstar Yoshida Brothers as its producer. 3 Toronto Japanese Film Festival Announces 2015 Line-Up The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre’s 4th annual Toronto Japanese Film Festival has announced its line-up for 2015. The Toronto Japanese Film festival is dedicated to showcasing the finest Japanese films that have been recognized for excellence by Japanese audiences and critics, international film festival audiences and the Japanese Film Academy. The 2015 festival will be held from Thursday June 11, 2015 to Friday June 26, 2015 and will feature 19 films including many North American and Canadian premieres. Some highlights include: - The North American premiere of Masayuki Suo’s (Shall We Dance?, A Terminal Trust) geisha version of My Fair Lady, LADY MAIKO starring Mone Kamishiraishi, Hiroki Hasegawa and Tamiyo Kusakari. Director Suo and star Tamiyo Kusakari will be here as guest of the festival to introduce the film and take questions at our closing reception. - The North American premiere of Masato Harada’s (Climber’s High, Chronicle of my Mother) KAKEKOMI, a charming Edo-era comedy-drama that could just as easily be titled :Divorce, Samurai Style!” Starring Yo Oizumi, Erika Toda and Hikari Mistushima. - The Toronto premiere of Yuya Ishii’s THE VANCOUVER ASAHI with Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kazuya Kamenashi and Mitsuki Takahata - The North American premiere of Daihachi Yoshida’s (The Kirishima Thing) thriller PALE MOON starring Rie Miyazawa (who won the Best Actress at the Japanese Academy Awards), Sousuke Ikematsu and Yuko Oshima - The North American premiere of A SAMURAI CHRONICLE, based on Rin Hamuro’s Naoki Prize winning novel and nominated for 10 Japanese Academy Awards. Starring Koji Yakusho, Mieko Harada, Junichi Okada, Maki Horikita - The North America premiere Ryuichi Hiroki’s May-December romance, HER GRANDDAUGHTER featuring stand-out performances by Nana Eikura, Etsushi Toyokawa and Sakura Ando - The Canadian premiere of Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s shocking MY MAN, a chilling Japanese spin on Lolita staring Tadanobu Asano and Fumi Nikaido and winner of Best Film and Best Actor at the 36th Moscow International Film Festival; Best Film, Mainichi Film Awards. Other films include Momoko Ando’s 0.5MM, Setsuro Wakamatsu’s SNOW ON THE BLADES, , Shinobu Yaguchi’s WOOD JOB, Mipo O’s THE SUN SHINES ONLY THERE, Hideki Takeuchi’s THERMAE ROMAE II, Takahiro Miki’s HOT ROAD and Tomo Goda’s BEING BORN – TOGETHER FOREVER. This year's festival will also include screenings at Vancouver’s National Nikkei Heritage Museum and Cultural Centre. Tickets go on sale May 4 with five and ten-film pass buyers receiving valuable gift packages form Shiseido Canada. Please check our website www.torontojff.com for more details. More in our next newsletter. 4 APRIL MOVIE A Boy and his Samurai Director Yoshihiro Nakamura’s (Fish Story, Snow White Murder Mystery) delicious time travel comedy chronicles the adventures of Kijima Yasube, a samurai who accidentally travels through time from Edo-era Japan to present-day Japan where he meets a single working mother Hiroko and her young son Tomoya. He soon finds he has a rare gift that will allow him to thrive in the modern world…as a Pastry Chef! The three begin to bond as a family but the time for Yasube to say “goodbye” and return to the Edo period is drawing close… Hilarious, sweet and earnest, starring Ryo Nishikido, Rie Tomosaka and Fuku Suzuki. Based on a manga by Gen Araki. Date: Thursday April 30, 2015 Time: 7:00pm Tickets: $8 (JCCC Members), $10 (General) Tickets can be purchased at JCCC Reception, or at 416-441-2345 ext.222. Kamp Kodomo New!! Seniors’ Supper Club Summer Sessions The Seniors’ Supper Club is a new club being offered through Heritage for those seniors interested in learning more about Mark your calendars and cooking for one!! don’t miss out on the all the summer fun at the We are planning six monthly sessions starting in April where JCCC!!! Kamp Kodomo’s participants will experience and learn: summer session has • Hands-on preparation of a meal where participants will prep started registration. Join the ingredients, cook the food, and enjoy the supper together. us for a busy week filled • What to look for when purchasing ingredients and shopping for with sessions covering a value and quality wide range of activities • How to prepare ingredients including martial arts, • Basic food safety for food preparation, storage, freezing, and ikebana, origami, folklore, language, and so much more! “best before date” usage The camp operates from 9:00am to 4:30pm from Monday to • Nutrition tips Friday.