Special Event at Shoseian

 

Outdoor screening &

Samurai Acting workshop
at Shoseian Teahouse 

 

Burai Productdions

"Uzumasa Limelight"
©2014 ELEVEN ARTS

Date & Time:

Sunday, September 19 at 6:15pm
Door Open at 6:00pm
Workshop starts at 6:15pm
Movie starts at 7:00pm

Venue:

Shoseian Teahouse
1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91201
www.glendaleteahouse.org

Admission Free, Reservation Required 
FULL

Challenge yourself in a sword fight performance that you’ve only seen in Samurai movies at the beautiful Japanese Garden in Glendale.  Japanese actor group “Burai” will be your instructor and they will be teaching you basic samurai movements, sword handling, and manner of speaking.  
After this 30 minute workshop, enjoy the movie, "Uzumasa Limelight" (2014) which focuses on an aging background actor that specializes in being killed.  Admission is free and registration is required.  
Enjoy the special evening with us at Shoseian Teahouse! 

*We will provide you with a “sword” made with paper at the workshop. Instruction will be given in English.  This event is open to everyone!

**Movie screening will take place outside so make sure to bring your chairs, blanket, or picnic sheet!

about instructors:

Burai Productions

A Japanese Entertainment Group based in California.
Projects include “How To Measure Happiness (Egyptian Extension Theatre, 2011)”, “BURAI -Standing All Alone-(Theatre Theater, 2014)”, “BURAI -Standing All Alone-(Aratani Theatre, 2015)”.  

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.　

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buraiproductions

about movie:

Uzumasa Limelight (太秦ライムライト)
(104mins, 2014)
Directed by Ken Ochiai
In Japanese with English subtitles

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.

Trailer: