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Samurai Cinema

  • All levels
  • 18 and older
  • $195
  • 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
  • 20 hours over 8 sessions

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  • $195
  • 92nd Street Y Lexington Ave @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128
  • 20 hours over 8 sessions
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What you'll learn in this film studies class:

View 8 sword-swinging classics of Japanese and world cinema.

Kurt Brokaw, along with team teacher Nella Williams, who is fluent in Japanese, help unravel the mysteries of Shogunate warriors in feudal Edo societies, their dress, fighting rituals and codes of honor. Discussions of the stars and directors.

Samurai Assassin (1964)
1860 Edo, as ronin Toshiro Mifune must slay an elder in Kihachi Okamoto’s stately drama (123 min).

Sword of Doom (1967)
Ferocious Tatsuya Nakadai plus his fencing teacher (Mifune) in Okamoto’s starkest showdown (121 min).

Samurai Rebellion (1967)
An overlord’s mistress stirs Mifune/Nakadai to revolt in Kobayashi’s ”year’s best” (Don Ritchie) (128 min).

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Shintaro Katsu, the blind swordsman, vs. Mifune’s Yojimbo in Okamoto’s giddy jidaigeki romp (116 min).

Chushingura (1962)
47 loyal retainers become masterless samurai (led by hot-headed Mifune) in the epic palace intrigue saga (207 min). 
*Please note extended class time

The Last Samurai (2003)
Civil War vet Tom Cruise with samurai leader Ken Watanabe in Edward Zwick’s birth of modern Japan (160 min).

Kill Bill (Vol.1) (2003)
Uma Thurman is The Bride, Lucy Liu her vengeful enemy in Quentin Tarantino’s over-the-top splatter thriller (112 min).

Seven Samurai (1954)
Akira Kurasawa’s epic tale of 16th century warriors led by Mifune (208 min). 

*Please note extended class time
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There are no refunds for outings, classes or workshops that meet fewer than three times per semester.

If you are unable to attend, you may contact [email protected] prior to the first date for a receipt that enables you to claim your contribution as a tax-deductible gift.

Unless otherwise noted in program description, the following schedule applies to programs which meet three times or more per semester:

  • To receive a 95% refund, written request must be received 14 business days prior to the first session.
  • To receive a 75% refund, written request must be received at least 2 business days prior to the first session.
  • To receive a 50% refund, written request must be received at least 2 business days prior to the second session.
  • After that, refunds cannot be granted.

All refund requests must be submitted in writing to [email protected]

Refunds are computed from the date written notice is received. To receive a refund, you must enclose the original of your confirmation letter.

Please allow three to four weeks for processing of your refund request.

Processing fees, membership fees, auditions fees and class or exercise cards are not refundable. No cash refunds.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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