Samurai!

Various films directed by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Gosha, Hiroshi Inagaki, Tokuzo Tanaka, Masaki Kobayashi, and others

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Event has passed (Wed Dec 14, 2005 - Thu Dec 22, 2005)
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For its first annual Winter Samurai Fest, the Balboa is proud to present newly-struck 35mm prints of sixteen films representing the finest achievements in samurai cinema. Featuring great auteurs of the genre such as Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi, Kihachi Okamoto and Hideo Gosha as well as enthralling performances by Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shintaro Katsu, Tetsuro Tamba and many more, these timeless classics of Japanese film history represent a fusion of great art and rousing entertainment.

Kicking off the festival on December 2nd, author Patrick Galloway will speak and sign copies of his book, Stray Dogs and Lone Wolves: The Samurai Film Handbook. A San Francisco native now living in Oregon, Mr. Galloway is a lifelong film enthusiast and student of Asian culture.

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Balboa Theatre
3630 Balboa St
San Francisco, CA
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  1. Balboa Theatre
    3630 Balboa St, San Francisco, CA

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