PAST: Three Japanese Films be will screened at National Geographic in conjunction with the exhibition "Samurai: The Warrior Transformed" Saturday, March 31st, 11:00am, 1:30pm and 4:15pm, each film costs $5

Three Japanese Films be will screened at National Geographic in conjunction with the exhibition "Samurai: The Warrior Transformed"

Saturday, March 31st

each film costs $5 buy tickets

Samurai Rebellion

11:00am 

The Hidden Fortress 1:30pm
The Sword of Doom

4:15pm

In conjunction with the National Geographic Museum exhibition "Samurai: The Warrior Transformed," three classics of Japanese cinema, all featuring the iconic Toshiro Mifune, will be screened, and presented in stunning 35mm! Films will be introduced by Michael Jeck, veteran film programmer notable for commentary on Criterion DVD releases of Seven Samurai and Throne of Blood. Advisory: Violent content. 

In Samurai Rebellion (1967/119 min/Director: Masaki Kobayashi), an aging swordsman and his son take a shocking stand against an unjust ruler.

The Hidden Fortress (1958/139 min/Director: Akira Kurosawa) tells the story of a general and a princess who must dodge enemy clans while smuggling a royal treasure out of hostile territory, in a film that inspired George Lucas' Star Wars

In The Sword of Doom (1966/119 min/Director: Kihachi Okamoto), a wandering samurai kills without mercy or remorse, during the turbulent final days of the shogunate.

National Geographic

1145 17th Street, NW - at M St, NW

Metro: Farragut North or take the 42 bus along Connecticut Ave/ Columbia Rd or the S2 or S4 bus along 16th St to M St and walk over.