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130th Anniversary of the Kyoto Shimbun
Kyoto Studies: City of the Avant-Garde—Modernism in Kyoto 1895–1930
Film screenings: “City of the Avant-Garde: Modern Films in Kyoto”

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; 1F Lobby (maximum capacity 200); 500 yen per day; tickets available at the door only; in Japanese only; silent films with piano accompaniment
Organizers: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; The Kyoto Shimbun
Cooperation: The National Film Center; http://www.momat.go.jp/english/nfc/; All screenings with live narration (in Japanese); Narration: SAWATO Midori; guitar & shamisen: YUASA Jōichi; flute: SUZUKI Makiko; Bijōfu kōhen & Tekketsudan with piano accompaniment; Pianist: HASEGAWA Yoshitaka (associate professor, Osaka College of Music)

Date	Title	Details
July 10 (Fri.) 7:30–9:30PM (doors 6:30PM)	7:30–7:34PM	Hozu-gawa no kyūryū	1906	4 min.
Production: France Pathé
7:35–7:56PM	Gōketsu Jiraiya	1921	21 min.
Director: MAKINO Shōzō Production: Nikkatsu
8:00–9:30PM	Dai-katsugeki Sōtō	1924	90 min.
Director: KANAMORI Banshō Production: Tōa Kinema

Date	Title	Details
July 11 (Sat.) 7:30–9:30PM (doors 6:30PM)	7:30–8:21PM	Bijōfu kōhen	1926	51 min.
Director: FUTAGAWA Buntarō Production: Makino Production
8:25–9:18PM	Tekketsudan	1928	53 min.
Director: KAWANAMI Ryōta Production: Makino Production
9:20–9:28PM	Nihon no eiga-dzukuri	1934–35	8 min.
Production: USA Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)