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Brad Silnutzer
For Brad Silnutzer's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 20, 2007
Futuristic film screens as part of youth conference
Game over. Those words would erase the smile off the face of any video-game fanatic. But in Oshii Mamoru's 2001 film "Avalon," those could be the very last words you ever hear. This futuristic sci-fi film about a perilously addictive virtual-reality game — where a "death" can result in you meeting your maker in the real world — will be screened on July 21 from 9 p.m. as part of the "Japanese Cinema Eclectics" series.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 20, 2007
Capoeira connects Japan, Brazil
Experience martial arts with a twist — but probably neither a shimmy nor a waltz — at the two-day Axe Brasil Bahia festival, taking place in Tokyo's Asakusa on July 21-22.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 6, 2007
Six things you must do this summer
Summer heat getting you down? Don't sweat it. Whether the weather is friend or foe, there are plenty of ways to add some variety to the coming months.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 15, 2007
A year to remember in pictures
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then everyone who visits the World Press Photo Contest's traveling exhibition will have plenty to digest. That's because the WPPC, which runs at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography from June 16-Aug. 5, features the best photojournalism of 2006 from lensmen and women around the world. The event, now recognized as the world's largest and most prestigious annual press photo contest, visits 45 countries and is attended by more than 2 million visitors.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 8, 2007
Short film festival reaches for the stars
They may run short, but to the directors of the films screening at the International Pleaides Film Festival, each is "a complete, miniature work of art," according to the festival's Web site.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on