This July, The Roxie Theater is launching a new monthly Japanese cinema series, Nippon Nights: Neon Tokyo. The series bridges and presents an array of Japanese films representing different genres, styles and generations. CAAM is co-presenting the series, which kicks off tonight with the presentation of the animated films Short Peace, Combustible, Possession, Gambo, and A Farewell to Weapons in the program Nippon Nights – Neon Tokyo: Anime World #1 – Short Peace.
The three-part series will be presented from July 16-September 25 at the Roxie Theater (3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103). Learn more and buy tickets on the Roxie Theater’s website www.roxie.com.
Nippon Nights – Neon Tokyo: Anime World #1 – Short Peace
Wednesday, July 16 at 7 pm
Roxie Theater – Little Roxie
Nippon Nights – Neon Tokyo: Anime World #2 – Akira
Thursday, August 21 at 8 pm
Roxie Theater – Big Roxie
Nippon Nights – Neon Tokyo: Anime World #3 – TAMALA2010 a punk cat in space and Wake Up!! TAMALA
Thursday, September 25 at 7 pm
Roxie Theater – Little Roxie
Main image: Stills from t.o.L’s film Tamala.
