The National Cinema Museum celebrates the first centenary of the founding of Nikkatsu with a far-reaching retrospective entitled Samurai, eros e pallottole (Samurai, Eros and bullets): the first hundred years of Nikkatsu.

The National Cinema Museum celebrates the first centenary of the founding of Nikkatsu – one of the oldest and most prestigious Japanese film production houses – with a far-reaching retrospective entitled Samurai, eros e pallottole (Samurai, Eros and bullets): the first hundred years of Nikkatsu, curated by Dario Tomasi. The second part of the retrospective – which will take place from 17 to 24 March 2012 in Cinema Massimo’s Screen Three – is a Nikkatsu project produced by the National Cinema Museum with support from the Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome and assistance from the Cinémathèque française.

Among the events scheduled is a screening of the silent film Jirokichi the Rat (Made to Order Cloth) by Ito Daisuke on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 at 8.30 p.m. in Cinema Massimo’s Screen Three, featuring a live musical accompaniment by Stefano Maccagno. Admission: 6.00/4.00/3.00 euros.