Student-Faculty Collaborations

Jack Lyons ’16 worked with Associate Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori on the DHi-CLASS Project “The Silent Serpent: Understanding the Role of Benshi in Japanese Cinema” during the summer 2014.

Six students in Introduction to Japanese Film taught by Associate Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori (Taoyu Chen, Hoang Do, Daniel Finger, Sabrina Hua, Micah Stimson, and Dyllon Young) worked on their original “benshi” scripts for Omori’s silent documentary film, Crossroads in Context (2014) and performed live at an F.I.L.M. event on September 28, 2014 with original live music played by an ensemble of international musicians.

Tori Fukumitsu ’15 worked with Associate Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori on an Emerson Project titled “Performing With the Picture, Moving With the Times: the Role of Benshi in Preserving a Japanese Cultural Practice and Adapting to a Global Audience,” during summer 2014.