U of M Center for Japanese Studies
Free and open to the public - First come, first serve seating. Sponsored by the University of Michigan’s Center for Japanese Studies.
CJS is home to the longest-running Japanese film series in the world. Our earliest records of the CJS Film Series start in 1975, but locals tell us the center has been showing films as early as the 1960s. Over the years, we have shown over 650 films and hosted great filmmakers like Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, Kazuhiro Sōda, Kijū Yoshida, Kaori Momoi, Masato Harada, and many, many more.
2026 Season
School In The Crosshairs
April 16 at 7:00 PM
Yuka Mitamura (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills by stealing the student government election, transforming their school into a conformist, almost fascistic staging area for an alien takeover of the Earth while coercing her classmates into going along. Discovering her own latent telekinetic abilities, Yuko teams up with Koji, her budding boyfriend from the kendo club, to fight off the invaders.