BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.3120@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20110604T000000Z DTEND:20110604T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Written by Mona Z. Smith and Directed by Traci Mariano.\n\nIn t he autumn of 1969\, a young Japanese American man makes a pilgrimage to an ancient forest on a mountain in France where his father was killed in act ion under mysterious circumstances 25 years earlier\, in World War II. As the traveler enters this eerie forest\, he is startled to encounter seven men who fought with his father in a celebrated battalion of Nisei soldiers . When the traveler begs to know the true story of his father's death\, ti me flows backward as the ghost warriors tell a story of loyalty and betray al\, friendship and rivalry\, courage and trauma\, ghosts and demons\, lov e and revenge.\n\nThe play&rsquo\;s title is from an English translation o f the poem by Matsuo Bashō:&nbsp\;\n\nnatsukusa ya/Summer grass:\ntsuwamo no domo ga/All that remains\nyume no ato/Of warriors&rsquo\; dreams.\n\n<e m>All That Remains&nbsp\;</em>was inspired by the dreamlike ghost-warrior plays of Noh theater\, especially Ikuta Atsumori by Zembo Motoyasu (1453-1 532). While the play is a work of fiction\, it has a rich historical conte xt\, drawing on the very real and harrowing experiences of troops in the 1 00th Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team -- celebrated but segregat ed units of Japanese Americans who fought with distinction in some of the bloodiest battles of WWII. Research for the play began in 1994\, and sourc es have included the Japanese American National Museum as well as archives in Hawaii and California\, which preserve a wealth of information about t hese soldiers\, their families\, and their communities.&nbsp\;\n\nThe cast includes:&nbsp\;\nAaron Aoki ∙ Jared Asato ∙ Cale Honda&nbsp\;∙&nbs p\;Blake Kushi ∙ Kiki Kusuma ∙ Thomas Isao Morinaka* ∙ Kipp Shiotani * ∙ Brian Takahashi\n\n*Appearing courtesy of AEA\n\nProgram is free wit h&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.janm.org/visit/">admission</a>. Reservations r ecommended to&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:rsvp@janm.org">rsvp@janm.org</a>&nbsp\ ;or 213.625.0414 at least 48 hours prior to the event. Include the name\, date\, and time of the program\, as well as your name and the total in you r party.\n\n<a href="http://www.janm.org/">www.janm.org</a> DTSTAMP:20241205T214042Z SUMMARY:A Reading of "All That Remains" URL:/en/events/2011/06/04/a-reading-of-all-that-remains/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR