Please join us for a special “Sneak Preview” of the full-length Feature Film Kintsukuroi, benefitting the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and the New Dharma Center of the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin.
kintsukuroi n.
1. Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold
2. the beauty and strength found within something that has been broken
KINTSUKUROI, a full-length film by local filmmaker Kerwin Berk, will take you from San Francisco to the concentration camps in the American West to the battlefields of Europe and back again as the Itos and the Ibatas pick up the pieces of their broken lives. The film was shot at locations in San Jose, San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area and Northern Californian. It features Ryan Takemiya, Kealani Kitaura, Ken Takeda, Ron Munekawa, Kiyomi Koide and Chizuko Omori.
Kintsukuroi's San Jose Japantown Preview will take place February 10, 2024 at 2pm, hosted by the San Jose Buddhist Church in partnership with the Japanese American Museum of San Jose. To purchase tickets online (preferred) please click this link.
If you would like to pay by cash or check, please purchase in person at the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin Office (408-293-9292) at 640 N. 5th Street, San Jose, CA 95112. The Betsuin only has tickets available for Standard Seating. Premium Seats must be purchased online through the link above. The Office is open Monday-Sunday from 9:30AM-4:30PM. Checks can be made out to the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin.