Paul Roquet, an incoming student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, comes to Berkeley with an interest in Japanese film and a grounding in philosophy and cultural history. He earned a B.A. from Pomona College in Asian studies, with a minor in media studies and a thesis on the relationship between avant-garde dance and politics in Japan in the 1950s and 1960s. At Berkeley he intends to further develop his understanding of Japanese literary and cultural history and continue the advocacy of Japanese film that he began as early as the eighth grade.