{"id":14572,"date":"2023-01-17T14:27:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T19:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=14572"},"modified":"2023-01-31T23:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:31:46","slug":"aca-cinema-project-presents-new-films-from-japan-at-nycs-ifc-center-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=14572","title":{"rendered":"ACA Cinema Project Presents New Films From Japan at NYC’s IFC Center in February"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW FILMS FROM JAPAN<\/strong>
Adds 5th<\/sup>\u00a0film and filmmaker appearance<\/strong>
\u00a0(February 10-16)<\/strong>
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Kei Ishikawa\u2019s A MAN is added to the lineup<\/strong>
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YAMABUKI\u2019s Juichiro Yamasaki will attend<\/strong>
during the Opening weekend for Q&As<\/strong>
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ACA Film Project and IFC Film Center bring 5 festival favorites
from around the world to New York City for one week in February<\/strong>
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\"A\u00a0\"Juichiro<\/strong>
A MAN, Juichiro Yamasaki<\/div>\n


What:<\/u><\/strong>
New Films from Japan<\/strong>\u00a0series is the latest presentation of the ACA Cinema Project, representing the buzzworthy films of contemporary Japanese screen entertainment and highlighting the work of award-winning and celebrated filmmakers from Japan to film fans, industry insiders, dealmakers, and press in the United States. With these film series, ACA works to promote Japanese cinema internationally.\u00a0
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Screening at the IFC Center (323 Sixth Ave – at West 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0St,) on February 10-16,\u00a0the lineup will include Kei Ishikawa\u2019sA Man<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>and the previously announced lineup\u00a0of\u00a0Sh\u00f4 Miyake\u2019s\u00a0Small, Slow but Steady<\/em><\/strong>, Nao Kubota\u2019s\u00a0Thousand and One Nights<\/em><\/strong>, Yuji Nakae\u2019s\u00a0The Zen Diary<\/em><\/strong>, and Juichiro Yamasaki\u2019s\u00a0Yamabuki<\/em><\/strong>. Yamasaki has just been confirmed to make the trip to New York to participate in Q&As following the screenings of his film on Friday 2\/10, and Saturday 2\/11.\u00a0
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*ACA: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
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Screening information:<\/u><\/strong>
IFC Center\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
323 Sixth Ave – at West 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0St.
New York, NY\u00a0
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Screening Q&A schedule with Juichiro Yamasaki includes:<\/u><\/strong>
Friday 2\/10 at 7:30PM\u00a0
Saturday 2\/11 at 3:00PM\u00a0
*Schedule is subject to change. Please see the IFC Film Center website.
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To Purchase Tickets:<\/u><\/strong>
Adults: $17
Seniors and children:\u00a0$14
IFC members:\u00a0$12
Students: $13 (must show valid student ID at the box office)
ACA cinema project postcard coupon gives you a $4 discount as well.
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For more information or to purchase tickets, go to:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ifccenter.com\/series\/aca-japan-2023.<\/p>\n

NEW FILMS FROM JAPAN Film Descriptions and Filmmaker Bios<\/u><\/strong>
All films are in Japanese with English subtitles unless otherwise noted.\u00a0<\/em>
Films are listed alphabetically.<\/em><\/div>\n
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A Man\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>EAST COAST PREMIERE<\/strong>
Director: Kei Ishikawa
Country: Japan; Running Time: 121 minutes
Adapted from the Keiichiro Hirano novel,\u00a0A Man<\/em>\u00a0comments on the collective existential crisis of Japan\u2019s \u201clost generation\u201d via\u00a0the journey of a troubled lawyer plunged into a web of mystery when he is asked to follow the trail of a deceased man who lived under a false identity.\u00a0As he gets closer to the shocking truth, he increasingly finds himself haunted by his own unsteady place in the world.\u00a0
Festivals\/awards:\u00a0Orizzonti Competition at the 79th\u00a0Venice Film Festival,\u00a0Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay\u00a044th Cairo International Film Festival<\/strong>

About the director:<\/u><\/strong>
After studying physics at Tohoku University and film directing at the {polish National Academy for Film, Television, and Theater, Kei Ishikawa\u2019s short film\u00a0Dear World<\/em>\u00a0(2008) received a Special Prize in the prestigious Akira Kurosawa Foundation competition. His feature film,\u00a0It\u2019s All in the Fingers<\/em>\u00a0(2010) premiered at New Directors\/New Films in NYC.\u00a0His feature-length debut work,\u00a0\u00a0Gukoroku \u2013 Traces of Sin<\/em>\u00a0(2017) was selected for the Orizzonti Competition at the 73th Venice Film Festival.\u00a0His most recent film was\u00a0Listen to the Universe<\/em>\u00a0(2019)<\/p>\n

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Small, Slow but Steady<\/em><\/strong>
Director: Sh\u00f4 Miyake\u00a0\u00a0
Country: Japan; Running Time: 99 minutes\u00a0
A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer discovers her fight isn\u2019t just in the ring with the next opponent, but also includes the struggle simply to focus and train properly due to the threatened closure of her boxing club compounded by the illness of its aging president, who has been her biggest supporter. Despite a lack of support and understanding from her family and her own struggles with feelings of self-worth, she must push herself to the limit if she is to succeed. The film stars\u00a0Yukino Kishii and Tomokazu Miura.
Festivals\/awards: the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, the 27th Busan International Film Festival, the 66th London Film Festival, the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival<\/strong>
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About the director:<\/u><\/strong>
Sh\u00f4 Miyake directed his first theatrical feature film\u00a0Playback<\/em>\u00a0in 2012, which was screened in the Competition at Locarno International Film Festival. His feature film\u00a0And Your Bird Can Sing<\/em>\u00a0(2018) was officially selected to the Forum section at Berlin International Film Festival. Other directorial works include a music documentary\u00a0The Cockpit<\/em>\u00a0(2014) which was selected for the New Directors section of Cinema du Re\u0301el, a costume TV drama \u201cThe Courier\u201d (2017) and a streaming TV drama series \u201cJu-on origins\u201d (2020).<\/p>\n

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Thousand and One Nights\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>US PREMIERE<\/strong>
Director: Nao Kubota\u00a0
Country: Japan; Running Time: 126 minutes
A gently paced character-study of two women brought together by their shared experience of husbands who have gone missing,\u00a0Thousand and One Nights<\/em>\u00a0is set in a\u00a0beautiful port town on a remote northern island. Thirty years have passed since Tomiko’s husband suddenly disappeared. She still doesn\u2019t know why he disappeared or if he is still alive. She fends off the overtures from Haruo, a local fisherman, as she keeps waiting for his return, holding on to the small memories of her beloved. Then she meets Nami, a younger woman, whose husband also disappeared, two years ago. The women connect over their shared loss, as Nami searches for the reason why her husband “disappeared” in order to come to terms with her situation and move on. Then, Tomiko happens to see Yoji, Nami’s missing husband, on the street\u2026The film stars\u00a0Yuko Tanaka and Machiko Ono.
Festivals\/awards:the FIPRESCI Award at the 27th<\/sup>\u00a0Busan International Film Festival<\/strong>
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About the director:<\/u><\/strong>
A prolific television documentary filmmaker, Nao Kubata made their feature film directorial debut with\u00a0Homeland<\/em>\u00a0(2014). The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for a SIGNIS Award at the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Asian New Talent Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
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Yamabuki\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>US PREMIERE<\/strong>
Director: Juichiro Yamasaki
Country: Japan\/France; Running Time: 97 minutes
Languages: Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese
A story of finding a place to root yourself when life\u2019s obstacles have disheartened you. Multiple characters have stories that intersect including a former equestrian athlete forced to give up on his dream works at a quarry site to work off crushing debt while trying to find happiness with a woman and her infant daughter who are estranged from the girl\u2019s father. Meanwhile, Yambuki, a high school girl stages silent protests at a major intersection that begin to grow into community action to the dismay of her father, a widowed policeman. Everyone\u2019s frustration and loneliness that have been lying just under the surface, increasing reveal themselves and are given a voice, which in turn begins to connect people in unexpected ways.\u00a0The film stars\u00a0Kang Yoon-soo and Kilala Inori.\u00a0
Festivals\/awards: the ACID section of the Cannes International Film Festival<\/strong>
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About the director:<\/u><\/strong>
Juichiro Yamasaki\u00a0organized a student film festival during his studies at university, made a couple of short films and worked as an assistant director.\u00a0The Sound of Light<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(2011), about life as a farmer in current times, was his feature debut and won the Nippon Visions Award at the Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival. His follow up,\u00a0Atarashki tami<\/em>\u00a0(2015) portrayed an uprising of people of Sanchu in 1726.<\/p>\n

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The Zen Diary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>EAST COAST PREMIERE<\/strong>
Director: Yuji Nakae\u00a0
Country: Japan; Running Time: 111 minutes
Adapted from Tsutomu Mizukami\u2019s book,\u00a0The Zen Diary<\/em>\u00a0follows Tsutomu, a man who lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking food with vegetables he grows and mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor\/love interest, occasionally visits to pester him for his next manuscript. She loves to eat, and he loves to cook for her. Tsutomu seems content with his daily life. However, a close brush with death will now force him to decide on what he values most in life and what he must choose going forward. The film stars\u00a0Kenji Sawada and Takako Matsu.
Festivals\/awards: the<\/strong>\u00a0Culinary Cinema section of the San Sebastian International Film Festival and the Hawaii International Film Festival<\/strong>
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About the director:<\/u><\/strong>
Yuji Nakae specializes in films set in Okinawa, featuring Okinawan music, language, themes, and atmosphere. He shared the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his debut film,\u00a0Pineapple Tours<\/em>, which was an omnibus film co-directed with Tsutomu Makiya and Hayashi T\u014dma. His film,\u00a0Hotel<\/em>\u00a0Hibiscus<\/em>\u00a0(2002) won a Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival, as well as receiving a Special Mention at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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