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THE ACA Cinema Project & Japan Society : Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux

Her Love Boils Bathwater © 2016 “Her Love Boils Bathwater” Film Partners  “FAMILY PORTRAIT: JAPANESE FAMILY IN FLUX”  FILM SERIES SHOWCASES COMPLEX FAMILY BONDS OF THE MODERN JAPANESE FAMILY IN THE 8TH EDITION OF THE ACA CINEMA PROJECT                   Presented by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of…

ACA Cinema Project: Ripples, A Film Portraying Thoughts Like Drops Of Water Inundating Our Oceanic Moods

The ACA Cinema Project Japan features the film Ripples, written and directed by Naoko Ogigami. The film focuses on the delicate phase of a woman, as middle-age becomes the time to make a balance of her life. Yoriko Sudo (Mariko Tsutsui) finds comfort in the Green Life Water Society (Ryokumei-kai), based on the new religious…

ACA Cinema Project: Tea Friends, A Place In The Sun For Third Age Sex

In this year’s line-up for the ACA Cinema Project Japan there is a film with a curious story, inspired by a twenty-year-old who created a groundbreaking escort service for the elderly. The film, written and directed by Bunji Sotoyama, is subtle in reverting power roles. Older generations used to boss around young people, whereas in…

ACA CINEMA PROJECT PRESENTS “EMERGING JAPANESE FILMS”

ACA CINEMA PROJECT PRESENTS “EMERGING JAPANESE FILMS”  @2022 “Yoko” Film Partners.jpeg @2022 “Ripples” Film Partners @2022 “Tea Friends” Film Partners US PREMIERES SET – YOKO (DIRECTOR KAZUYOSHI KUMAKIRI); RIPPLES (DIRECTOR NAOKO OGIGAMI); TEA FRIENDS (DIRECTOR BUNJI SOTOYAMA)  SERIES TO RUN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2023, AT LINWOOD DUNN THEATER, HOLLYWOOD  Los Angeles,…

ACA Film Project / Yamabuki : Exclusive Interview with Director Juichiro Yamasaki

Q: You still live in Maniwa, Okayama, and this film was shot there. How was the environment of the land as reflected in your film? Yamazaki: I don’t know if it’s unique to the land, but I guess so. It’s the same with my previous works. I also live there (Maniwa), so I have a…

ACA Cinema Project Presents New Films From Japan at NYC’s IFC Center in February

NEW FILMS FROM JAPANAdds 5th film and filmmaker appearance (February 10-16) Kei Ishikawa’s A MAN is added to the lineup YAMABUKI’s Juichiro Yamasaki will attendduring the Opening weekend for Q&As             ACA Film Project and IFC Film Center bring 5 festival favoritesfrom around the world to New York City for one week in February     A MAN, Juichiro Yamasaki What:New Films from Japan series…

Opening at IFC Center: Keisuke Yoshida’s Blue and Yujiro Harumoto’s A Balance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  ACA Cinema Project: New Films from Japan presents  “BLUE” A film by Keisuke Yoshida  “A BALANCE” A film by Yujiro Harumoto  IFC Center March 11-17, 2022  March 11-17, 2022    New York, NY (February 17, 2022) – Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (ACA) announce the third ACA Cinema Project series:…