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Japan Cuts: ‘Six Singing Women,’ An Ecological Cautionary Tale

Japan Cuts is now in its 17th edition and runs from July 10th until the 21st. The largest showcase of contemporary Japanese cinema in North America and annual highlight of New York’s cinema scene, keeps getting better. This year’s line-up includes Six Singing Women, which is the first feature film in over a decade from multi-hyphenate…

‘Perfect Days,’ Wim Wenders Makes Poetry Out Of An Ordinary Life

Courtesy of Neon The film directed by the illustrious German filmmaker was presented in competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days shows Japan through the eyes of a European, and was nominated for the…

NYFF : Perfect Days : Q&A with Co-Writer/Producer Takuma Takasaki and Actor Koji Yakusho 

Synopsis : Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. A deeply…