@Japan Society Synopsis : An international co-production bringing together a Japanese, Mongolian, French, Australian and Chilean team, Under the Turquoise Sky from director KENTARO follows the spoiled Takeshi (played by Japanese star Yuya Yagira) who is sent out to the Mongolian countryside by his wealthy grandfather (legendary actor and Butoh master Akaji Maro). Together with…
Synopsis : A sweeping historical romance created to celebrate Toei’s 70th anniversary, The Legend & Butterfly casts megastars Takuya Kimura as Oda Nobunaga and Haruka Ayase as his wife, Nohime. While Oda Nobunaga is one of Japan’s most well-documented historical figures, virtually no information about Nohime remains, and The Legend & Butterfly fills this mystery…
Amiko © AMIKO Film Partners Japan Society announces “Amiko“ directed by Yusuke Morii as the winner of the third Obayashi Prize at JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film. The film is selected from titles within Next Generation—the festival’s sole competitive section introduced in 2020 dedicated to independently produced narrative feature films from emerging filmmakers…
Time loops are a tricky thing, and it typically takes film or television characters a decent amount of time to even figure out that’s what happening. Shock and denial tend to come in first, and then the difficulty of convincing someone else that this is real causes considerable frustration and dismay. After that, it’s a…
There are few films more impactful in the history of cinema as Star Wars. It managed to become a box office hit with audiences and influence decades of science fiction, winning numerous technical awards and spawning many sequels. What has become a franchise now includes multiple lauded television series and an endless supply of tie-in…
Synopsis : Filmmaker and photographer Elizabeth Lennard secures unprecedented access to Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording of his 1984 album Ongaku Zukan in this brief-yet-insightful Franco-Japanese television co-production. A sampling of studio sessions and performances (including a piano duet with then-wife Akiko Yano), archival footage and talking head interviews, Tokyo Melody finds the eccentric artist at…
JAPAN SOCIETY ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP FOR THE 16TH ANNUAL JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM North America’s largest Japanese film festival presents two weeks of contemporary movies from Japan, including opening film THE FIRST SLAM DUNK directed by Takehiko Inoue, centerpiece film UNDER THE TURQUOISE SKY directed by KENTARO, closing film THE THREE SISTERS…
NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL, JAPAN CUTS, RETURNS IN PERSON THIS JULY Japan Society In NYC to Play Host to Over 25 Contemporary Japanese Films Fully In-Person for the First Time Since 2019 Under the New Director of Film New York, NY (April 26, 2023) – Japan Society in New York City today announces…
Riverside Mukolitta © 2021 ”Riverside Mukolitta” Film Partners THE FEMALE GAZE: WOMEN FILMMAKERS FROM JAPAN CUTS AND BEYOND Selected by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Society THE FEMALE GAZE: WOMEN FILMMAKERS FROM JAPAN CUTS AND BEYOND Selected by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Society November 11-20, 2022…
Elaiza Ikeda, a Filipino-Japanese actress and fashion model, marks her directorial debut with the feature Town Without Sea, part of the line-up of North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema: Japan Cuts. The story is set in Tagawa, within the Fukuoka Prefecture, and describes the coming-of-age of a shy teenager, who is at a…
Love is hard enough to find without added pressure from family members and society. Everyone’s circumstances are at least somewhat different, yet there’s an expectation that exists in every culture, varied as it may be, of when and how people should couple up and start a family. There are any number of factors that can…
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