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Japan Society and Metrograph Announce: 30-film Retrospective on Mikio Naruse

©When a Woman Ascends the Stairs © 1960 Toho Co., Ltd. Japan Society and Metrograph will co-present Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us, a 30-film retrospective devoted to Naruse, the “fourth great” master of Japanese cinema, from May 9 through June 29. Co-organized with The Japan Foundation, New York, the two-part series will offer the…

Japan Society Announces Obayashi ’80s: The Onomichi Trilogy & Kadokawa Years

Japan Society announce Obayashi ’80s: The Onomichi Trilogy & Kadokawa Years, running February 7-14, 2025. The teenage symphonies of Nobuhiko Obayashi (1938-2020) are wound in a melancholy nostalgia for a period indelibly lost to time, neatly occupying the inexpressible gap between adolescence and adulthood. Woven through visually expressive fantasias with striking formal experimentation and pop-art boldness, Obayashi’s idiosyncratic…

Japan Society Announces First North American Retrospective on Kaizo Hayashi, Independent Luminary of 80s and 90s Cinema

Japan Society Announces First North American Retrospective on Kaizo Hayashi, Independent Luminary of 80s and 90s Cinema So as to Dream: The Eternal Mysteries of Kaizo Hayashi October 11–19, 2024 With Hayashi In-Person, Featuring International 4K Premieres of Maiku Hama Trilogy and Rare Celluloid Imports To Sleep So as to Dream © Video Detective Agency New York, September…

JAPAN CUTS 2024 Program Announced!

©Courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JAPAN SOCIETY PRESENTS THE 17TH ANNUAL  JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM July 10–21, 2024 · Japan Society · New York, NY North America’s largest Japanese film festival presents two weeks of contemporary premieres, including new films from Kei Chika-ura, Takeshi Kitano, Gakuryu Ishii, Shunji…

Japan Society and MoMI Announce Major Retrospective of Films by Hiroshi Shimizu

Four Seasons of Children: Spring/Summer © 1939 Shochiku Co., Ltd. “Kindred to Jean Renoir, and even anticipating Hou Hsiao-hsien, was a man in Japan who brought a new wind to cinema: Hiroshi Shimizu.” —Ryusuke Hamaguchi “Ozu and I create films through hard work, but Shimizu is a genius.” —Kenji Mizoguchi New York, New York, April 4,…

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…

‘A Page of Madness,’ An Avant-garde Silent Film Exploring Apperception / Japan Society Review

The digital reproduction of the 35mm 1926 Japanese silent-experimental-horror film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, is preserved by the George Eastman Museum. A Page of Madness is part of the Taisho Roman: Fever Dreams of the Great Rectitude at Japan Society and will be screened on December 15th at 6pm. The six-film series running from December 9th until the…

Japan Society Presents “Taisho Roman: Fever Dreams of the Great Rectitude”

Japan Society has announced the Taisho Roman: Fever Dreams of the Great Rectitude, a six-film series running December 9-16. This exclusive two-week event will bring together premiere and rarely-seen screenings of Japanese films from the 1920s to the 1980s all focused on dreamlike and nightmarish depictions of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Japan’s own “Roaring ‘20s”. From horror to cult classics,…

Japan Society Presents a Special Screening of the Eagerly Anticipated “Godzilla Minus One”

  presents a special screening of the eagerly anticipated Godzilla Minus One © 2023 Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. November 28, 2023, 7:00 pm JAPAN SOCIETY (333 E. 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues) New York (November 9, 2023) – Japan Society is honored to announce a special public preview screening of Takashi…

P.P. Rider, Shinji Sōmai’s Masterpiece Is Revived For Modern Audiences

Cinema Guild has been working on the revival of two films by Shinji Somai for U.S. distribution: Typhoon Club (in a new 4K restoration) and P.P. Rider. The independent company worked with Japan Society on their retrospective of the Japanese filmmaker’s work in April and May and will open both films at IFC Center on September 8th, followed by a…

Japan Cuts : Under the Turquoise Sky / Exclusive Interview with Actor Yuya Yagira and Director KENTARO

@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…