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Japan Society Announces Full Lineup for the 16th Annual JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

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…

Announcing JAPAN CUTS 2023: North America’s Largest Japanese Film Festival Returns in Person this July

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…

Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai At Japan Society: Tokyo Heaven, The Spiritual And Earthly Merge Through Drollery

Japan Society’s Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai celebrates the Japanese filmmaker’s evocation of adolescence by including in its line-up the 1990 feature Tokyo Heaven. Yuu Kamiya (Riho Makise) is sixteen years old, when she leaves school to embark upon a career in entertainment. It takes no time for her to realise how…

Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai At Japan Society: Typhoon Club, A Classic That Externalises The Turbulence Of Puberty

Japan Society’s spring programme, Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai allows audiences to remember the works of a pioneering Japanese filmmaker, who remains largely unrecognised in the West. Shinji Somai directed some of the most enduring works of the Eighties and Nineties instilling a contemplative approach into the seishun eiga (youth film) genre….

Japan Society Film Announces: Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai, April 28 – May 13, 2023

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun © 1981 Kadokawa Corp. New York, March 22, 2023—Japan Society is pleased to announce the 2023 Globus Film Series, Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai. The first North American retrospective on one of Japan’s most neglected auteurs, this series will spotlight director Shinji Somai (1948-2001), who while widely…

Suzuki centennial series Feb. 3-11 at Japan Society

Japan Society and The Japan Foundation Present Seijun Suzuki Centennial Feb. 3-11, 2023 A Six-film Celluloid Series Celebrating 100 Years of Seijun Suzuki Kagero-za © 1981 presented by LittleMore Co., Ltd. New York, January 5, 2023—Celebrating 100 years of iconoclast director Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), a singular force in Japanese cinema whose radical stylistic vision and…

Japan Society Presents Love Letters: Four Films by Shunji Iwai

Japan Society Presents Love Letters: Four Films by Shunji Iwai Featuring the U.S. Premiere of Newly Remastered Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or Bottom? and a Rare 35mm Presentation of All About Lily Chou-Chou! Love Letter © FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK All rights reserved. New York, November 2022—Japan Society is pleased to announce…

The Female Gaze At Japan Society: Conflagration, A Superb Interrogation On Impermanence

Japan Society’s autumn programme features an inspiring array of films in collaboration with the National Film Archive of Japan, with the series The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from JAPAN CUTS and Beyond. A great classic of Japanese cinema is being shown in this occasion, in a new 4K restoration version. The picture is Conflagration (Enjō)…

The Female Gaze At Japan Society: Dreaming of the Meridian Arc, Uncovers A Hoax In Japanese History

Japan Society’s programmes are always in step with the times. A survey of the growing prominence and visibility of women in film, has given birth to the latest ACA Cinema Project series The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from JAPAN CUTS and Beyond focusing on the essential roles that women play from behind the camera in…

The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from Japan Cuts and Beyond

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…

Monthly Anime at Japan Society: Angel’s Egg Is Still Compelling In Ruminating On Humanity’s Belief System

Japan Society’s Monthly Anime line-up includes Mamoru Oshii’s rarely-screened 1985 ethereal masterpiece Angel’s Egg. This animation marked a wondrous collaboration between two anime legends: Yoshitaka Amano’s fantastical Neo-Gothic-Art Nouveau style breathes new life into Mamoru Oshii’s existential reflections revolving around faith, theology and evolution. This original video animation (OVA) is set in a primordial dystopian…