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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
Japan Society has recently announced its autumn line-up for Monthly Classics, that includes a 35mm screening of the film written and directed by Kihachi Okamoto: Kill!. This is a satirical chambara — a sub-category of the Japanese period drama known as jidaigeki — that is characterised by duels just like Western and swashbuckler films. The…
Japan Society Announces Fall Monthly Anime & Classics Lineup, including Oshii’s Angel’s Egg, Okamoto’s Kill! and more! Japan Society announced its fall lineup for Monthly Classics and Monthly Anime, kicking off on September 2, 2022 with a 35mm screening of Kihachi Okamoto’s satirical chambara, Kill!. 2006 anime classic Tekkonkinkreet will screen on September 16, featuring…
Summer Series at Japan Society Monthly Classics screens Mothra in 35mm July 8, 2022 at 7pm with introduction by Japanese sci-fi critic Kevin Derendorf. Monthly Anime Series screens Princess Mononoke– 25th anniversary screening in 35mm July 22, 2022 at 7pm In-Person Showcase of Classic, Underseen, and Contemporary Anime New York, Summer 2022—Japan Society is pleased to announce upcoming…
In-theater screenings May 13-21 Paradise View dir. Go Takamine – North American Premiere of 2021 edit with reception Level Five dir. Chris Marker Dear Summer Sister dir. Nagisa Oshima- rare archival 35mm print Terror of Yakuza dir. Sadao Nakajima Untamagiru dir. Go Takamine– imported 35mm print Virtual screenings May 14-June 3 Paradise View dir….
Monthly Anime April 15 – July 22, 2022 In-Person Showcase of Classic, Underseen, and Contemporary Anime Ghost in the Shell- April 15 with pre-screening party The Animatrix- May 27 in 35mm The Night is Short, Walk on Girl- June 17 Princess Mononoke- July 22 in 35mm, 25th anniversary presentation Princess Mononoke © © 1997 Studio…
ACA CINEMA PROJECT FLASH FORWARD: DEBUT WORKS AND RECENT FILMS BY NOTABLE JAPANESE DIRECTORS December 3-23, 2021 Twenty-film program co-presented by Japan Society and the Agency for Cultural Affairs in association with Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO). Online film series celebrates six prominent Japanese filmmakers of today, pairing directorial debuts and recent films by Naomi…
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