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The leading presenter of Japanese cinema for more than 50 years | Classics & premieres @japansociety in NYC. Organizers of #JAPANCUTS since 2007.
333 E47 St, New York, NY 10017
Joined January 2010
We're thrilled to unveil our official 2025 #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU trailer! Featuring 25+ premieres, revivals and more, plus special guest appearances by legendary director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and actress Yuumi Kawai, #JAPANCUTS launches next week:
We’re beyond thrilled to unveil our lineup for the 18th edition of #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU. Join us July 10-20 for 25+ curated films from across Japan feat. major blockbusters, indie darlings, classics and more! Catch the full lineup + schedule here:
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RT @js_film_nyc: We're thrilled to unveil our official 2025 #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU trailer! Featuring 25+ premieres, revivals and more, p….
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Official U.S. Poster for @janusfilms' 4K re-release of nine Akira Kurosawa titles, including THRONE OF BLOOD, STRAY DOG, HIGH AND LOW, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS, IKIRU, YOJIMBO, and SANJURO.
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RT @bokelman_: Arthouse screenings in New York: "We got the composer of August in the Water to show up!". Arthouse screenings where I live:….
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Catch the latest in Japanese cinema at this year's #JAPANCUTS, featuring everything from new films from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Akiko Ohku, Takashi Miike and Kichitaro Negishi to independent and word-of-mouth hits, plus rare classic revivals and shorts!
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RT @js_film_nyc: A bleak parable for our own world injected w/the same sharp satire as BLACK MIRROR, THE REAL YOU casts a cutting eye on AI….
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Kinji Fukasaku's birthday being celebrated on the set of BATTLE ROYALE—note the cookies given to him at the very end of the clip!.
Kinji Fukasaku (#botd) and Takeshi Kitano along with the main cast members of BATTLE ROYALE at the film's production announcement, 2000.
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RT @janusfilms: New 4K restorations of Akira Kurosawa's classics premiere @FilmForumNYC 7/18!
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A bleak parable for our own world injected w/the same sharp satire as BLACK MIRROR, THE REAL YOU casts a cutting eye on AI, automation and tech billionaires run amok. N.A. premiere on 7/11 w/an intro & book signing by author Keiichiro Hirano:
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RT @japansociety: We just announced a huge #JAPANCUTS giveaway on Instagram! 🍿🥳 . Prize includes free access to all 25+ festival films, inc….
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Kinji Fukasaku (#botd) and Takeshi Kitano along with the main cast members of BATTLE ROYALE at the film's production announcement, 2000.
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Onogawa (who also composed music for the new short) and his wife Rii Ishihara will be in attendance for our screening next week!
Husband & wife team Rii Ishihara and Hiroyuki Onogawa (composer of AUGUST IN THE WATER) craft a surreal taisho fantasy set in a remote mansion, where a maid is forbidden to enter the room of her master’s sick wife. Screening 7/12 as part of SHORT CUTS:
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Husband & wife team Rii Ishihara and Hiroyuki Onogawa (composer of AUGUST IN THE WATER) craft a surreal taisho fantasy set in a remote mansion, where a maid is forbidden to enter the room of her master’s sick wife. Screening 7/12 as part of SHORT CUTS:
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RT @js_film_nyc: Asahi Shimbun’s regular interview series would photograph celebrities in their homes, capturing the decor and interior des….
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RT @japansociety: From a quiet Nara town to the bustling streets of Osaka, this year’s #JAPANCUTS Next Generation slate spotlights four dar….
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RT @js_film_nyc: Official U.S. trailer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's CLOUD, premiering at #JAPANCUTS w/Kurosawa in-person!. If you missed out on o….
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RT @js_film_nyc: Some more famous actors and directors captured at home by Asahi Shimbun:.• Nagisa Oshima, 1970.• Mariko Okada, 1970.• Masa….
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Official U.S. trailer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's CLOUD, premiering at #JAPANCUTS w/Kurosawa in-person!. If you missed out on our sold-out premiere, Kurosawa will also be at SERPENT'S PATH ('24) and a 35mm revival of LICENSE TO LIVE:
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Some more famous actors and directors captured at home by Asahi Shimbun:.• Nagisa Oshima, 1970.• Mariko Okada, 1970.• Masahiro Shinoda, 1970.• Kiwako Taichi, 1971
Asahi Shimbun’s regular interview series would photograph celebrities in their homes, capturing the decor and interior design of many famous actors and directors:.• Toshiro Mifune, 1970.• Shima Iwashita, 1966.• Aquirax Uno, 1966.• Yoko Tsukasa, 1966
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