April 2011
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Father of the Kamikaze あゝ決戦航空隊
.. something to watch at some point, to take a break from programming for JAPAN CUTS 2011. It’s an all-star 3-hour Toei epic with ninkyo yakuza stalwart Kosaku Yamashita.
Apr 19th
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San Francisco International Film Festival 2011
Festival runs from April 21-May 5. Screening cinema classics to contemporary films from all over the globe. Three films from Japan include: Hospitalité (2010) dir. Koji Fukada In this black comedy the lives of a timid small-time printer and his young wife are turned inside out by the arrival of a stranger who moves in and takes over their world. Set in a village-like outpost in the heart of...
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Tribeca Film Festival 2011
Begins April 20-May 1 Don’t miss this year’s selection in film making taking place in lower Manhattan, including Underwater Love co-hosted by Japan Society. Underwater Love (2011) dir. Shinji Imaoka Dubbed a “pink musical,” Underwater Love brings together two genres—musicals and pinku eiga (pink films, a soft-core porn genre of Japanese cinema)—in a story of unrequited...
Apr 13th
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Suntory has released a Japanese celebrity collaboration commercial with the song 「上を向いて歩こう」(lit. I look up as I walk), also recognized by its popular alternative title “Sukiyaki.” It’s a Japanese top song charter and has been covered several times. For other versions of the commercial, visit the Suntory website.
Apr 11th
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Japanese Film Series in NYC
JAPAN CUTS will be back July 7. In the meantime, don’t miss out on these two great Japanese film series during these coming weeks in NYC. Both are supported in part by our friends at the Japan Foundation. The first, 5 Japanese Divas, is currently on-going at Film Forum. The series celebrates the actresses of Japanese cinema’s Golden Age: Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Machiko Kyo,...
Apr 11th
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Ryuichi Sakamoto at Japan Society
Big names like Ryuichi Sakamoto at our Concert for Japan event gained a lot of attention from Japanese press. NHK ran a short news segment and includes a clip from the performance and an interview from Sakamoto.
Apr 11th
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Concert for Japan: J-pop Concert Block (Salme, The...
Salme An all girl song-dance show with cute outfits from Tokyo. Clip from performance on Saturday The Suzan A high-energy girl band mixing pop, rock, punk and dance! Clip from performance on Saturday
Apr 11th
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Good Morning to the World!, a student film by Hirohara Satoru, received the FIPRESCI special mention at the HKIFF.   ScreenDaily said of the film:  A bizarre and challengingly lo-fi coming of age movie, this debut feature by 24-year-old Tokyo University Film School graduate has a certain oddball New Wave charm and an understanding of its 16 year-old misfit protagonist that lifts it above its...
Apr 6th
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Peace trailer (2010) dir. Kazuhiro Soda
Apr 4th
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Peace wins Best Documentary at the Hong Kong...
The Hong Kong International Film Festival has just awarded the Humanitarian Award for Best Documentary to Soda Kazushiro’s Peace.  Jury’s comment: Peace is a quiet film with an unusual power to move. By following the ordinary lives of people and cats, the camera leads the audience to discover the concept of peace in its most fundamental sense, not as a state of negotiated, reluctant...
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came back from HKIFF: a few things...
This year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival, which we attended, paid tribute to two great masters of Japanese cinema: Kawamoto Kichachiro and Shibuya Minoru. Japanese Puppet Animator – KAWAMOTO Kichachiro (1925-2010) KAWAMOTO Kihachiro, who passed away in 2010, was one of the masters of stop-motion puppet film animation in Japan. In the early stage of his career, he worked...
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Gala Block tickets sold out, but other events still open! Only $5 to enter Includes: 11 AM–12:30 PM OPEN CONCERT  New York Suwa Taiko Association led by Hiro Kurashima, Cocolo Japanese Gospel Choir plus more to be announced! 2:45–5:30 PM OPEN CONCERT  Performance order TBD Masayo Ishigure (koto), Mutsumi and Masumi Takamizu (ji-uta sankyoku), James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi), Sadahiro...
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