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Dear KineJapan subscribers,<br class="">
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We’re excited to share the first announcements for the twelfth edition of <b class="">JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film</b>, to be held <b class="">July 19-29, 2018</b> at Japan Society in New York City: <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/japancuts" class="">www.japansociety.org/japancuts</a><br class="">
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The festival’s Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of Shuichi Okita’s <i class=""><b class="">Mori, The Artist’s Habitat</b></i>. Star
<b class="">Kirin Kiki</b> will join the screening to receive the <b class="">CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film</b>. Other early announcements for JAPAN CUTS 2018 include the North American Premiere of
<b class="">Kazuo Hara</b>’s <i style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Sennan Asbestos Disaster
</i>with Hara and producer <b class="">Sachiko Kobayashi</b> in attendance, the International Premiere of
<b class="">Moët Hayami</b>’s <i class=""><b class="">KUSHINA, what will you be</b></i>, recipient of the 2018
<b class="">JAPAN CUTS Award</b> at the 2018 Osaka Asian Film Festival, the U.S. Premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's <b class=""><i class="">Yocho (Foreboding)</i></b>, as well as the East Coast Premiere of Masaaki Yuasa’s <b class=""><i class="">Night is Short,
Walk on Girl</i></b>.<br class="">
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Please share the news with your networks, and stay tuned for the complete program of features, shorts, guests, and parties to be announced in early June. An encore screening of last year’s winner of the JAPAN CUTS Audience Award, <i class="">Teiichi: Battle
of Supreme High</i>, will be held June 15. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Receive special announcements by subscribing to our </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japansociety.org_content.cfm_ecalendar&d=CwMFAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=Xr1AyYxKRhWpHyDS7IdJNB-JoO91SxnEYu79TFG3blA&s=drA8NZXHCTk6RIcC7mDEuFV58kgktiWFhZKCejadofA&e=" class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 105, 217);">newsletter</span></a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">,
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Hope to see you here this summer—please don’t hesitate to get in touch!<br class="">
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-The JAPAN CUTS Team<br class="">
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Joel Neville Anderson JAnderson@japansociety.org<br class="">
Aiko Masubuchi AMasubuchi@japansociety.org<br class="">
Kazu Watanabe KWatanabe@japansociety.org
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