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</div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">JAPAN CUTS 2018 is a wrap! Many thanks to everyone who attended and supported from afar. We invite you to look back on the festivities with the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10156812836964497.1073741841.202634534496&type=1&l=9a2025b43b" class="">full collection of photos</a> from the screenings and parties, as well as read some of <a href="https://twitter.com/js_film_nyc/status/1021515470967586816" class="">what critics have been writing</a> about in response to the lineup as we continue to post interviews conducted with<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""> guests to our social media </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">channels. Thank you, and hope to see you at the festival next summer!</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-The JAPAN CUTS Team</div>
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<div><br class=""><div class="">On Jul 13, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Joel Neville Anderson (JNA) <<a href="mailto:joelnevilleanderson@gmail.com" class="">joelnevilleanderson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear KineJapan subscribers,<br class=""><br class=""><div class="">The programming team is proud to share the full lineup for the twelfth edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, kicking off next week July 19-29, 2018 at Japan Society in New York City: <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/japancuts" class="">www.japansociety.org/japancuts</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Opening Film is the North American Premiere of <i class=""><b class="">Ramen Shop</b></i>, the Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of <i class=""><b class="">Mori, The Artist’s Habitat</b></i>, and the Closing Film is the U.S. Premiere of <i class=""><b class="">Hanagatami</b></i>. Please read our <a href="https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/japan-cuts-2018/programmers-introduction" class="">programmers’ introduction</a> and browse the entire dynamic lineup on the <a href="https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/japan-cuts-2018" class="">website</a> and as listed here by program section:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><b class="">Feature Slate</b><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><i class="">Amiko </i>(dir. <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Yoko Yamanaka</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">), U.S. Premiere—P</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">receded by </span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">NAGISA </i><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">(dir. </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Takeshi Kogahara), New York Premiere</span></div><div class=""><i class="">blank 13 </i>(dir. Takumi Saitoh), New York Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">BLEACH </i>(dir. <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Shinsuke Sato), </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">U.S. Premiere</span></div><div class=""><i class="">Born Bone Born </i>(dir. Toshiyuki Teruya), North American Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Call Boy </i>(dir. Daisuke Miura), North American Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Dear Etranger </i>(dir. Yukiko Mishima), New York Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Dream of Illumination </i>(dir. Thunder Sawada), North American Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Hanagatami</i> (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi), U.S. Premiere, <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Closing Film</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">—Preceded by </span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">How Can You Know Where to Go If You Do Not Know Where You Have Been </i><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">(dir. Mizuki Toriya)</span></div><div class=""><i class="">KUSHINA, what will you be </i>(dir. Moët Hayami), International Premiere</div><div class=""><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""><i class="">Last Winter, We Parted </i>(dir. </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Tomoyuki Takimoto), North American Premiere</span></div><div class=""><i class="">Mori, The Artist’s Habitat </i>(dir. Shuichi Okita), <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">North American Premiere, </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Centerpiece Presentation</span></div><div class=""><i class="">Night is Short, Walk On Girl </i>(dir. Masaaki Yuasa), East Coast Premiere—Preceded by <i class="">DREAMLAND </i>(dir. Mirai Mizue), New York Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Outrage Coda </i>(dir. Takeshi Kitano), New York Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Passage of Life </i>(dir. <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Akio Fujimoto), </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">North American Premiere</span></div><div class=""><i class="">Radiance </i>(dir. Naomi Kawase), New York Premiere—Preceded by <i class="">Across the water </i>(dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Ramen Shop </i>(dir. Eric Khoo), North American Premiere, <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Opening Film</span></div><div class=""><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""><i class="">Side Job. </i>(dir. Ryuichi Hiroki), </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">U.S. Premiere</span></div><div class=""><i class="">Thicker Than Water </i>(dir. <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">Keisuke Yoshida), </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">North American Premiere</span></div><div class=""><i class="">Tremble All You Want</i> (dir. Akiko Ohku), U.S. Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">TOURISM </i>(dir. Daisuke Miyazaki), International Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Violence Voyager </i>(dir. Ujicha), U.S. Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">We Make Antiques! </i>(dir. Masaharu Take), East Coast Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Yocho (Foreboding) </i>(dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa), U.S. Premiere</div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><br class=""><b class="">Classics: Rediscoveries & Restorations<br class=""></b></font><i class="">Abnormal Family</i>, (dir. Masayuki Suo), North American Premiere<br class=""><i class="">Still Walking </i>(dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda), 10th Anniversary Screening<br class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><b class="">Documentary Focus<br class=""></b></font><i class="">Of Love & Law</i> (dir. Hikaru Toda), East Coast Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Sennan Asbestos Disaster </i>(dir. Kazuo Hara), North American Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Toward a Common Tenderness </i>(dir. Kaori Oda), North American Premiere</div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><br class=""><b class="">Experimental Spotlight: </b></font><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""><b class="">Empty Orchestras and the Speed of Your Voice</b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><i class="">Bivalvia: Act I</i> (dir. Yu Araki), U.S. Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Breathing House</i> (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere</div><div class=""><i class="">Stories floating on the wind</i> (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere</div><div class=""><div class=""><i class="">WAAAH</i> (dir. Sawako Kabuki), New York Premiere</div></div><div class=""><i class="">YEAH</i> (dir. Yohei Suzuki), North American Premiere</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Including the most guests in the festival’s history, we will feature special appearances by the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film recipient <b class="">Kirin Kiki</b> (<i class="">Mori, The Artist's Habitat</i>, <i class="">Still Walking</i>), <b class="">Akio Fujimoto</b> (<i class="">Passage of Life</i>), <b class="">Kazuo Hara</b> (<i class="">Sennan Asbestos Disaster</i>), <b class="">Moët Hayami</b> (<i class="">KUSHINA, what will you be</i>), <b class="">Tomona Hirota</b> (<i class="">KUSHINA, what will you be</i>, <i class="">YEAH</i>), <b class="">Eric Khoo</b> (<i class="">Ramen Shop</i>), <b class="">Kazuyuki Kitaki </b>(<i class="">Dream of Illumination</i>), <b class="">Sachiko Kobayashi </b>(<i class="">Sennan Asbestos Disaster</i>), <b class="">Shunsuke Kubozuka</b> (<i class="">Hanagatami</i>), <b class="">Kaori Oda</b> (<i class="">Toward a Common Tenderness</i>), <b class="">Takumi Saitoh</b> (<i class="">blank 13</i>, <i class="">Ramen Shop</i>), <b class="">Shinsuke Sato</b> (<i class="">BLEACH</i>), <b class="">Thunder Sawada</b> (<i class="">Dream of Illumination</i>), <b class="">Yohei Suzuki</b> (<i class="">YEAH</i>), <b class="">Yuya Takagawa</b> (<i class="">Dream of Illumination</i>), <b class="">Hikaru Toda</b> (<i class="">Of Love & Law</i>), <b class="">Mizuki Toriya</b> (<i class="">How Can You Know Where to Go If You Do Not Know Where You Have Been</i>), <b class="">Yoko Yamanaka</b> (<i class="">Amiko</i>), <b class="">Elisa Yanagi </b>(<i class="">YEAH</i>), <b class="">Keisuke Yoshida</b> (<i class="">Thicker Than Water</i>), and <b class="">Nao Yoshigai </b>(<i class="">Across the Water</i>, <i class="">Breathing House</i>, <i class="">Stories floating on the wind</i>).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(This year’s edition also led to collaborations with Anthology Film Archives and Light Industry, presenting concurrent programming devoted to the <a href="http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=07&year=2018#showing-49496" class="">short</a> and <a href="http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=07&year=2018#showing-49498" class="">feature-length</a> work of Kaori Oda, and Kazuo Hara with a <a href="http://lightindustry.org/calendar/" class="">special introduction</a> of a Shinsuke Ogawa title of his choosing.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We hope to see some KineJapan subscribers here in person for the screenings and parties—please do share the lineup and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgf17wk0CBs&index=1&list=PLzfrZ0tkPLmzQoTzbHI1ZNe-KBv_P0Tdb&frags=pl,wn" class="">festival trailer</a> with your networks.</span><span class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Follow via </span><span class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/japansocietyfilm" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 105, 217);">Facebook</span></a> and </span><span class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://twitter.com/js_film_nyc" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 105, 217);">Twitter</span></a> with the hashtag </span><span class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/japancuts" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 51, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255);">#JAPANCUTS</span></a>, and r</span><span class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">eceive special announcements by subscribing to our </span><span 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);"><a href="https://www.japansociety.org/content.cfm/ecalendar" class="">newsletter</a>.</span></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">-The JAPAN CUTS Team<br class=""><br class="">Joel Neville Anderson <a href="mailto:JAnderson@japansociety.org" class="">JAnderson@japansociety.org</a><br class="">Aiko Masubuchi <a href="mailto:AMasubuchi@japansociety.org" class="">AMasubuchi@japansociety.org</a><br class="">Kazu Watanabe <a href="mailto:KWatanabe@japansociety.org" class="">KWatanabe@japansociety.org</a></div>
<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">On May 11, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@lists.osu.edu" class="">kinejapan@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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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="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japansociety.org_japancuts&d=DwMGaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=JJzrckTNlvL5LPedaumfRGyhy6ogo_aC57rKMBZONy0&s=7AfqFxz0wem8tuMAgNzxPwxSygth5yNJvvJs-ejl7Nw&e=" 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 <a href="mailto:JAnderson@japansociety.org" class="">JAnderson@japansociety.org</a><br class="">
Aiko Masubuchi <a href="mailto:AMasubuchi@japansociety.org" class="">AMasubuchi@japansociety.org</a><br class="">
Kazu Watanabe <a href="mailto:KWatanabe@japansociety.org" class="">KWatanabe@japansociety.org</a>
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