<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear KineJapan subscribers,<br class=""><br class="">The programming team behind JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film is proud to share the full lineup for the hybrid 15th edition of the festival, slated for August 20 - September 2, 2021: <a href="https://www.japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/films/japan-cuts-festival-of-new-japanese-film" class="">https://www.japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/films/japan-cuts-festival-of-new-japanese-film</a> <br class=""><br class="">Films will again be available to rent via video streaming (across the U.S., with some titles accessible worldwide), in addition to select in-person screenings at Japan Society in NYC following health and safety policies. Expanding the festival’s reach beyond New York, the lineup includes 27 features and 12 short films. The exclusive selection will be supplemented with recorded introductions from filmmakers and live video discussions via social media channels to maintain the festival’s sense of community and dedication to intercultural communication.<div class=""><br class="">The Centerpiece Presentation is WIFE OF A SPY (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa), awarding the 2021 CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film to Yu Aoi. Along with the Feature Slate, Classics, Documentary Focus, Experimental Spotlight, and Shorts Showcase, the second edition of the Next Generation section highlighting independently produced narrative feature films by emerging directors will be juried by film scholar Kyoko Hirano; Brian Hu, Artistic Director of Pacific Arts Movement; and Japanese film subtitler and translator Don Brown, awarding the Obayashi Prize.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please browse the entire dynamic lineup on the website, listed below by program section:<br class=""><br class="">FEATURE SLATE<br class="">- Aristocrats (dir. Yukiko Sode)</div><div class="">- Come and Go (dir. Lim Kah Wai)</div><div class="">- Company Retreat (dir. Atsushi Funahashi)</div><div class="">- The Goldfish: Dreaming of the Sea (dir. Sara Ogawa)</div><div class="">- The Great Yokai War: Guardians (dir. Takashi Miike)</div><div class="">- It’s a Summer Film! (dir. Soushi Matsumoto)</div><div class="">- Ito (dir. Satoko Yokohama)<br class=""></div><div class="">- Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (dir. Daihachi Yoshida)</div><div class="">- Labyrinth of Cinema (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi)</div><div class="">- The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (dir. Takashi Koizumi)</div><div class="">- Talking the Pictures (dir. Masayuki Suo)</div><div class="">- Wife of a Spy (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)</div><div class="">- Wonderful Paradise (dir. Masashi Yamamoto)<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">NEXT GENERATION<br class="">- B/B (dir. Kosuke Nakahama)</div><div class="">- Mari and Mari (dir. Tatsuya Yamanishi)<br class="">- My Sorry Life (dir. Kozue Nomoto)<br class=""><div class="">- Sasaki in My Mind (dir. Takuya Uchiyama)</div><div class="">- Spaghetti Code Love (dir. Takeshi Maruyama)<br class="">- Town Without Sea (dir. Elaiza Ikeda)</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">CLASSICS<br class=""><div class="">- Hiruko the Goblin (dir. Shinya Tsukamoto, New 2K Restoration)</div><div class="">- Robinson's Garden (dir. Masashi Yamamoto, Newly Remastered)</div><div class="">- To Sleep So as to Dream (dir. Kaizo Hayashi, New 2K Restoration)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>DOCUMENTARY FOCUS<br class=""><div class="">- No Smoking (dir. Taketoshi Sado)</div><div class="">- Ushiku (dir. Thomas Ash)<br class="">- Why You Can't Be Prime Minister (dir. Arata Oshima)</div><br class="">EXPERIMENTAL SPOTLIGHT<br class=""><div class="">- The Blue Danube (dir. Akira Ikeda)</div><div class="">- Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions (dir. Haruka Komori & Natsumi Seo)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">SHORTS SHOWCASE (EXPERIMENTAL)<br class=""><div class="">- HONEYMOON (dir. Yu Araki)</div><div class="">- In a Mere Metamorphosis (dir. Onohana)<br class="">- June 4, 2020 (dir. Yoko Yuki)</div><div class="">- Night Snorkeling (dir. Nao Yoshigai & Hirofumi Nakamoto)</div><div class="">- RED TABLE (dir. Hakhyun Kim)<br class="">- Reflective Notes (Reconfiguration) (dir. Koki Tanaka)</div></div><div class=""><div class="">- School Radio to Major Tom (dir. Takuya Chisaka)</div></div><div class=""><div class="">- ZONA (dir. Masami Kawai)</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>SHORTS SHOWCASE (NARRATIVE)<br class=""><div class="">- Among Four of Us (dir. Mayu Nakamura)</div><div class="">- Born Pisces (dir. Yoko Yamanaka)<br class="">- Go Seppuku Yourselves (dir. Toshiaki Toyoda)</div><div class="">- Leo’s Return (dir. Anshul Chauhan)</div><br class="">We hope many KineJapan subscribers are able to enjoy—please do share with your networks. <br class="">-Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/japansocietyfilm" class="">http://www.facebook.com/japansocietyfilm</a><br class="">-Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/JS_FILM_NYC/" class="">http://twitter.com/JS_FILM_NYC/</a> (#JAPANCUTS)<br class=""><br class="">-The JAPAN CUTS Team<br class="">K. F. Watanabe, Alexander Fee, Joel Neville Anderson</div></body></html>