[KineJapan] JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film Announces 2017 Lineup

Tue Jun 6 16:11:19 EDT 2017

Dear KineJapan subscribers,

The programming team is proud to share the full lineup for the eleventh edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, running July 13-23, 2017 at Japan Society in New York City: www.japansociety.org/japancuts<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japansociety.org_japancuts&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=-sH9CbEcfIzNIHpYmuc18yDD8MF_SgXAoIKBK0kgWuI&s=uHEbVgHmNRbH_9eIafI7TC5a_KmDNcNKjDHVozVX0TI&e= >

The Opening Film is the U.S. Premiere of MUMON: The Land of Stealth, the Centerpiece Presentation is the East Coast Premiere of Over the Fence, and the Closing Film is the East Coast Premiere of In This Corner of the World. Featuring appearances by Joe Odagiri (Over the Fence, FOUJITA, recipient of the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film), Konrad Aderer (Resistance at Tule Lake), Hanae Kan (Yamato (California), West North West), Taro Maki (In This Corner of the World), Shingo Matsumura (Love and Goodbye and Hawaii), Kyoko Miyake (Tokyo Idols), Daisuke Miyazaki (Yamato (California)), Yoshihiro Nakamura (MUMON: The Land of Stealth), Sahel Rosa (West North West), and Megumi Sasaki (A Whale of a Tale). Please browse the entire dynamic lineup via the website<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japansociety.org_japancuts&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=-sH9CbEcfIzNIHpYmuc18yDD8MF_SgXAoIKBK0kgWuI&s=uHEbVgHmNRbH_9eIafI7TC5a_KmDNcNKjDHVozVX0TI&e= > and listed here by program section:

Feature Slate

Alley Cat (dir. Hideo Sakaki), North American Premiere

ANTI-PORNO (dir. Sion Sono), East Coast Premiere (preceded by Sawako Kabuki’s Summer’s Puke is Winter’s Delight)

At the Terrace (dir. Kenji Yamauchi), North American Premiere

Daguerrotype (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa), New York Premiere

The Extremists’ Opera (dir. Junko Emoto), International Premiere

FOUJITA (dir. Kohei Oguri), U.S. Premiere

In This Corner of the World (dir. Sunao Katabuchi), East Coast Premiere (Closing Film)

Love and Goodbye and Hawaii (dir. Shingo Matsumura), North American Premiere

Memoirs of a Murderer (dir. Yu Irie), New York Premiere

MUMON: The Land of Stealth (dir. Yoshihiro Nakamura), U.S. Premiere (Opening Film)

My Dad and Mr. Ito (dir. Yuki Tanada), U.S. Premiere

Neko Atsume House (dir. Masatoshi Kurakata), East Coast Premiere

Over the Fence (dir. Nobuhiro Yamashita), East Coast Premiere (Centerpiece Presentation)

Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow (dir. Yoshitaka Mori), New York Premiere (preceded by Yoko Kuno’s Spread)

Shippu Rondo (dir. Teruyuki Yoshida), North American Premiere

Summer Lights (dir. Jean-Gabriel Périot), North American Premiere

Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (dir. Akira Nagai), U.S. Premiere

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (dir. Yuya Ishii), North American Premiere

West North West (dir. Takuro Nakamura), North American Premiere

Yamato (California) (dir. Daisuke Miyazaki), U.S.  Premiere

Classics: Rediscoveries & Restorations

Once Upon a Dream (dir. Kei Shichiri), International Premiere

The Ondekoza (dir. Tai Kato), U.S. Premiere

Zigeunerweisen (dir. Seijun Suzuki), North American Premiere

Documentary Focus

Resistance at Tule Lake (dir. Konrad Aderer), East Coast Premiere

Tokyo Idols (dir. Kyoko Miyake), East Coast Premiere

A Whale of a Tale (dir. Megumi Sasaki), North American Premiere

Experimental Spotlight

Haruneko (dir. Sora Hokimoto), North American Premiere

Hengyoro (Queer Fish Lane) (dir. Go Takamine), International Premiere

Shorts Showcase

Birds (Working Title) (dir. Koji Fukada), North American Premiere

We Are Shooting (dir. Raita Minorita), International Premiere

WHITE T AND FEEBLE THINGS (dir. Yun Su Kim), International Premiere

Breathless Lovers (dir. Shumpei Shimizu), International Premiere

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-The JAPAN CUTS Team

Joel Neville Anderson JAnderson at japansociety.org<mailto:JAnderson at japansociety.org>

Aiko Masubuchi AMasubuchi at japansociety.org<mailto:AMasubuchi at japansociety.org>

Kazu Watanabe KWatanabe at japansociety.org<mailto:KWatanabe at japansociety.org>

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