[KineJapan] JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film (July 19-29, 2018)

Thu Aug 2 20:35:17 EDT 2018

Dear KineJapan subscribers,

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 full collection of photos <https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10156812836964497.1073741841.202634534496&type=1&l=9a2025b43b> from the screenings and parties, as well as read some of what critics have been writing <https://twitter.com/js_film_nyc/status/1021515470967586816> about in response to the lineup as we continue to post interviews conducted with guests to our social media channels. Thank you, and hope to see you at the festival next summer!

-The JAPAN CUTS Team

On Jul 13, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Joel Neville Anderson (JNA) <joelnevilleanderson at gmail.com> wrote:

Dear KineJapan subscribers,

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: www.japansociety.org/japancuts <http://www.japansociety.org/japancuts>

The Opening Film is the North American Premiere of Ramen Shop, the Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of Mori, The Artist’s Habitat, and the Closing Film is the U.S. Premiere of Hanagatami. Please read our programmers’ introduction <https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/japan-cuts-2018/programmers-introduction> and browse the entire dynamic lineup on the website <https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/japan-cuts-2018> and as listed here by program section:

Feature Slate
Amiko (dir. Yoko Yamanaka), U.S. Premiere—Preceded by NAGISA (dir. Takeshi Kogahara), New York Premiere
blank 13 (dir. Takumi Saitoh), New York Premiere
BLEACH (dir. Shinsuke Sato), U.S. Premiere
Born Bone Born (dir. Toshiyuki Teruya), North American Premiere
Call Boy (dir. Daisuke Miura), North American Premiere
Dear Etranger (dir. Yukiko Mishima), New York Premiere
Dream of Illumination (dir. Thunder Sawada), North American Premiere
Hanagatami (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi), U.S. Premiere, Closing Film—Preceded by How Can You Know Where to Go If You Do Not Know Where You Have Been (dir. Mizuki Toriya)
KUSHINA, what will you be (dir. Moët Hayami), International Premiere
Last Winter, We Parted (dir. Tomoyuki Takimoto), North American Premiere
Mori, The Artist’s Habitat (dir. Shuichi Okita), North American Premiere, Centerpiece Presentation
Night is Short, Walk On Girl (dir. Masaaki Yuasa), East Coast Premiere—Preceded by DREAMLAND (dir. Mirai Mizue), New York Premiere
Outrage Coda (dir. Takeshi Kitano), New York Premiere
Passage of Life (dir. Akio Fujimoto), North American Premiere
Radiance (dir. Naomi Kawase), New York Premiere—Preceded by Across the water (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere
Ramen Shop (dir. Eric Khoo), North American Premiere, Opening Film
Side Job. (dir. Ryuichi Hiroki), U.S. Premiere
Thicker Than Water (dir. Keisuke Yoshida), North American Premiere
Tremble All You Want (dir. Akiko Ohku), U.S. Premiere
TOURISM (dir. Daisuke Miyazaki), International Premiere
Violence Voyager (dir. Ujicha), U.S. Premiere
We Make Antiques! (dir. Masaharu Take), East Coast Premiere
Yocho (Foreboding) (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa), U.S. Premiere

Classics: Rediscoveries & Restorations
Abnormal Family, (dir. Masayuki Suo), North American Premiere
Still Walking (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda), 10th Anniversary Screening

Documentary Focus
Of Love & Law (dir. Hikaru Toda), East Coast Premiere
Sennan Asbestos Disaster (dir. Kazuo Hara), North American Premiere
Toward a Common Tenderness (dir. Kaori Oda), North American Premiere

Experimental Spotlight: Empty Orchestras and the Speed of Your Voice
Bivalvia: Act I (dir. Yu Araki), U.S. Premiere
Breathing House (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere
Stories floating on the wind (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere
WAAAH (dir. Sawako Kabuki), New York Premiere
YEAH (dir. Yohei Suzuki), North American Premiere

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 Kirin Kiki (Mori, The Artist's Habitat, Still Walking), Akio Fujimoto (Passage of Life), Kazuo Hara (Sennan Asbestos Disaster), Moët Hayami (KUSHINA, what will you be), Tomona Hirota (KUSHINA, what will you be, YEAH), Eric Khoo (Ramen Shop), Kazuyuki Kitaki (Dream of Illumination), Sachiko Kobayashi (Sennan Asbestos Disaster), Shunsuke Kubozuka (Hanagatami), Kaori Oda (Toward a Common Tenderness), Takumi Saitoh (blank 13, Ramen Shop), Shinsuke Sato (BLEACH), Thunder Sawada (Dream of Illumination), Yohei Suzuki (YEAH), Yuya Takagawa (Dream of Illumination), Hikaru Toda (Of Love & Law), Mizuki Toriya (How Can You Know Where to Go If You Do Not Know Where You Have Been), Yoko Yamanaka (Amiko), Elisa Yanagi (YEAH), Keisuke Yoshida (Thicker Than Water), and Nao Yoshigai (Across the Water, Breathing House, Stories floating on the wind).

(This year’s edition also led to collaborations with Anthology Film Archives and Light Industry, presenting concurrent programming devoted to the short <http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=07&year=2018#showing-49496> and feature-length <http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=07&year=2018#showing-49498> work of Kaori Oda, and Kazuo Hara with a special introduction <http://lightindustry.org/calendar/> of a Shinsuke Ogawa title of his choosing.)

We hope to see some KineJapan subscribers here in person for the screenings and parties—please do share the lineup and festival trailer <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgf17wk0CBs&index=1&list=PLzfrZ0tkPLmzQoTzbHI1ZNe-KBv_P0Tdb&frags=pl,wn> with your networks. Follow via Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/japansocietyfilm> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/js_film_nyc> with the hashtag #JAPANCUTS <https://twitter.com/hashtag/japancuts>, and receive special announcements by subscribing to our newsletter <https://www.japansociety.org/content.cfm/ecalendar>.

-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>

On May 11, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu <mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>> wrote:

Dear KineJapan subscribers,

We’re excited to share the first announcements for the twelfth edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, to be held July 19-29, 2018 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=DwMGaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=JJzrckTNlvL5LPedaumfRGyhy6ogo_aC57rKMBZONy0&s=7AfqFxz0wem8tuMAgNzxPwxSygth5yNJvvJs-ejl7Nw&e=>

The festival’s Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of Shuichi Okita’s Mori, The Artist’s Habitat. Star Kirin Kiki will join the screening to receive the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film. Other early announcements for JAPAN CUTS 2018 include the North American Premiere of Kazuo Hara’s Sennan Asbestos Disaster with Hara and producer Sachiko Kobayashi in attendance, the International Premiere of Moët Hayami’s KUSHINA, what will you be, recipient of the 2018 JAPAN CUTS Award at the 2018 Osaka Asian Film Festival, the U.S. Premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Yocho (Foreboding), as well as the East Coast Premiere of Masaaki Yuasa’s Night is Short, Walk on Girl.

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, Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High, will be held June 15. Receive special announcements by subscribing to our newsletter <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=>, or following via Facebook <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_japansocietyfilm&d=CwMFAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=Xr1AyYxKRhWpHyDS7IdJNB-JoO91SxnEYu79TFG3blA&s=BlirEn099iaI6EJp5tubzfWgb-4MTEpjLHGjqRBo7g0&e=> and Twitter <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_JS-5FFILM-5FNYC_&d=CwMFAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=Xr1AyYxKRhWpHyDS7IdJNB-JoO91SxnEYu79TFG3blA&s=7Fm32rC7Ug_22Gd1_vkHf9JsCnusMvdQdnP665BRuAM&e=> with the hashtag #JAPANCUTS <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_hashtag_JAPANCUTS&d=DwMGaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=HXTDoT4wAmMBYVXI54IpVCkeYW8-xsh0VidGcaj3iYE&s=sC2kbNnzI1TbkPtxQX5M05dC8LosyPkMTAHq1aAnl68&e=>.

Hope to see you here this summer—please don’t hesitate to get in touch!

-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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