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The leading presenter of Japanese cinema for more than 50 years | Classics & premieres @japansociety in NYC. Organizers of #JAPANCUTS since 2007.

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Hiroko Yakushimaru—80s idol and the embodiment of Kadokawa's media mix strategy—was #botd in 1964. Some of her most well-known films include SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN, MAIN THEME, DETECTIVE STORY and SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS.

Hiroko Yakushimaru—80s idol and the embodiment of Kadokawa's media mix strategy—was #botd in 1964. Some of her most well-known films include SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN, MAIN THEME, DETECTIVE STORY and SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS.

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Rarely seen outside of Japan since it was pulled from theaters at the height of its success, Haruki Kadokawa's REX: A DINOSAUR'S STORY—a cult work of family entertainment—screens as part of #JAPANCUTS Classics, possibly for the first time in North America.
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Rarely seen outside of Japan since it was pulled from theaters at the height of its success, Haruki Kadokawa's REX: A DINOSAUR'S STORY—a cult work of family entertainment—screens as part of #JAPANCUTS Classics, possibly for the first time in North America.

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Nobuhiko Obayashi's HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND (1985), a delightful love story of thrill-seeking Kawasaki enthusiasts, screens tomorrow and Friday—likely for the first time in North America!
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Nobuhiko Obayashi's HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND (1985), a delightful love story of thrill-seeking Kawasaki enthusiasts, screens tomorrow and Friday—likely for the first time in North America!

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With Seijun Suzuki's madman bravura, YUMEJI portrays the famed artist-poet Yumeji Takehisa as a Taisho-era Casanova, swept up in dreams of his own mortality while pursuing an unattainable beauty. YUMEJI premieres in a new 4K restoration—not yet screened outside of Japan—on 2/13.
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With Seijun Suzuki's madman bravura, YUMEJI portrays the famed artist-poet Yumeji Takehisa as a Taisho-era Casanova, swept up in dreams of his own mortality while pursuing an unattainable beauty. YUMEJI premieres in a new 4K restoration—not yet screened outside of Japan—on 2/13.

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528,534 views • 4 months ago

Hideaki Anno and Shiro Sagisu used the YAMASHITA motif from Takayuki Inoue's score for THE MAN WHO STOLE THE SUN in EVANGELION 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE (2009)
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Hideaki Anno and Shiro Sagisu used the YAMASHITA motif from Takayuki Inoue's score for THE MAN WHO STOLE THE SUN in EVANGELION 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE (2009)

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71,006 views • 2 months ago

Revisit David Lynch’s wonderfully strange four-part Japanese TWIN PEAKS commercial series for Georgia Coffee, released during the height of Twin Peaks mania in Japan.
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Revisit David Lynch’s wonderfully strange four-part Japanese TWIN PEAKS commercial series for Georgia Coffee, released during the height of Twin Peaks mania in Japan.

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344,609 views • 1 year ago

THE YOUTH KILLER co-stars Mieko Harada, best known as the viperous Lady Kaede in Kurosawa’s RAN, as Yutaka Mizutani’s ebullient, strong-willed girlfriend—a role that, along with her performance in Masumura’s LULLABY OF THE EARTH, would earn her Kinema Junpo’s Best Actress award.
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THE YOUTH KILLER co-stars Mieko Harada, best known as the viperous Lady Kaede in Kurosawa’s RAN, as Yutaka Mizutani’s ebullient, strong-willed girlfriend—a role that, along with her performance in Masumura’s LULLABY OF THE EARTH, would earn her Kinema Junpo’s Best Actress award.

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42,118 views • 2 months ago

Reworking the plot of LATE SPRING, Yasujiro Ozu’s masterpiece LATE AUTUMN stars Setsuko Hara—no longer the ebullient ingénue—as serene and composed widow Akiko whose daughter Ayako becomes the unwitting subject of an orchestrated matchmaking. Screens next Fri 3/6 on 35mm.
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Reworking the plot of LATE SPRING, Yasujiro Ozu’s masterpiece LATE AUTUMN stars Setsuko Hara—no longer the ebullient ingénue—as serene and composed widow Akiko whose daughter Ayako becomes the unwitting subject of an orchestrated matchmaking. Screens next Fri 3/6 on 35mm.

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65,006 views • 3 months ago

Kihachi Okamoto in an Elnica 35 CM, 1973.
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Kihachi Okamoto in an Elnica 35 CM, 1973.

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60,159 views • 4 months ago

Dick Cavett was a huge proponent of Japanese cinema. Akira Kurosawa's first-ever TV appearance which came as a result of our '81 Kurosawa series—then noted as his 1st complete Eng-subbed retro—was on Cavett's show during his visit to Japan Society.
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Dick Cavett was a huge proponent of Japanese cinema. Akira Kurosawa's first-ever TV appearance which came as a result of our '81 Kurosawa series—then noted as his 1st complete Eng-subbed retro—was on Cavett's show during his visit to Japan Society.

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134,097 views • 11 months ago

We're excited to share an message from director Ryusuke Hamaguchi in advance of our series “Shiguéhiko Hasumi: Another History of the Movie in America and Japan”—opening next Thurs 10/9. Watch Hamaguchi's full intro to Hasumi and his series recs here:
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We're excited to share an message from director Ryusuke Hamaguchi in advance of our series “Shiguéhiko Hasumi: Another History of the Movie in America and Japan”—opening next Thurs 10/9. Watch Hamaguchi's full intro to Hasumi and his series recs here:

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79,284 views • 8 months ago

Testing the 35mm print of THE MAN WHO STOLE THE SUN (1976)!
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Testing the 35mm print of THE MAN WHO STOLE THE SUN (1976)!

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Nobuhiko Obayashi was #botd in 1938.
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Nobuhiko Obayashi was #botd in 1938.

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44,238 views • 5 months ago

Ranked the best film of 1976 by Kinema Junpo, THE YOUTH KILLER remains one of the most provocative and fascinating debuts in all of Japanese cinema, announcing Kazuhiko Hasegawa as the flag-bearer of post-New Wave cinema. Screening twice on imported 16mm.
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Ranked the best film of 1976 by Kinema Junpo, THE YOUTH KILLER remains one of the most provocative and fascinating debuts in all of Japanese cinema, announcing Kazuhiko Hasegawa as the flag-bearer of post-New Wave cinema. Screening twice on imported 16mm.

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18,083 views • 1 month ago

Shiguéhiko Hasumi discussing the parallels between TOKYO DRIFTER and SONATINE with Takeshi Kitano at the Tokyo International Film Festival, 1996. Other panelists included Sadao Yamane, Hou Hsiao-hsien (who also maintained close ties with Hasumi), Tony Rayns and Thierry Jousse.
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Shiguéhiko Hasumi discussing the parallels between TOKYO DRIFTER and SONATINE with Takeshi Kitano at the Tokyo International Film Festival, 1996. Other panelists included Sadao Yamane, Hou Hsiao-hsien (who also maintained close ties with Hasumi), Tony Rayns and Thierry Jousse.

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56,159 views • 9 months ago

David Lynch's message to Japanese TWIN PEAKS viewers, 2017.
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David Lynch's message to Japanese TWIN PEAKS viewers, 2017.

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91,054 views • 1 year ago

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's personal pick from our ongoing Shiguéhiko Hasumi series is Mikio Naruse's TSURUHACHI AND TSURUJIRO—screening this Friday on imported 35mm with an introduction by Sho Miyake.
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi's personal pick from our ongoing Shiguéhiko Hasumi series is Mikio Naruse's TSURUHACHI AND TSURUJIRO—screening this Friday on imported 35mm with an introduction by Sho Miyake.

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42,399 views • 8 months ago

Linking love and anarchy in the Taisho era, Tatsumi Kumashiro's EVENING PRIMROSE—soundtracked by a pre-YMO Haruomi Hosono—sports New Hollywoodian and French New Wave sensibilities in its effortless style. Screens this Sat 5/9:
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Linking love and anarchy in the Taisho era, Tatsumi Kumashiro's EVENING PRIMROSE—soundtracked by a pre-YMO Haruomi Hosono—sports New Hollywoodian and French New Wave sensibilities in its effortless style. Screens this Sat 5/9:

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11,031 views • 1 month ago

We're excited to unveil the trailer for our 30-film retro "Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us"—opening NEXT WEEK at Japan Society before continuing @metrograph on 6/5! -Part I: -Part II:
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We're excited to unveil the trailer for our 30-film retro "Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us"—opening NEXT WEEK at Japan Society before continuing @metrograph on 6/5! -Part I: -Part II:

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51,221 views • 1 year ago

New US trailer for the theatrical release of Hideaki Anno's LOVE & POP (1998), based on the original 1998 trailer for the film.
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New US trailer for the theatrical release of Hideaki Anno's LOVE & POP (1998), based on the original 1998 trailer for the film.

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48,356 views • 1 year ago

With bursts of expressionist set pieces, gratuitous violence, and Kaji’s dagger-eyed silent avenger, FEMALE PRISONER #701 SCORPION stands out as a cornerstone of ‘70s exploitation cinema.
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With bursts of expressionist set pieces, gratuitous violence, and Kaji’s dagger-eyed silent avenger, FEMALE PRISONER #701 SCORPION stands out as a cornerstone of ‘70s exploitation cinema.

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13,214 views • 3 months ago