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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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Maybe it’s not common knowledge, but there hasn’t been a commercially produced 35mm projector in ~15 years. Most theaters run decades-old Simplex, Kinoton, or Century models. No new parts, no new projectors—just a passionate ecosystem that sustains it and keeps it alive.

Maybe it’s not common knowledge, but there hasn’t been a commercially produced 35mm projector in ~15 years. Most theaters run decades-old Simplex, Kinoton, or Century models. No new parts, no new projectors—just a passionate ecosystem that sustains it and keeps it alive.

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Two more screenings of this doc Metrograph left! Here’s a peek at the 16mm we screened a few years back! Though the new restoration at Metrograph with reinstated stereo should be equally revelatory.

Two more screenings of this doc Metrograph left! Here’s a peek at the 16mm we screened a few years back! Though the new restoration at Metrograph with reinstated stereo should be equally revelatory.

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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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Akihiro Miwa speaking on Yukio Mishima, 1985. Lovers at the time, Miwa touched a nerve by commenting on Mishima's weak physical frame, a remark that inadvertently triggered Mishima's obsession with bodybuilding.

Akihiro Miwa speaking on Yukio Mishima, 1985. Lovers at the time, Miwa touched a nerve by commenting on Mishima's weak physical frame, a remark that inadvertently triggered Mishima's obsession with bodybuilding.

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The classic clip of Akihiro Miwa perfecting Moro's laugh in the studio with Hayao Miyazaki for PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997).

The classic clip of Akihiro Miwa perfecting Moro's laugh in the studio with Hayao Miyazaki for PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997).

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Rarely seen outside Japan and a cult item abroad, REX: A DINOSAUR'S STORY remains one of the most expensive Japanese films of all time; a dinosaur picture released a month after JURASSIC PARK directed by industry disruptor Haruki Kadokawa just before his public fall from grace.

Rarely seen outside Japan and a cult item abroad, REX: A DINOSAUR'S STORY remains one of the most expensive Japanese films of all time; a dinosaur picture released a month after JURASSIC PARK directed by industry disruptor Haruki Kadokawa just before his public fall from grace.

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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.

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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530,932 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад

Set on an alternate Earth in the kingdom of Honnêamise, where space travel has not yet been achieved, Gainax's debut is an outsider work “to make anime fans reaffirm reality”. Feat. the talents of Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto & more. Screens Sept. 11 for our Sakamoto series.

Set on an alternate Earth in the kingdom of Honnêamise, where space travel has not yet been achieved, Gainax's debut is an outsider work “to make anime fans reaffirm reality”. Feat. the talents of Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto & more. Screens Sept. 11 for our Sakamoto series.

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91,457 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

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.

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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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.

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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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)

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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A self-reflexive adaptation of the titular Kadokawa novel, the virtuosic W’S TRAGEDY reframes its source material as a play within the film—one that starts to mirror the blurred reality of Hiroko Yakushimaru’s aspiring starlet. Int premiere of 4K restoration tomorrow.

A self-reflexive adaptation of the titular Kadokawa novel, the virtuosic W’S TRAGEDY reframes its source material as a play within the film—one that starts to mirror the blurred reality of Hiroko Yakushimaru’s aspiring starlet. Int premiere of 4K restoration tomorrow.

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34,227 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

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.

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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Kihachi Okamoto in an Elnica 35 CM, 1973.

Kihachi Okamoto in an Elnica 35 CM, 1973.

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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:

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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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.

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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Nobuhiko Obayashi was #botd in 1938.

Nobuhiko Obayashi was #botd in 1938.

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