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Japan Society Film Screening Japanese cinema from classics to contemporary premieres at Japan Society in NYC. Organizers of : Festival of New Japanese Film.
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A huge thank you to director Hirokazu Koreeda for closing out the 19th edition of JAPAN CUTS with the North American pre...
07/20/2026

A huge thank you to director Hirokazu Koreeda for closing out the 19th edition of JAPAN CUTS with the North American premiere of SHEEP IN THE BOX!

Koreeda’s speculative AI parable opens in NYC theaters this Thurs. 7/23 at IFC Center and AMC Lincoln Sq 13 courtesy of NEON.

📸: Hirokazu Koreeda at Japan Society, 2026

Kiyoshi Kurosawa ( ) at Japan Society for the U.S. premiere of PULSE, 2005.The celebrated Japanese auteur turns 71 today...
07/19/2026

Kiyoshi Kurosawa ( ) at Japan Society for the U.S. premiere of PULSE, 2005.

The celebrated Japanese auteur turns 71 today. His last visit to Japan Society was to present the PULSE premiere on August 3, 2025. Kurosawa will return on August 1 to present a sold-out revival of CHARISMA.

📷: David La Spina/Esto

07/14/2026

A self-reflexive adaptation of the titular Kadokawa novel, Shinichiro Sawai’s virtuosic W’S TRAGEDY (1984) reframes its source material as a play within the film—one that starts to mirror the blurred reality of Hiroko Yakushimaru’s aspiring starlet.

Catch the international 4K premiere of W’S TRAGEDY tomorrow night as part of Classics.

A wonderful evening with our 2026 CUT ABOVE award recipient Suzu Hirose! 📸: Suzu Hirose at Japan Society, 2026
07/14/2026

A wonderful evening with our 2026 CUT ABOVE award recipient Suzu Hirose!

📸: Suzu Hirose at Japan Society, 2026

07/07/2026

The theme of W’S TRAGEDY was written by Yuming under her pen name Karuho Kureta (a parody on the Japanese phonetic pronunciation of ‘Greta Garbo’) and sung by star Hiroko Yakushimaru. Director Shinichiro Sawai was initially resistant to include the song in the film, but when the film ending played with the song during a preview screening, the audience burst into tears—prompting him to reconsider.

A new 4K restoration of W’S TRAGEDY screens 7/15 as part of Classics.

Just announced! Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s CHARISMA (1999) followed by a post-screening Q&A with Kurosawa in-person.Kurosawa’s f...
07/06/2026

Just announced! Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s CHARISMA (1999) followed by a post-screening Q&A with Kurosawa in-person.

Kurosawa’s fin-de-siècle ecological thriller trades competing philosophies for a desire to “restore the rules of the world” as a beleaguered, world-weary detective (Koji Yakusho) is put on leave following a botched hostage negotiation. Traveling to a remote stretch of countryside, he finds himself caught between opposing forces within a decaying mountain forest, all fixated on a strange, poisonous tree called Charisma—hailed as a godsend by some and an omen by others. Kurosawa’s allegorical detective story, which lightly lifts from Robert Aldrich, suggests a desire to begin anew, with all paths to Charisma leading either to death or salvation.

Kurosawa’s visit comes courtesy of Janus Films who are opening his latest film The Samurai and the Prisoner at IFC Center and Film at Lincoln Center on July 30.

Screening 8/1 on an imported 35mm print: japansoc.org/charisma

Keep cool this holiday weekend!📸: Setsuko Hara photographed by Yonosuke Natori for a Tokyo Shibaura Electric fan adverti...
07/03/2026

Keep cool this holiday weekend!

📸: Setsuko Hara photographed by Yonosuke Natori for a Tokyo Shibaura Electric fan advertisement, March 1936.

06/30/2026

Industry disruptor Haruki Kadokawa delivered an E.T.-adjacent curio of family entertainment to the chagrin of critics and the delight of the public—until his sudden and very public fall from grace. Rarely seen outside Japan and a cult item abroad, Rex remains a fascinating relic of Kadokawa’s once-dominant brand of commercial filmmaking.

REX : A DINOSAUR’S STORY screens Fri. 7/10 as part of 2026

Chieko Baisho ( ) photographed in the 1960s.Known best for roles in Yoji Yamada’s films—from the “Tora-san” series up to...
06/29/2026

Chieko Baisho ( ) photographed in the 1960s.

Known best for roles in Yoji Yamada’s films—from the “Tora-san” series up to 2026 selection TOKYO TAXI—Baisho is a legendary actress and singer synonymous with Yamada’s life-affirming cinema. As a singer, her 1965 cha-cha single“Sayonara wa Dance no Ato ni” (さよならはダンスの後に) served as the basis for the “Sailor Moon” theme.

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