Rising star YUUMI KAWAI talks industry and internalisation in our exclusive #JAPANCUTS interview @japansociety.org
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Yuumi Kawai interview: “Cinema allows us to create a better future together” | easternkicks.com
Japan’s rising star talks industry and internalisation... There's a moment in Yoko Yamanaka's singular, contemplative feature Desert of Namibia that sticks in my mind. The film's star, Yuumi Kawai – w...
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August 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Rising star YUUMI KAWAI talks industry and internalisation in our exclusive #JAPANCUTS interview @japansociety.org
www.easternkicks.com/features/yuu...
www.easternkicks.com/features/yuu...
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's lo-fi 1998 thriller "The Serpent's Path," and the French remake he recently directed, represents two opposing gateways to the same, unsettling story about how much people are willing to compartmentalize in the name of revenge. #JapanCuts joysauce.com/the-serpents...
The ‘Serpent’s Paths’: Kiyoshi Kurosawa revisits the horrors of child trafficking
New York’s Japan Cuts festival plays host to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's lo-fi 1998 Japanese thriller and its 2024 French remake.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's lo-fi 1998 thriller "The Serpent's Path," and the French remake he recently directed, represents two opposing gateways to the same, unsettling story about how much people are willing to compartmentalize in the name of revenge. #JapanCuts joysauce.com/the-serpents...
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the 18th annual #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU. Until next summer! ❤️🎥
July 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the 18th annual #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU. Until next summer! ❤️🎥
TONIGHT! Broadcasting from @wonderville.nyc it's FORT90 TV!
And it's the middle of July, which in NYC is Asian film festival season, so I'll be going over the best of the best that @nyaff.bsky.social & #JAPANCUTS had/has to offer; stream starts at 8:00PM EST…
www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...
And it's the middle of July, which in NYC is Asian film festival season, so I'll be going over the best of the best that @nyaff.bsky.social & #JAPANCUTS had/has to offer; stream starts at 8:00PM EST…
www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...
July 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
TONIGHT! Broadcasting from @wonderville.nyc it's FORT90 TV!
And it's the middle of July, which in NYC is Asian film festival season, so I'll be going over the best of the best that @nyaff.bsky.social & #JAPANCUTS had/has to offer; stream starts at 8:00PM EST…
www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...
And it's the middle of July, which in NYC is Asian film festival season, so I'll be going over the best of the best that @nyaff.bsky.social & #JAPANCUTS had/has to offer; stream starts at 8:00PM EST…
www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...
🎥 JAPAN CUTS, the largest Japanese film festival in North America, ends this weekend at Japan Society in NYC! It presents 25+ new films, and we're happy to give you 10% off tickets with the code "ANIME10"
Jump into JAPAN CUTS at japansociety.org/japancuts
Jump into JAPAN CUTS at japansociety.org/japancuts
July 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎥 JAPAN CUTS, the largest Japanese film festival in North America, ends this weekend at Japan Society in NYC! It presents 25+ new films, and we're happy to give you 10% off tickets with the code "ANIME10"
Jump into JAPAN CUTS at japansociety.org/japancuts
Jump into JAPAN CUTS at japansociety.org/japancuts
I was only able to cover one film for @japansociety.org’s #JAPANCUTS, but I made it count.
Ken’ichi Ugana’s THE GESUIDOUZ explores the creative process and the way art doesn’t have to be for everyone to be meaningful through an absurdist punk rock lens. #filmsky
Ken’ichi Ugana’s THE GESUIDOUZ explores the creative process and the way art doesn’t have to be for everyone to be meaningful through an absurdist punk rock lens. #filmsky
Lo-fi punk comedy “The Gesuidouz” isn’t for everyone (and that’s alright). [Japan Cuts]
The Gesuidouz, ザ・ゲスイドウズ, Ken’ichi Ugana, Natsuko, Leo Imamura, Yutaka Kyan, Rocko Zevenbergen, Yûya Endô, Saori Izawa, Japan Society, JAPAN CUTS, Rights Cube, comedy,
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July 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I was only able to cover one film for @japansociety.org’s #JAPANCUTS, but I made it count.
Ken’ichi Ugana’s THE GESUIDOUZ explores the creative process and the way art doesn’t have to be for everyone to be meaningful through an absurdist punk rock lens. #filmsky
Ken’ichi Ugana’s THE GESUIDOUZ explores the creative process and the way art doesn’t have to be for everyone to be meaningful through an absurdist punk rock lens. #filmsky
An enthralling glimpse into the radical postwar art movements of 1960s Japan, JAPANESE AVANT-GARDE PIONEERS gets its New York premiere this Friday at #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU, followed by a post-screening Q&A with director Amélie Ravalec.
🎟️: japansoc.org/3GPBDU3
🎟️: japansoc.org/3GPBDU3
Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers
Exploring the explosion of postwar radical art in the 1960s and the rise of Japanese avant-garde, Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers is an enthralling glimpse into the outsider art of Japan’s underground m...
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July 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
An enthralling glimpse into the radical postwar art movements of 1960s Japan, JAPANESE AVANT-GARDE PIONEERS gets its New York premiere this Friday at #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU, followed by a post-screening Q&A with director Amélie Ravalec.
🎟️: japansoc.org/3GPBDU3
🎟️: japansoc.org/3GPBDU3
A joy to welcome #YuumiKawai, one of Japan’s most celebrated rising stars, to #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU this past weekend for sold-out premieres of SHE TAUGHT ME SERENDIPITY and A GIRL NAMED ANN. 🎬👏
July 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A joy to welcome #YuumiKawai, one of Japan’s most celebrated rising stars, to #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU this past weekend for sold-out premieres of SHE TAUGHT ME SERENDIPITY and A GIRL NAMED ANN. 🎬👏
The 18th annual #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU returns to @japansociety.org July 10–20 with 25+ new films from Japan! Use code YEN10 at discount to get 10% off tickets to screenings for all JAPAN CUTS films including the live-action adaptation of Kowloon Generic Romance!
Grab tickets now! buff.ly/6xfPITq
Grab tickets now! buff.ly/6xfPITq
July 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The 18th annual #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU returns to @japansociety.org July 10–20 with 25+ new films from Japan! Use code YEN10 at discount to get 10% off tickets to screenings for all JAPAN CUTS films including the live-action adaptation of Kowloon Generic Romance!
Grab tickets now! buff.ly/6xfPITq
Grab tickets now! buff.ly/6xfPITq
On of the gems of #japancuts at The Japan Society is THE GESUIDOUZ about a woman who thinks she is dying who becomes a punk rocker to write the great punk rock song. This why I love Japan Cuts www.unseenfilms.net/2025/07/the-...
THE GESUIDOUZ (2024) Japan Cuts 2025
A young woman whothinks she has only a year to live decides to form a punk band and create the best punk song ever and along the way creates...
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July 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
On of the gems of #japancuts at The Japan Society is THE GESUIDOUZ about a woman who thinks she is dying who becomes a punk rocker to write the great punk rock song. This why I love Japan Cuts www.unseenfilms.net/2025/07/the-...
Japan Cuts starts tonight, and the NYAFF tomorrow. Check the thread here for links to reviews I've already published: Blazing Fists, Cloud, The Last Dance, Daughter's Daughter, and The Old Woman with the Knife. More reviews coming soon!
#japancuts #nyaff
#japancuts #nyaff
The annual insanity of my trying to cover Japan Cuts and the New York Asian Film Festival at the same time (and maybe Fantasia too) in one month while my kids are home from school starts now.
July 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Japan Cuts starts tonight, and the NYAFF tomorrow. Check the thread here for links to reviews I've already published: Blazing Fists, Cloud, The Last Dance, Daughter's Daughter, and The Old Woman with the Knife. More reviews coming soon!
#japancuts #nyaff
#japancuts #nyaff
A one-night-only showcase of boundary-pushing short films, from the 2024 PIA Grand Prize winner to a Taisho-era fable by the composer of AUGUST IN THE WATER.
🎬 Don’t miss our 2025 #JAPANCUTS SHORT CUTS presentation, screening this Saturday: japansoc.org/SHORTCUTS
🎬 Don’t miss our 2025 #JAPANCUTS SHORT CUTS presentation, screening this Saturday: japansoc.org/SHORTCUTS
July 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A one-night-only showcase of boundary-pushing short films, from the 2024 PIA Grand Prize winner to a Taisho-era fable by the composer of AUGUST IN THE WATER.
🎬 Don’t miss our 2025 #JAPANCUTS SHORT CUTS presentation, screening this Saturday: japansoc.org/SHORTCUTS
🎬 Don’t miss our 2025 #JAPANCUTS SHORT CUTS presentation, screening this Saturday: japansoc.org/SHORTCUTS
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s excellent summer:
#JAPANCUTS Cut Above Award @japansociety.org
CLOUD @filmlinc.bsky.social
PULSE @wexarts.bsky.social
3 films @thecinematheque.bsky.social
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#JAPANCUTS Cut Above Award @japansociety.org
CLOUD @filmlinc.bsky.social
PULSE @wexarts.bsky.social
3 films @thecinematheque.bsky.social
www.criterion.com/current/post...
July 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s excellent summer:
#JAPANCUTS Cut Above Award @japansociety.org
CLOUD @filmlinc.bsky.social
PULSE @wexarts.bsky.social
3 films @thecinematheque.bsky.social
www.criterion.com/current/post...
#JAPANCUTS Cut Above Award @japansociety.org
CLOUD @filmlinc.bsky.social
PULSE @wexarts.bsky.social
3 films @thecinematheque.bsky.social
www.criterion.com/current/post...
This year’s #JAPANCUTS Documentary slate brings three powerful stories to the big screen—from a heart-wrenching video diary confronting mental illness to the underground art movements of postwar Japan.
Catch these docs + more at JAPAN CUTS Powered by GU, starting this week!
🍿 japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Catch these docs + more at JAPAN CUTS Powered by GU, starting this week!
🍿 japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
July 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This year’s #JAPANCUTS Documentary slate brings three powerful stories to the big screen—from a heart-wrenching video diary confronting mental illness to the underground art movements of postwar Japan.
Catch these docs + more at JAPAN CUTS Powered by GU, starting this week!
🍿 japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Catch these docs + more at JAPAN CUTS Powered by GU, starting this week!
🍿 japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
We just announced a huge #JAPANCUTS giveaway on Instagram. 🍿🥳
Prize includes free access to all 25+ festival films, including our sold-out Opening Night (CHAO) and Centerpiece (CLOUD) screenings.
ENTER ON IG: japansoc.org/3GtyusU
Prize includes free access to all 25+ festival films, including our sold-out Opening Night (CHAO) and Centerpiece (CLOUD) screenings.
ENTER ON IG: japansoc.org/3GtyusU
July 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We just announced a huge #JAPANCUTS giveaway on Instagram. 🍿🥳
Prize includes free access to all 25+ festival films, including our sold-out Opening Night (CHAO) and Centerpiece (CLOUD) screenings.
ENTER ON IG: japansoc.org/3GtyusU
Prize includes free access to all 25+ festival films, including our sold-out Opening Night (CHAO) and Centerpiece (CLOUD) screenings.
ENTER ON IG: japansoc.org/3GtyusU
From a quiet Nara town to the bustling streets of Osaka, this year’s #JAPANCUTS Next Generation slate spotlights four daring new works by emerging Japanese filmmakers.
Catch these indie gems + more festival highlights at JAPAN CUTS Powered by GU, kicking off next week!
🍿 japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Catch these indie gems + more festival highlights at JAPAN CUTS Powered by GU, kicking off next week!
🍿 japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
July 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
From a quiet Nara town to the bustling streets of Osaka, this year’s #JAPANCUTS Next Generation slate spotlights four daring new works by emerging Japanese filmmakers.
Catch these indie gems + more festival highlights at JAPAN CUTS Powered by GU, kicking off next week!
🍿 japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Catch these indie gems + more festival highlights at JAPAN CUTS Powered by GU, kicking off next week!
🍿 japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
A Preview of Japan Cuts 2025 (July 10th - July 20th)
A month later than usual but here are the details on the film programme for #JAPANCUTS 2025
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A month later than usual but here are the details on the film programme for #JAPANCUTS 2025
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A Preview of Japan Cuts 2025 (July 10th – July 20th)
Details on the film programme for Japan Cuts 2025 (July 10th – July 20th)
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June 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A Preview of Japan Cuts 2025 (July 10th - July 20th)
A month later than usual but here are the details on the film programme for #JAPANCUTS 2025
genkinahito.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/a...
A month later than usual but here are the details on the film programme for #JAPANCUTS 2025
genkinahito.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/a...
🏆 We’re proud to honor Kiyoshi Kurosawa with the 2025 CUT ABOVE Award at #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU (July 10–20), with the legendary director joining us in person for screenings of his latest works + classic revivals!
Browse all 25+ festival premieres: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Browse all 25+ festival premieres: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
June 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🏆 We’re proud to honor Kiyoshi Kurosawa with the 2025 CUT ABOVE Award at #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU (July 10–20), with the legendary director joining us in person for screenings of his latest works + classic revivals!
Browse all 25+ festival premieres: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Browse all 25+ festival premieres: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Some official movie posters from this year's #JAPANCUTS Feature Slate, featuring new works by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Yu Irie, Kichitaro Negishi & more.
We're just 2 weeks out from the festival! If you haven't already, browse the full lineup and grab your tickets now: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
We're just 2 weeks out from the festival! If you haven't already, browse the full lineup and grab your tickets now: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
June 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Some official movie posters from this year's #JAPANCUTS Feature Slate, featuring new works by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Yu Irie, Kichitaro Negishi & more.
We're just 2 weeks out from the festival! If you haven't already, browse the full lineup and grab your tickets now: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
We're just 2 weeks out from the festival! If you haven't already, browse the full lineup and grab your tickets now: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
A special screening of ChaO, the Annecy Jury Prize-winning new feature from Studio 4ºC will kick off the upcoming 18th edition Japan Cutes, N. America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese Cinema. #Annecy #ChaO #JapanCuts #JapanSociety #Studio4˚CC
www.animationmagazine.net/?p=3272474
www.animationmagazine.net/?p=3272474
June 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A special screening of ChaO, the Annecy Jury Prize-winning new feature from Studio 4ºC will kick off the upcoming 18th edition Japan Cutes, N. America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese Cinema. #Annecy #ChaO #JapanCuts #JapanSociety #Studio4˚CC
www.animationmagazine.net/?p=3272474
www.animationmagazine.net/?p=3272474
[NOTICIA] Segunda parte de la programación del festival de cine #JapanCuts, donde destaca #ChaO, la nueva película del estudio 4°C.
PROGRAMACIÓN DEL 18º JAPAN CUTS [2ª PARTE]
Última parte del repaso a la programación del 18º Japan Cuts, donde destaca la cinta de animación "Chao".
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June 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
[NOTICIA] Segunda parte de la programación del festival de cine #JapanCuts, donde destaca #ChaO, la nueva película del estudio 4°C.
Studio 4C's "Chao" is coming to Japan Cuts.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Studio 4C's "Chao" is coming to Japan Cuts.
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Just announced! CHAO, the highly anticipated feature debut from veteran animator Yasuhiro Aoki, will open #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU on July 10.
🎟️ Tickets on sale now: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Presented in collaboration with @gkids.com.
🎟️ Tickets on sale now: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Presented in collaboration with @gkids.com.
June 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Just announced! CHAO, the highly anticipated feature debut from veteran animator Yasuhiro Aoki, will open #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU on July 10.
🎟️ Tickets on sale now: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Presented in collaboration with @gkids.com.
🎟️ Tickets on sale now: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Presented in collaboration with @gkids.com.
Have you made your #JAPANCUTS 2025 watchlist yet?
Tickets go on sale to the public tomorrow, so now's the time to browse all 25+ premieres at this year's festival, returning July 10-20. (Japan Society members still have early presale access through today! 🔓)
🍿: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Tickets go on sale to the public tomorrow, so now's the time to browse all 25+ premieres at this year's festival, returning July 10-20. (Japan Society members still have early presale access through today! 🔓)
🍿: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
June 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Have you made your #JAPANCUTS 2025 watchlist yet?
Tickets go on sale to the public tomorrow, so now's the time to browse all 25+ premieres at this year's festival, returning July 10-20. (Japan Society members still have early presale access through today! 🔓)
🍿: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4
Tickets go on sale to the public tomorrow, so now's the time to browse all 25+ premieres at this year's festival, returning July 10-20. (Japan Society members still have early presale access through today! 🔓)
🍿: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4