2011 (5th) JAPAN CUTS: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema

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  • Films screened between July 7-10 are co-presented with the New York Asian Film Festival
  • This year's slate of 32 titles makes this the largest line-up in the festival's history
  • Tickets: $12/$9 for Japan Society members

Schedule

7/7 THURSDAY

6:45 pm Osamu Tezuka's Buddha - dir. Kozo Morishita *North American Premiere

9:00 pm Ringing in Their Ears- dir. Yu Irie *International Premiere

7/8 FRIDAY

7:00 pm Love and Loathing and Lulu and Ayano - dir. Hisayasu Sato *North American Premiere

9:15 pm Battle Royale- dir. Kinji Fukasaku

7/9 SATURDAY

12:30 pm GANTZ- dir. Shinsuke Sato

3:00 pm GANTZ Perfect Answer- dir. Shinsuke Sato

6:00 pm Ninja Kids!!!- dir. Takashi Miike *World Premiere

8:15 pm Yakuza Weapon- dir. Tak Sakaguchi, Yudai Yamaguchi *New York Premiere (Directors Sakaguchi and Yamaguchi in-person and followed by party)

7/10 SUNDAY

12:30 pm Osamu Tezuka's Buddha- dir. Kozo Morishita

2:45 pm Heaven's Story- dir. Takahisa Zeze *North American Premiere

8:00 pm MILOCRORZE - A Love Story- dir. Yoshimasa Ishibashi *North American Premiere (Introduction and Q&A with Yoshimasa Ishibashi)

7/12 TUESDAY

6:30 pm Sword Of Desperation- dir. Hideyuki Hirayama

9:00 pm The Last Ronin- dir. Shigemichi Sugita * East Coast Premiere

7/13 WEDNESDAY

6:30 pm Rinco's Restaurant- dir. Mai Tominaga *U.S. Premiere

9:00 pm Birthright- dir. Naoki Hashimoto *North American Premiere

7/14 THURSDAY

6:30 pm Rail Truck- dir. Hirofumi Kawaguchi * U.S. Premiere

9:00 pm Yuki and Nina- dir. Nobuhiro Suwa, Hippolyte Girardot *North American Premiere

7/15 FRIDAY

6:15 pm Toilet- dir. Naoko Ogigami *U.S. Premiere

8:30 pm Three Points- dir. Masashi Yamamoto *International Premiere/Centerpiece Presentation ( Introduction and Q&A with Masashi Yamamoto and Sora Aoi plus After Party)

7/16 SATURDAY

2:30 pm Love Addiction- dir. Nobuteru Uchida *North American Premiere

4:30 pm The Seaside Motel- dir. Kentaro Moriya *North American Premiere ( Introduction and Q&A with Director Kentaro Moriya)

7:15 pm A Liar and a Broken Girl- dir. Natsuki Seta *International Premiere (Introduction and Q&A with Director Natsuki Seta)

10:30 pm Love and Treachery- dir. Hitoshi Yazaki *International Premiere

7/17 SUNDAY

2:00 pm The Knot- dir. Yuichi Onuma *North American Premiere

4:00 pm Torso- dir. Yutaka Yamazaki *North American Premiere

6:15 pm Strangers in the City- dir. Junji Sakamoto *North American Premiere

9:00 pm A Night in Nude: Salvation- dir. Takashi Ishii *North American Premiere

7/19 TUESDAY

6:30 pm Sketches of Kaitan City- dir. Kazuyoshi Kumakiri *North American Premiere

9:30 pm Control Tower- dir. Takahiro Miki *International Premiere

7/20 WEDNESDAY

7:00 pm Haru's Journey- dir. Masahiro Kobayashi *New York Premiere (Introduction and Q&A with Director Masahiro Kobayashi and Producer Naoko Kobayashi)

7/21 THURSDAY

7:00 pm Vengeance Can Wait- dir. Masanori Tominaga *North American Premiere

9:00 pm Wandering Home- dir. Yoichi Higashi *North American Premiere

7/22 FRIDAY

7:00 pm Into the White Night- dir. Yoshihiro Fukagawa *North American Premiere

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