2015 (9th) JAPAN CUTS

Profile

Film Festival: JAPAN CUTS
Edition: 9th
Duration: July 9-19, 2015
Presented By: Japan Society
Location: New York City, New York

Opening Film

"Hibi Rock: Puke Afro and the Pop Star" - Yu Irie (Japan) *North American Premiere

Closing Film

"Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn" - Juichiro Yamasaki (Japan) *International Premiere

Centerpiece Presentation

"100 Yen Love" - Masaharu Take (Japan) *North American Premiere

Program

"And the Mud Ship Sails Away" - Hirobumi Watanabe (Japan) *North American Premiere
"Asleep" - Shingo Wakagi (Japan) *North American Premiere
"Belladonna of Sadness" - Eiichi Yamamoto (Japan)
"Cruel Story of Youth" - Nagisa Oshima (Japan) *East Coast Premiere
"A Farewell to Jinu" - Suzuki Matsuo (Japan) *North American
"Forget Me Not" - Kei Horie (Japan) *U.S. Premiere
"Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory" - Lisa Takeba (Japan) *North American Premiere
"Her Granddaughter" - Ryuichi Hiroki (Japan) *U.S. Premiere
"I Alone" - Sho Tsukikawa (Japan) *North American Premiere
"Joker Game" - Yu Irie (Japan) *North American Premiere
"The Light Shines Only There" - Mipo O (Japan) *East Coast Premiere
"Makeup Room" - Kei Morikaw (Japan) *North American Premiere
"Neko Samurai 2: A Tropical Adventure" - Takeshi Watanabe (Japan) *World Premiere
"Pieta in the Toilet" - Daishi Matsunaga (Japan) *North American Premiere
"Round Trip Heart" - Yuki Tanada (Japan) *North American Premiere
"Seven Weeks" - Nobuhiko Obayashi (Japan) *U.S. Premiere
"Snow On The Blades" - Setsuro Wakamatsu (Japan) *North American Premiere
"Strayer's Chronicle" - Takahisa Zeze (Japan) *North American Premiere
"This Country's Sky" - Haruhiko Arai (Japan) *World Premiere
"Undulant Fever" - Hiroshi Ando (Japan) *North American Premiere
"The Vancouver Asahi" - Yuya Ishii (Japan) *East Coast Premiere
"The Voice of Water" - Masashi Yamamoto (Japan) *North American Premiere
"The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories" - Haruhiko Daishima (Japan) *North American Premiere
"What Are You Afraid Of?" - Hisako Matsui (Japan) *International Premiere

2015 (9th) JAPAN CUTS

Contents

Profile

Opening Film

Closing Film

Centerpiece Presentation

Program