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Joel Neville Anderson @joelnanderson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

First time seeing these photos. The JS auditorium with a stage + dropdown projection screen has always been a special place combining theater + cinema, much like Nakadai’s career off studio contract allowing him to work with a wide range of film directors between plays. Many great films to rewatch!

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Japan Society Film @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Tatsuya Nakadai during his '76 visit to Japan Society for a 10-film retro—newly scanned from the @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social archives. In his opening remarks, Nakadai said, “To have a retrospective of my works, spanning more than twenty years, shown here in New York gives me great pleasure"

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David Hudson @dwhdaily.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

“Shiguéhiko Hasumi: Another History of the Movie in America and Japan” opens this evening @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social (@japansociety.org) www.criterion.com/current/post...

There’s a lot going on in this publicity photo for Yasujiro Ozu’s THAT NIGHT’S WIFE (1930). An alarm clock reads 1:20. A candle is burnt down halfway. So it’s late. And noirish. A man in a suit and hat points a gun—seemingly to protect his wife and child—and he’s aiming at someone off-screen. That someone casts a shadow, and he’s holding up a pair of handcuffs and some sort of strip that could conceivably be used to tie someone up. In short, a tense standoff.

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Makia Matsumura @unpianistique.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Preparation underway at @japansociety.org for tonight’s Ozu screening with live accompaniment! 📽️🎞️🎹 @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social “That Night’s Wife” (その夜の妻), showtime at 6pm, for more info & tickets: japansociety.org/events/that-... #yasijiroozu #小津安二郎 #shigehikohasumi #蓮實重彦 #silentfilm #livemusic

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David Hudson @dwhdaily.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Ryusuke Hamaguchi introduces the @japansociety.org series “Shiguéhiko Hasumi: Another History of the Movie in America and Japan” (October 9 through 18) @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social — www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVo2...

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi introduces "Shiguéhiko Hasumi: Another History of the Movie in America and Japan"

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Japan Cuts wrapped over the weekend, here's all my coverage in one thread, starting with a review of Miike Takashi's Blazing Fists (aka Blue Fight) www.thechinesecinema.com/blue-fight-a...

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Blue Fight (aka Blazing Fists) (Miike Takashi, 2025)

A slightly different version of this was originally published at InReview Online as part of their coverage of the 2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam. I watched two films for this year’s IFFR....

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Japan Society Film @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Setsuko Hara (#botd) at her home in Komae, Tokyo on February 25, 1960.

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Japan Society Film @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Toshiro Mifune with his wife Sachiko and sons Shiro and Takeshi.

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Japan Society Film @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Tatsuya Nakadai in Tokyo, circa 1964.

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Lineup for one of the best film festivals in the country just dropped

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Hell yeah, they're showing LOVE LETTER by Shunji Iwai

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Japan Society Film @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

My heart beat faster because of the sudden switch in her [Kaede’s] personality… I knew right away that I had to get that role.”—Mieko Harada The only actress that Kurosawa offered the role to, Harada would declare, “frankly, I think she’s really super.” RAN screens 6/20 in 35mm: japansoc.org/Ran

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Japan Society @japansociety.org · 10/06/2025

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.

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Japan Society Film @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Nobuhiko Obayashi and Tomoyo Harada on the set of THE LITTLE GIRL WHO CONQUERED TIME (1983).

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24/7 Frankie Teardrop Challenge @rarerborealis.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

School In The Crosshairs is the popular pick (aliens, teens, heavier Hausu-style FX), but don’t miss Obayashi’s nostalgic hometown farewell masquerading as gender-swap teen comedy I Are You You Am Me in @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social ‘s upcoming 80s Obayashi series www.screenslate.com/articles/i-a...

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I Are You, You Am Me, aka Exchange Student

Nobuhiko Obayashi's 1982 film I Am You, You Are Me (aka Exchange Student) might be the only coming-of-age story where the emotional climax isn’t a declaration of love, but the moment immediately after...

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