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2019年（令和元年）7月20日（土）VOICES From

THE NEW YORKERSJAPAN CUTS
at Japan Societyby Justin Tedaldi
The largest
festival of contemporary
Japanese cinema in NorthAmerica, thisyear’s JAPANCUTS at Japan
Society serves
up 42 films
from July 19-28, featuring more than 20
guest filmmakers and talent in personfor daily post-screening Q&As.
“This 13th edition of JAPAN CUTS
provides testament to the continued
vitality of contemporary Japanese cinema with a wide array of films by emerging filmmakers who dare to take formal
and thematic risks,” says Kazu
Watanabe, Japan Society Deputy
Director of Film.
“They are paired with a roster of veteran directors who similarly began theircareer in the spirit of creative innovation, and who continue to expand theirvision in new directions,” he continues.
“Together, they tackle stories about
existential ennui, class conflict andsocial discrimination through a range offilmmaking practices that continuallysubvert expectations and expand ournotion of what Japanese cinema is.”The Opening Film on July 19 is theU.S. premiere of “Dance with Me,” anoffice comedy-road trip-musical directed by “Waterboys” helmer Shinobu
Yaguchi, featuring a breakout performance by star Ayaka Miyoshi. The festival’s Centerpiece Presentation on July
24 is the East Coast premiere of“Killing,” a subversive samurai dramaand meditation on the nature of violenceby internationally renowned cult director Shinya Tsukamoto (“Tetsuo: TheIron Man”), who will be presented withthe 2019 CUT ABOVE Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Film prior
to the screening. Tsukamoto will also
introduce a special 35mm presentationof his 1998 black-and-white classic“Bullet Ballet” on July 25.
The Closing Film on July 28 is theNorth American premiere of director
Yuko Hakota’s remarkable debut feature “Blue Hour,” a comedic drama

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JAPAN VOICECOOL JAPAN from New Yorkers’ Viewpoints

Manji Inoue's ceramic art

Toshimi Kajiki

K.J.JAPANESEARTIST SHOWBLUE COMETS OLD BOY

TSUNAKI MIHARATO SING AT CARNEGIE HALL

Tsunaki Mihara

about rural homecoming and reinvention starring festival guests Kaho andEun-kyung Shim.
For more information and to purchasetickets,visit
www.japansociety.org/JAPANCUTS.
(Justin Tedaldi has written about
Japanese arts and entertainment since2005. For more of his stories, visit
http://jetaany.org/magazine.)
TiA

Hosted by the KJ International
Artist Association, the KJ Japanese
Artist Show will be held on
Wednesday, July 24 at 7:30 PM at
Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall(881 7th Avenue, 57th Street).
The special guest will be Tsunaki
Mihara, a former member of the legendary band Blue Comets. This band
performed together with The Beatles
when they first visited Japan, and also
was the first-ever Japanese performing
act on The Ed Sullivan Show. Mr.
Mihara was also responsible for composing songs from the mid-to-lateperiod of the Blue Comets' career,such as “Ame no Akasaka.” AfterBlue Comets disbanded, Mihara
formed the Tsunaki Mihara Band, andperformed as a backup band for singer
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holding live performances throughoutJapan.
The MC will be singer Toshimi Kajiki.
In addition, Manji Inoue’s ceramic art,
which was deemed an “important intangible cultural property” by the Japanese

https://www.yomiuri-info.jp/daily_yomiuri/nys/government, will be presented alongside
an exhibition of work by Carnegie Hall
interior designers.
Roma Toniolo, a Paris Fashion Week
model who became well-known for repurposing a kimono into a dress, will comefrom France to attend. Famous Japanese
gospel singer active in the United States,
TiA, will also perform.
Admission is free. For more informaton and to purchase tickets, call 609-3250476 or e-mail kjfashow@gmail.com.
(Written by Ryoichi Miura / Translated byYudai Kaneda)

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