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April 15
(Fri)
6:30 pm
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WiLd LIFe jump into the dark
1997
102 min.
35mm
color
In Japanese with English subtitles.
New York
premiere.
Directed by Shinji Aoyama
Written by Shinji Aoyama, Kumi Sato.
Based on a novel by Hiroyuki Kurokawa.
Cinematography by Takahide Shibanushi.
Music by Isao Yamada.
With Kosuke Toyohara, Yuna Natsuo, Mickey Curtis,
Jun Kunimura.
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members, seniors & students $5.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017
(Bet 1st & 2nd Ave)
Phone: 212.832.1155
Box Office: 212.752.3015
http://www.japansociety.org/
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April 22
(Fri)
6:30 pm
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Onmyoji (The Yin Yang Master)
2001
116 min.
35mm
color.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Directed
by Yojiro Takita.
Written by Yasushi Fukuda, Baku Yumemakura, and Itaru
Era.
Cinematography by Naoki Kayano,
Music by Shigeru Umebayashi.
With
Mansai Nomura, Hideaki Ito, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kyoko Koizumi, and Eriko Imai.
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members, seniors & students $5.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017
(Bet 1st & 2nd Ave)
Phone: 212.832.1155
Box Office: 212.752.3015
http://www.japansociety.org/
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May 2
(Mon)
8:00 pm
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"Godzilla in New York" Program Final
Event
Special Screening of "Gojira" (1954) in its original,
uncut version
Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture's last event in
the "Godzilla
in New York" Program: a special screening of the first
Godzilla film in its original version.
Free Admission
Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall
Columbia University
115th St. and Broadway (Please use campus-side entrance, on the northeast
corner of the building.)
 For
more info:
Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/dkc/
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May 6
(Fri)
6:30 pm
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Koi no mon (The Gates of Love)
2004
114 min.
35 mm
color
In Japanese with English subtitles.
North
American premiere.
Official Selection, Venice International Film Festival.
Directed and written by Suzuki Matsuo.
Based on a comic by Jun Hanyunyu.
Cinematography by Jun Fukumoto.
Music by Takeshi Hayama.
With Ryuhei Matsuda,
Wakana Sakai, Suzuki Matsuo, Sei Hiraizumi, Shinobu Otake.
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members, seniors & students $5.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017
(Bet 1st & 2nd Ave)
Phone: 212.832.1155
Box Office: 212.752.3015
http://www.japansociety.org/
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May 13
(Fri)
6:30 pm
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Kizuna
Part 1 & 2
1994 (newly subtitled in 2005)
60 min
OVA (DVD to be released in early
2006)
color
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Directed and written
by Rin Hiroo.
Based on a graphic novel by Kazuma Kodaka.
Music by Fujio
Takano.
The anime adaptation of one of the bestselling Yaoi
comics depict a love triangle between Ranmaru, Kei and Kai, as well as
a tangled family drama between two brothers, Kei and Kai.
Yaoi is a cultic
subculture genre of manga with a theme of male to male romantic love that
is primarily read by women, but also has a strong presence in the Comicket
(comic market) estimated to draw one million fans in Japan.
Akiko Mizoguchi
of the National Film Center, Tokyo gives an introductory lecture on yaoi,
followed by a talk by manga artist Kazuma Kodaka.
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members, seniors & students $5.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017
(Bet 1st & 2nd Ave)
Phone: 212.832.1155
Box Office: 212.752.3015
http://www.japansociety.org/
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May 23
(Mon)
6:30 pm
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A2
2001
131 min.
DV
color.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
New York
premiere.
Directed by Tatsuya Mori.
Produced by Takaharu Yasuoka.
Cinematography
by Tatsuya Mori, Takaharu Yasuoka.
Edited by Tatsuya Mori.
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members, seniors & students $5.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017
(Bet 1st & 2nd Ave)
Phone: 212.832.1155
Box Office: 212.752.3015
http://www.japansociety.org/
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May 27
(Fri)
6:30 pm
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Gamera 3: Jashin Irisu Kakusei (Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris)
1999
110 min.
35mm
color.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Directed
by Shusuke Kaneko.
Written by Kazunori Ito, Shusuke Kaneko.
Cinematography
by Junichi Tozawa.
Music by Ko Ohtani.
With Shinobu Nakayama, Ai Maeda,
Ayako Fujitani, Senri Yamasaki, Toru Tezuka.
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members, seniors & students $5.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017
(Bet 1st & 2nd Ave)
Phone: 212.832.1155
Box Office: 212.752.3015
http://www.japansociety.org/
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