We present the programme of the JAPAN CUTS, Festival of New Japanese Film which will take place from July 26 until August 6, 2023 at the Japan Society (333 East 47th Street) in New York, USA.

Admission Information & Pricing
Opening Night Film & Party: $22 Nonmembers/ $17 Members / $20 seniors & students
Centerpiece Film & Party: $22 Nonmembers/ $17 Members / $20 seniors & students
All Other Screenings: $18 Nonmembers / $14 Members / $16 seniors & students
All-Access Pass: $300 (Members-Exclusive; Limited Availability!)

All in-person screenings will take place in Japan Society’s auditorium, located at 333 E. 47th Street in New York, NY.

Festival Trailer:

Feature Slate
Best Wishes to All by Yuta Shimotsu – Japan | 2023 – 84 minutes
Convenience Story by Satoshi Miki – Japan | 2022 – 97 minutes
Father of the Milky Way Railroad by Izuru Narushima – Japan | 2023 – 128 minutes
Fish Tale by Shuichi Okita – Japan | 2022 – 139 minutes
From the end of The World by Kazuaki Kiriya – Japan | 2023 – 135 minutes
Hand by Daigo Matsui – Japan | 2022 – 99 minutes
I am a Comedian by Fumiari Hyuga – Japan | 2022 – 108 minutes
I am What I am by Shinya Tamada – Japan | 2022 – 105 minutes
MONDAYS: See you “this” week! by Ryo Takebayashi – Japan | 2022 – 83 minutes
Plastic by Daisuke Miyazaki – Japan | 2023 – 104 minutes
Single8 by Kazuya Konaka – Japan | 2022 – 113 minutes
The First Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue – Japan | 2022 – 124 minutes
The Legend & Butterfly by Keishi Otomo – Japan | 2023 – 168 minutes
The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn by Ryuhei Kitamura – Japan | 2022 – 150 minutes
Under The Turquoise Sky by KENTARO – Japan | 2021 – 95 minutes
Wandering by Sang-il Lee – Japan | 2022 – 150 minutes
Winny by Yusaku Matsumoto – Japan | 2023 – 127 minutes

Next Generation
Amiko by Yusuke Morii – Japan | 2022 – 104 minutes
J005311 by Hiroki Kono – Japan | 2022 – 93 minutes
People Who Talk To Plushies Are Kind by Yurina Kaneko – Japan | 2023 – 109 minutes
Saga Saga by Aimi Natsuto – Japan | 2023 – 114 minutes
Sanka: Nomads of the Mountain by Ryohei Sasatani – Japan | 2022 – 77 minutes
When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty by Yuho Ishibashi – Japan | 2022 – 76 minutes

Shorts
Detouring Blue by Ryo Kimura – Japan | 2023 – 24 minutes
Flashback Before Death by Rii Ishihara and Hiroyuki Onogawa – Japan | 2022 – 30 minutes
Okamoto Kitchen by Gerald Abraham – Japan | 2023 – 12 minutes
Setagaya Game by Go Ohara and Ken Ohara – Japan | 2022 – 40 minutes
Silent Movie by Masamichi Kawata, Satoru Hirohara, and Hiroshi Gokan – Japan | 2022 – 56 minutes

Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto
Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto by Elizabeth Lennard – France, Japan | 1984 – 63 minutes

For more information please visit: https://japansociety.org/film/japancuts/