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BLUE GIANT
Friday, October 6, 2023 7:00 pm Japan Society North American Premiere with jazz legend and Blue Giant soundtrack composer Hiromi Uehara in-person. Screening followed by Q&A with Hiromi. Dai Miyamoto’s life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. A former high school basketball player, Dai picks up a saxophone and begins practicing day and night, determined to become one of the greatest of all time. He leaves his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, but soon finds the life of a professional musician is not for the faint of heart. His passion eventually wins over the cocky but talented pianist Yukinori, and after Dai convinces his friend Shunji to learn the drums, they launch a new jazz trio whose rough sound contains a raw energy that quickly wins attention from local audiences. But what does it take to truly be great? From director Yuzuru Tachikawa (Mob Psycho 100) and based on the award-winning manga by Shinichi Ishizuka, Blue Giant is a moving ode to the power of music and the artist, featuring electric performances and a stunning jazz soundtrack featuring renowned jazz artist Hiromi. 『天使のたまご』
Tenshi no Tamago Sunday, September 10, 2023 6:00 pm Japan Society, NYC Special event with Yoshitaka Amano in-person. Screening followed by Q&A with Yoshitaka Amano and reception. A groundbreaking collaboration between two anime legends that intertwines Mamoru Oshii’s personal reflections on theology, existentialism and evolution with Yoshitaka Amano’s fantastical ink art style, Angel’s Egg remains a rarely screened and hard-to-find cult classic. Taking place in a seemingly quiescent time, two nameless strangers—a girl bearing a mystical egg and a man with a cruciate cane—journey across a primordial realm of decadent ruins, primitive fish and fossilized relics. An allegorical fantasy enriched by symbolism and biblical allusion, Oshii’s beautifully melancholic OVA ruminates on the tragic underpinnings of existence in a world untouched by God. This event is presented in partnership with LOMEX Gallery (86 Walker Street), who will be presenting the exhibition Yoshitaka Amano – The Birth of Myth opening on September 9 from 6 to 8 pm. For more information, visit lomex.gallery. Sunday July 30, 2023
5:30pm Japan Society, NYC レジェンド＆バタフライ Rejendo ando Batafurai Introduced by and followed by a Q&A with director Keishi Otomo. Learn More North American Theatrical Premiere. A sweeping historical romance created to celebrate Toei’s 70th anniversary, The Legend & Butterfly casts megastars Takuya Kimura as Oda Nobunaga and Haruka Ayase as his wife, Nohime. While Oda Nobunaga is one of Japan’s most well-documented historical figures, virtually no information about Nohime remains, and The Legend & Butterfly fills this mystery with a turbulent, thoroughly modern romance. A Sengoku era take on the expression “behind every great man lies a great woman,” The Legend & Butterfly sees over 30 years of defining moments in Japanese history driven by powerful, private moments between Nobunaga and Nohime. Dir. Keishi Otomo, 2023, 168 min., DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Takuya Kimura, Haruka Ayase. 7/29/2023 0 Comments Japan Cuts 2023: "Tokyo Melody"Tokyo melody: un film sur Ryuichi Sakamoto
Opening comments by Akiko Yano; Screening followed by a Q&A with Director Elizabeth Lennard. Saturday, July 29th, 2023 7pm Imported 16mm Print. Filmmaker and photographer Elizabeth Lennard secures unprecedented access to Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording of his 1984 albumOngaku Zukan in this brief-yet-insightful Franco-Japanese television co-production. A sampling of studio sessions and performances (including a piano duet with then-wife Akiko Yano), archival footage and talking head interviews, Tokyo Melody finds the eccentric artist at his creative peak, pushing the envelope to new sonic frontiers as he reflects on modern life, shifting technologies and his own creative processes. Lennard captures an awe-inspiring portrait of the extraordinary musician—one that taps into the very nature of the artist’s raison d’être and remains a testament to Sakamoto’s profound brilliance. Dir. Elizabeth Lennard, 1985, 62 min., 16mm, color; in Japanese, English and French with English subtitles. With Ryuichi Sakamoto, Akiko Yano. At Japan Society 7/28/2023 "Matilda"Polaris Productions' three-week long, musical theater camp where kids from 5-18 learned, rehearsed, and then performed Matilda — the full version of the popular Broadway musical Matilda.
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May 20, 2023, 1pm PS/IS 49 of Queens, NYC 4/16/2023 Family Art Day at Japan SocietyFamily Art Day: Printing with Shapes—Inspiration from the Kyohei Inukai Exhibition
Sunday, April 16, 2023 11:00 am Japan Society, NYC 3/14/2023 JAZZ AT PS133Alex Weiss quintet
Album release live "Most don't have enough" Dan Blake (soprano sax) Alex Weiss (sax) Marta Sanchez (piano) Chez Smith (drum) Michael Bates (base) PS133 of Brooklyn, NYC 3/14/Tue 6PM 6/23/2022 Forest Hills Undokai Field DayUndokai, Japanese field day, organized by Forest Hills based play group, Queens Jipang(児パング).
6/23/2022 血流ゼロトレA photo shoot for a collaborative book “血流ゼロトレ”, by Tomomi Ishimura and Akiyoshi Horie.
6/22/2022 OKI: Music of the AinuFriday, May 6 at 7:30 pm—followed by a MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception SOLD OUT Japan Society performances Oki Kano, known professionally as OKI, is a leading musician of Ainu music—the music of Japan’s northernmost indigenous people. Born to a Japanese mother and an Ainu father, OKI has recovered and recreated traditional music on the tonkori, a stringed instrument of the Ainu people of Karafuto (a region also known as Sakhalin). The rich, reverberating twang of the tonkoristrings, which are traditionally made from deer tendons, allowed Ainu shamans to communicate with spirits that control the wind, rain and other natural phenomena called kamuy. In this program, OKI performs solo pieces as well as contemporary works with his band members from their new album, Tonkori in the Moonlight, released in January 2022. OKI is also featured in the film Ainu Mosir (2020). 11/5/2021 SHEEP #1SHEEP#1
A performance by Sachiyo Takahashi (Nekaa Lab) Inspired by the writings of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince Japan Society Performing Arts PROGRAM A, with Emile Blondel on piano: Thursday, November 4 at 7:30 pm—followed by a MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception Sunday, November 7 at 2:30 pm PROGRAM B, with Kato Hideki on bass guitar: Friday, November 5 at 7:30 pm Saturday, November 6 at 7:30 pm |
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