Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film

9:00 Pm - Motion Picture: Choke

New York Premiere. In An Imagined Post-Apocalyptic Future, Humanity Reverts To Prehistoric Conditions And Spoken Language Is Lost. Living In An Abandoned Concrete Building Surrounded By Forest, A Woman (Misa Wada) Finds Small Joys In Her Daily Survival Routine Of Hunting And Gathering. All That Is Disrupted, However, When She Is Discovered By A Small Group Of Bandits And A Young Vagabond (Daiki Hiba) Whom She Eventually Takes In As A Partner. A Highly Original, Dialogue-Free Indie Drama Shot In Black-And-White, Gen Nagao’s Sophomore Feature Film Reflects On The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Human Existence Without Uttering A Single Word.

6:30 Pm - Six Singing Women

U.S. Premiere. Upon Learning Of His Estranged Father’s Passing, Tokyo-Based Photographer Shinichiro Kayashima (Yutaka Takenouchi) Is Summoned To The Mountains To Sell His Remote Childhood Home To Shady Real Estate Developer Ryo Uwajima (Takayuki Yamada). When The Ill-Suited Pair Try Returning To The City Through The Winding Mountain Roads, However, A Car Accident Finds Them Imprisoned By A Group Of Enigmatic, Animalistic Women Who Seem Spiritually Connected To The Land. A Sensual And Decadent Mystery-Laden Ecological Fable, Six Singing Women Is The First Feature Film In Over A Decade From Multi-Hyphenate Artist And JAPAN CUTS Alum Yoshimasa Ishibashi (Milocrorze: A Love Story, 2011).

Admission Information And Pricing

Opening Night, Centerpiece And Lifetime Achievement: $25 Nonmembers/ $18 Members / $23 Seniors And Students
Screenings With Qandas: $24 Nonmembers/ $17 Member / $22 Seniors And Students
All Other Screenings: $20 Nonmembers / $14 Members / $18 Seniors And Students
Short Films: $12 Nonmembers / $5 Members / $10 Seniors And Students
All-Access Pass: $315 (Member-Exclusive – Sold Out!)