Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film

6:30 PM - Great Absence + Reception

New York Premiere - Followed By Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation For Tatsuya Fuji, Q&A With Kei Chika-Ura And Tatsuya Fuji, And Reception. Tokyo-Based Actor Takashi (Mirai Moriyama) Reluctantly Travels To Northern Kyushu With His Wife (Yoko Maki) After Local Police Inform Him Of A Distress Call Made By His Estranged Father Yohji (Tatsuya Fuji), A Retired Professor Who Shows Signs Of Rapidly Progressive Dementia. Once There, Takashi Becomes Involved In A Mystery Concerning The Disappearance Of Naomi (Hideko Hara), The Woman For Whom Yohji Abandoned His Family 20 Years Ago. Did She Really Commit Suicide, As Yohji Claims? A Deeply Moving And Artfully Multi-Layered Sophomore Feature About Reconciliation, Love And Mortality By Director Kei Chika-Ura (Complicity) Featuring Stellar Cinematography By Frequent Hirokazu Kore-Eda Collaborator Yutaka Yamazaki.

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!)