Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film

6:30 Pm - Moving + Q And A

East Coast Premiere Of 4k Restoration - Featuring Tomoko Tabata In-Person. A Child’s Account Of Divorce, Somai’s Remarkable Portrait Of Adolescence Follows Ren (Tomoko Tabata) As She Is Swept Into A Sea Of Uncertainty Following Her Parents' Separation. Desperately Trying To Keep Her Family Together, Ren Yearns For Stability And Happiness While Lashing Out At Both Home And School As Her Daily Life Becomes A Bid To Reclaim Some Type Of Agency. What Somai Crafts Is Nothing Short Of Miraculous: A Child’s Unanswered Cries And Silent Mourning At Her Family’s Dissolution, Attempting To Cling Onto A Life Of What Was. A Sweeping Odyssey Of Self-Discovery, Somai’s Heartbreaking Elegy To Childhood Finds Young Ren Having To Grow Up In The Face Of It All, Culminating In A Surreal Matsuri Drenched In Billowing Flame And Fantasy.

9:30 Pm - Cha-Cha
North American Premiere. Former Nogizaka46 Idol Marika Ito Stars In The Fourth Installment Of The “(Not) Heroine” Movie Series, Which Also Includes I Am What I Am (Japan Cuts 2023). The (Not) Heroine Project Focuses On Up-And-Coming Actresses And Next-Generation Directors To Create Films From Unique Perspectives And Non-Traditional, Female-Focused Stories. Cha-Cha Is The Love Story Between The Titular Cha-Cha, A Free-Spirited Artist, And Raku, A Boy With Increasingly Questionable Tastes. Cha-Cha Is Painted With The Whimsical Colors Of A Romantic Comedy At Its Surface That Belie Much, Much, Much Darker Hues To Be Found In Its Deranged Depths. Cha-Cha Is Silly, Sweet, Screwball, And Completely Unexpected.

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!)