Now playing at MoMA’s Doc Fortnight, the exciting documentary chronicles the Japanese women’s volleyball team’s path to victory at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Supersized Streaming Fun With Godzilla, Giant Ants, and More
Prepare for this week’s release of Godzilla vs. Kong by streaming these monster movies.
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A Japanese TV Host Searches for Meaningful Experience in Uzbekistan
In To the Ends of the Earth, Kiyoshi Kurosawa uses the techniques of horror movies to depict the alienation of being a tourist.
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Celebrating the Creativity, Comradery, and Activism of Japan’s Queer Community
The documentary Queer Japan talks to LGBTQ+ people all over the country.
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Films That Tell Unique Tales About the Veteran Experience
For Veterans Day, here are some movies that don’t fit mainstream narratives about military service.
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Tom of Finland Comes to Japan
Out, proud, and unabashedly homoerotic, the gay artist’s iconic imagery has become an international symbol of freedom.
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Large Edo Period Burial Grounds Discovered in Osaka, Japan
A historically significant graveyard containing 1,500 bodies has been discovered at a redevelopment site in Osaka’s Kita Ward.
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A Triennale In Tune With Our Pandemic-Affected Moment
In the face of climate change, economic and political convulsions, and the coronavirus pandemic, it is our modes of living and of occupying our planet that we must urgently modify.
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Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Cinematic Visions of Youth and Optimism
The prolific and innovative Japanese director passed away earlier this year. Now, JAPAN CUTS is celebrating him with a series of conversations and his final film.
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A Tokyo Exhibition Invited Visitors to Steal the Art
The unconventional show at Same Gallery, which encouraged attendees to run off with the art, was emptied in a matter of minutes.
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Me and the Cult Leader, an Unlikely Story of Forgiveness
Atsushi Sakahara, the survivor of a terrorist incident, films his journey with the spokesman for the group that committed the attack.
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Werner Herzog Follows a Company That Rents Actors to Play Your Family and Friends
Family Romance, LLC uses a Japanese rental family service to blur the line between reality and fiction.