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# Watch Celebrated New Films From Japan at New York’s IFC Center
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/watch-celebrated-new-films-from-japan-at-ifc-center/
- Published: 2022-03-07T19:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:10:39.000Z
- Description: Starting March 11 and ending on the 17th, the movie theater is showing daily screenings of Yujiro Harumoto’s A Balance and Keisuke Yoshida’s Blue.
- Author: ACA Cinema Project
- Tags: Announcement, Film Announcements, New York, Sponsored, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:22 (2021, 2022, part 2)

Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (ACA) in collaboration with the IFC Center and Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) is proud to present [New Films From Japan](https://bit.ly/3pA8Mra?ref=hyperallergic.com), introducing US audiences to the best of recent Japanese cinema with screenings of Yujiro Harumoto’s *A Balance* and Keisuke Yoshida’s *Blue*. As the third installment in the ACA Cinema Project series, these films are on view at IFC Center in New York City from March 11 to 17, 2022.

Keisuke Yoshida’s *Blue* is a gripping drama about boxing that stars Kenichi Matsuyama and Masahiro Higashide, appearing on-screen together for the first time since *Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow*. Yoshida was the subject of a special Director in Focus program at 2021’s Tokyo International Film Festival, where he was honored as “The Master of Psychological Drama.”

*“*Blue *is an idyllic love letter to the world of combative sports. A wonderfully crafted drama with strong performances.” —Asian Movie Pulse*

The winner of the New Current Award at the Busan International Film Festival and an official selection at Berlinale, Yujiro Harumoto’s second feature film, *A Balance*, stars Kumi Takiuchi as a documentary director reporting on the true-life scandal of a student-teacher relationship with fraught societal consequences.

*“Revealing… a bracingly unsentimental picture which asks knotty questions about the relationship between the media and the subjects at which it points its cameras.” —Screen International*

**To learn more and get tickets, visit** [**ifccenter.com**](https://bit.ly/3pA8Mra?ref=hyperallergic.com)**.**