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🔦JFF THEATER SPOTLIGHT🔦 🧂This week's film: A Handful of Salt "No matter what kind of job you do, realize that it’s your calling and do your best." Kaori Ishii (The Genealogy of Sake) presents another documentary featuring the lives and dedication of the salt farmers in

It's the final weekend "Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us", co-organized with Metrograph and The Japan Foundation, New York! Don't miss Naruse's late period color films including rarities SUMMER CLOUDS and DAUGHTERS, WIVES, and a MOTHER, screening today and tomorrow at Metrograph!

🎬Premiering in NYC on 7/18: IFC Center & Film at Lincoln Center present CLOUD, the latest thriller by director Kiyoshi KUROSAWA. This film follows a factory worker turned swindler plagued by a series of mysterious, sinister incidents, threatening to upend his success. 🎟 now on sale for

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📺24/7 SAMURAI-SHINOBI, an exciting new channel celebrating the legacy of samurai and ninja storytelling, is now streaming free in the U.S. via #PrimeVideo! Featuring: ZATOICHI: The Blind Swordsman, BLACKFOX: Age of the Ninja & SHOGUN’S NINJA 🔗LEARN MORE:

Welcome to a new edition of For Your (Virtual) Shelf! Have a trip to Japan on the horizon? Still putting together your itinerary? Our recommendations have you covered! 🗾THIS WEEK’S THEME: Traveling to Japan 📚THIS WEEK’S BOOKS: ✈ 100 Kyoto Sights by John Dougill & Patrick

🚨This is the last month for this current film line-up for FREE on JFF Theater! Don't miss this chance to watch (or re-watch!) top-viewed films such as ITO (2021), THREE SISTERS (2014) & THE GENEALOGY OF SAKE (2015). 💻Watch this weekend!: en.jff.jpf.go.jp ⏰Available

🎬Last chance to see Mikio Naruse films! This Thursday (7/10), don't miss SUMMER CLOUDS (4:45pm) & DAUGHTERS, WIVES, AND A MOTHER (7:25pm) encore screenings at Metrograph as part of our Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us series, co-presented with Metrograph and Japan Society

🍶Is sipping on a beverage your idea of keeping cool during the summer? Take a look at our past JF USA Digital Library book recommendations featuring Japanese drinks! 🔽 #bookrecs #sake #japanesedrinks #beverage

🎫Our friends at Japan Society are offering FREE tickets to their JAPAN CUTS Short Film Program this Saturday (7/12). This year's short films include subjects such as Taisho fantasy, documentary and even dinosaurs. Use code SHORTSZERO here: japansociety.org/events/short-c… #JAPANCUTS

🎥Take a look at this official US trailer for #Kurosawa Kiyoshi's latest thriller, #Cloud! Opening in NYC starting 7/18. Tickets on sale now for IFC Center & Film at Lincoln Center screenings 🔽 Sideshow #kiyoshikurosawa #cloud #thrillerfilm #thrillermovie #newyorkcity #movietrailer

🔦JFF THEATER SPOTLIGHT🔦 📢This week's film: Love and the Grand Tug-of-war 👘Takeshi wants to be lead drummer for the Sendai Grand Tug of War, a 400-year tradition involving more than 3,000 people. His father, who was a lead drummer in the past, disapproves, not thinking he

Are you caught up with our Pop Culture series? 💻Launched in 2020, this series dives deep into Japanese pop culture topics - like Studio Ghibli & video games - from professional & academic viewpoints. Check out our series today! 🔽 🔗tinyurl.com/jfnypopculture… #anime #manga

Have you watched Love and the Grand Tug-of-War yet? You have less than two weeks before the film disappears! Find out more below 🔽 💻Watch for FREE today: en.jff.jpf.go.jp/movie/love-and… #jfftheater #JapaneseFestival #japanesefilm #kagoshima #loveandthegrandtugofwar

🏫Apply now for our JAS/JS Capacity Building Grant Program! The program supports capacity building projects demonstrating feasibility & organizational sustainability that will contribute to organizational growth. ❓We will also have a Zoom info session Tues., Aug. 5, 2pm EDT for

⏪For this week's For Your (Virtual) Shelf, we would like to re-introduce these Starting a New Hobby books! It may not be New Year's, but it's never too late in the year to get into something new! 📚THIS WEEK'S BOOKS: ✍🏼How To Draw Manga! Lesson #1: Eyes by Tadashi Koda - this

⏰Make this weekend a movie weekend! Time's running out to watch the latest JFF Theater films if you haven't watched all six currently available films yet. Watch before 7/31, 10pm EDT All films are FREE to watch w/ a JFF Theater account: en.jff.jpf.go.jp #movies