Japan Cuts 2017 Shorts Showcase
SHORTS SHOWCASE
A program of wildly inventive and daring narrative short films from up-and-coming and well-established filmmakers from Japan, varying in tone, style and genre. (Total running time approx. 84 min.)
Part of JAPAN CUTS 2017
 | NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Birds (Working Title) This charming comedy by Koji Fukada (Harmonium) presents an awkward interaction between a wife, her husband and his lover that reaches an absurd climax. 2016. 8 min. DCP, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Koji Fukada. With Minako Inoue, Yuko Kibiki, Takenori Kaneko. |
 | INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE We are Shooting Among the most stressful and thankless work done on a film set undertaken by the production intern. It is no different for the plucky Reiko, who is reminded that “Moviemaking is a war zone!” 2017. 27 min. DCP, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Raita Yabushita. With Sairi Itoh, Minori Hagiwara, Tomohiro Kaku, Ryotaro Yonemura, Ken Aoki, Koji Tsukamoto. |
 | INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE WHITE-T AND FEEBLE THINGS Takara only wears spotless white T-shirts, but lately can’t seem to keep any of them clean. Meanwhile, he meets a mysterious contract killer and struggles with insecurities about his girlfriend. 2017. 30 min. DCP, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Yunsu Kim. With Mihiro, Yuki Sakurai, Hannya. |
 | INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Breathless Lovers Suffering from heartbreak and asthma, 23-year-old Toshiyuki pushes the limits of his body to chase the ghost of his recently deceased boyfriend against the black-blue backdrop of Tokyo’s cityscape. 2017. 20 min. DCP, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Shumpei Shimizu. With Kaito Yoshimura, Fusako Urabe, Daisuke Kuroda, Atsushi Shinohara. |
Tickets
$14/$11 seniors & students / $10 Japan Society members
Special Offers
Five-Film Pass: Purchase tickets for at least 5 different films in the same transaction and receive $2 off each ticket (Offer not valid for July 13 screening of MUMON: The Land of Stealth or July 20 screening of Over the Fence).
Box Office Policy
Birds © 2016 BIRDS; Breathless Lovers © 2017 Tokyo University of the Arts; We Are Shooting © 2017 VIPO; White-T and Feeble Things © 2017 VIPO.
- Saturday, July 22, 2017
- 2:15 pm