Upcoming events

Yoshimitsu Morita Retrospective

December 2-11

Lincoln Center (New York, NY)

Join Film at Lincoln Center for a special retrospective of Yoshimitsu Morita’s films and get lost with us in his cinematic labyrinth of desire, chaos, and joy. Morita’s work is marked by an incomparable sensitivity to the peaks and valleys of the inner landscape of Japanese society, a penchant for subtle injections of surreality to highlight the absurdity of certain aspects of Japanese life, an omnipresent sense of irony, and a boldly iconoclastic approach to visual composition. 

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SUZUKI SEIJUN Touring Retrospective

November 19– December 7 (Wesleyan University, Middletown)

December 8, 2022– January 15, 2023 (Berkeley Asian Pacific Film Archive, Barkeley)

December kicks off with Suzuki Seijun Touring Retrospective at Berkeley Asian Pacific Film Archive, Barkeley as well as at Wesleyan University. A series of six rarely screened films from the Japanese auteur best known in the West for his exuberant and influential genre films. The retrospective celebrates the publication of Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema by Dr. William Carroll. For the complete touring schedule visit the link below.

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Join JF Digital Library for Free!

Our new digital library ​has over 1,800 titles in ​broad genres such as manga, literature, Japanese language, art, history, culture, society, cooking & food, etc. They are all free to read! ​We hope everyone can browse our digital library and find a book to read.

JF USA Digital Library Webpage

To apply, please register by going to the Application form and clicking on “Click Here to Complete the Digital Library Signup Survey” at the bottom of the page. We will send out confirmation emails from The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles office on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It ​will include your Library Card number and Pin code to access. After you receive it, you will be ready to read digital books on both OverDrive webpage and their e-reader app: Libby!

Please note the digital library is available only for U.S. residents 14 years or older. If you reside in Canada, please register through Toronto office's webpage.

Networking Japan: Acquisition Japan, Manga acquisition Managers at Kinokuniya and Viz Media

December 1, 7pm ET

Online and Hunter College (New York, NY)

Join Hunter College Japanese Program's talk with Editorial Director, Hope Donovan at VIZ Media and the Assistant Manager at Kinokuniya New York, Alexander Benigno. The guests will talk about their jobs, and how manga makes it from Japan to you! This will be a great chance to hear about how manga is chosen to be translated into English or sold in an American business. This event is supported through the Japan Foundation New York’s Salary Assistance Grant for U.S.-Japan Community Grassroots Exchange Program.

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Kyoko Michishita

November 1, 2022– January 22, 2023

Online

Collaborative Cataloging Japan presents the work of artist, writer, and translator Kyoko Michishita from November through January. English subtitled versions of Michishita’s 1982 project Video Portraits- Men series in November and December in the Members Monthly Viewing. In January, Jesse Cumming, a curator, writer, and researcher will present an online screening program. This event is supported through the JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture.

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Jyoen

November 30 – December 3

The Sheen Center (New York, NY)

Jyoen is an operetta set in Edo Period Japan and tells the story of Kaede, a young Shinto Shrine Maiden, offered in marriage to a retired samurai in appreciation for his service. Writer/directors, Lee Douglass and Toshinori Hamada, have created a world that uses traditional forms and timeless themes to illuminate universal human issues that resonate with the modern world. This event is supported through the JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture.

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Sixth image: © Ed Prada