Film programming
Select film programming work as curator and/or organizer.
Past programs
Japan Society, New York︎︎︎JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
2014-2021The largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema in the Americas.
︎︎︎Tragedies of Youth: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s War Trilogy
July 9-Aug 6, 2021First online presentation of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “War Trilogy” (2012-2017), organized in partnership with Kimstim.
︎︎︎Cinema as Struggle: The Films of Kazuo Hara & Sachiko Kobayashi
June 4-July 2, 2021Complete online retrospective on Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi.
︎︎︎Three By Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Nov 6-Dec 31, 2020Online presentation of three underseen films handpicked and introduced by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
︎︎︎Aim for the Best: Sports in Japanese Cinema
Apr 10-25, 2019Sports-themed film series organized in the lead-up to Tokyo 2020 Summer Games. (Canceled due to COVID-19.)
︎︎︎Tokyo Stories: Japan in the Global Imagination
Nov 8-Dec 7, 201911-film series that considers the concept of “Japaneseness” by foreign directors filming in Tokyo.
︎︎︎The Other Japanese New Wave: Radical Films from 1958-61
Apr 5-27, 2019Series of rare films from the Japanese New Wave with new English translations. Guest curated by Go Hirasawa.
︎︎︎Tomoyasu Murata: Stop Motion Master
Feb 23, 20198-film retrospective program featuring the work of stop motion animation artist Tomoyasu Murata.
︎︎︎Kazuo Miyagawa: Japan’s Greatest Cinematographer
Apr 13-28, 2018Retrospective on Kazuo Miyagawa, co-curated with Aiko Masubuchi and Joshua Siegel. Co-presented with The Museum of Modern Art.