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The leading presenter of Japanese cinema for more than 50 years | Classics & premieres @japansociety.org‬ in NYC. Organizers of #JAPANCUTS since 2007: japansociety.org/film
Tatsuya Nakadai during his '76 visit to Japan Society for a 10-film retro—newly scanned from the @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social archives.

In his opening remarks, Nakadai said, “To have a retrospective of my works, spanning more than twenty years, shown here in New York gives me great pleasure"
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Setsuko Hara (#botd) at her home in Komae, Tokyo on February 25, 1960.
June 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Toshiro Mifune with his wife Sachiko and sons Shiro and Takeshi.
June 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Tatsuya Nakadai in Tokyo, circa 1964.
June 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My heart beat faster because of the sudden switch in her [Kaede’s] personality… I knew right away that I had to get that role.”—Mieko Harada

The only actress that Kurosawa offered the role to, Harada would declare, “frankly, I think she’s really super.”

RAN screens 6/20 in 35mm: japansoc.org/Ran
June 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Nobuhiko Obayashi and Tomoyo Harada on the set of THE LITTLE GIRL WHO CONQUERED TIME (1983).
February 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM