BELIEVER coming to Digital, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack & DVD on Oct. 30

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Believer

Directed by LEE Hae-Young

South Korea, 2018, 124 minutes

Directed by Lee Hae-Young (The Silenced), Believer, the stylish, action-packed remake of Johnnie To’s Drug War, hits digital, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD October 30th from Well Go USA Entertainment. While technically a remake, Cary Darling of The Houston Chronicle notes that “Lee Hae-Yeong’s gripping retelling ... stands on its own and is different enough from the original to make it less a clone and more of a genuflection.”

The story follows an investigator who, in an effort to bring down the boss of Asia’s biggest drug cartel, conspires with a lowly member of the gang seeking revenge against the boss. BELIEVER, stars Cho Jin-woong (The Handmaiden), Ryu Jun-yeol (A Taxi Driver), Kim Joo-hyuck (The Servant), Kim Sung-ryoung (The Target), Park Hae-jun (Unforgettable) and Cha Seoung-won (Man on High Heels).

Synopsis:
A low-level drug dealer facing prosecution conspires with a dangerously ambitious cop to bring down a major cartel’s psychotic kingpin in this electric crime thriller, based on Johnnie To’s critically-acclaimed Drug War.

Umetsugu Inoue: Japan's Music Man, a three film series, coming to Japan Soceity December 15th and 16th

Japan Society NY

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 Umetsugu Inoue: Japan's Music Man

When: December 15-16, 2018

Where: Japan Society NY

333 East 47th Street, NYC

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Tickets- $14/$11 seniors & students / $10 members

"A director who had a big impact on Japanese and Hong Kong pop cinema... Inoue's mix of music, action, and hot young talent became a template for a new genre, called Nikkatsu Action."

— Variety

A prolific and versatile filmmaker who worked across a wide range of genres throughout his long career, Umetsugu Inoue (1923-2010) made his mark at Nikkatsu Studios in the 1950s with a series of highly entertaining, genre-blending musical films that captured the explosive energy of Japan's jazz fueled youth culture.

For this weekend film series, Japan Society is proud to present three of Nikkatsu's newly-subtitled, full-color Inoue classics starring heartthrob (and so-called "Japanese Elvis Presley") Yujiro Ishihara, the biggest male singing film star in postwar Japan.

Each film will be screened twice, once each day of the weekend film series:

- The Winner
- The Stormy Man
- The Eagle and the Hawk

Special Offer: Purchase all 3 Umetsugu Inoue films in the same transaction and receive $2 off each ticket!

U.S. Premiere of UNTIL RAINBOW DAWN in New York on Monday, October 29th

Until Rainbow Dawn

Directed by Mika Imai
Japan, 2018, 63 minutes

When: Monday, October 29, 7:30 PM 

Where: LGBT Community Center

208 West 13th Street, New York 

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U.S. Premiere  

Hana Takahashi (Eri Nagai) and Ayumi Hoshino (Haruka Kobayashi), both deaf girls, meet through a sign language group and they fall in love. Hana goes back to her parents and comes out about dating a girl, Ayumi. Her parents ask her to leave. Hana is shocked, lost and feels rejected. Ayumi decides to take Hana to an event in Tokyo, a gathering of deaf LGBTQ. Will Hana find like-minded people, will she open her heart and finally accept herself?

Directed by Mika Imai who is also deaf, the film is told through sign language.

This screening is part of NewFest: New York’s LGBT Film Festival and is presented in partnership by Japan Society NY, NewFest and ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York.