{"id":20560,"date":"2011-07-13T00:05:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T04:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=20560"},"modified":"2011-07-13T07:39:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T11:39:35","slug":"justins-japan-superstar-sora-aoi-appears-this-week-at-japan-society%e2%80%99s-japan-cuts-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/13\/justins-japan-superstar-sora-aoi-appears-this-week-at-japan-society%e2%80%99s-japan-cuts-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin’s Japan: Superstar Sora Aoi Appears This Week at Japan Society\u2019s JAPAN CUTS 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
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'Three\u2606Points' star Sora Aoi will appear at New York's Japan Society July 15 with the film's director Masashi Yamamoto. (Courtesy of Japan Society)<\/p><\/div>\n

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After doing boffo box office last week with sold-out screenings of Osamu Tezuka\u2019s Buddha<\/em>, Battle Royale<\/em> and the Gantz<\/em> duology, Japan Society<\/a>\u2019s JAPAN CUTS<\/em> 2011<\/a> will reach the boiling point this Friday (July 15) with a very special guest: international cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre Sora Aoi. With a career spanning nearly a decade in Japan\u2019s adult video (AV) industry, Aoi (whose stage name translates to \u201cblue sky\u201d) has also moonlighted in television dramas, film and mainstream entertainment, even enjoying success in China as a pop singer.<\/p>\n

The actress will appear at Japan Society supporting her latest drama, Three<\/em>\u2606<\/em>Points<\/em><\/a>, with its director Masashi Yamamoto helming a Q&A. The pair will also join a special after party after the screening to meet fans personally. Other Special guests<\/a> slated for the rest of JAPAN CUTS include The Seaside Motel<\/em> director Kentaro Moriya, A Liar and a Broken Girl<\/em> director Natsuki Seta (both July 16), and Haru\u2019s Journey<\/em> director Masahiro Kobayashi (July 20).<\/p>\n

All films\u2014most of them New York premieres–are primarily shown in Japanese with English subtitles, some with actor\/director intros and Q&As and after parties.<\/p>\n

For more on the remaining cuts, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  After doing boffo box office last week with sold-out screenings of Osamu Tezuka\u2019s Buddha, Battle Royale and the Gantz duology, Japan Society\u2019s JAPAN CUTS 2011 will reach the boiling point this Friday (July 15) with a very special guest: international cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre Sora Aoi. With a career spanning nearly a decade in Japan\u2019s adult […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,263,340],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-film","category-justins-japan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t