In attendance:

• Director/Producer Yuriko Gamo Romer

• Protagonist Masanori “Mashi” Murakami

• Expert Robert Fitts

• Producer Marc Smolowitz

• Producer Loi Ameera Almeron

• Executive Producer Mari Nakachi

JAPAN CUTS is the largest showcase of contemporary Japanese cinema in North America and an annual highlight of New York’s cinema scene.

Followed by a book signing with Robert Fitts and Masanori “Mashi” Murakami. Both will sign copies of Fitts’ Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer. More details coming soon.