The Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival

02/22/2024

March 19 we are showing a terrific new Japanese drama during the 2024 Pgh Japanese Film Fest called Monster and doing an authentic Japanese tea tasting beforehand! Tickets on sale now!

Monster:
When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what’s going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher, and child, the truth gradually emerges.

02/19/2024

We are kicking off the 2024 festival with THE PITTSBURGH PREMIERE of Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes — a mind-bending sci-fi comedy that defies the laws of time and space in the most unexpected and hilarious ways.

Directed by Junta Yamaguchi, this inventive film takes viewers on a wild ride through a bizarre temporal anomaly that occurs in the most unlikely of places. Opening night tickets include an all you can eat buffet of Japanese cafe style snacks, gift bags, our own infinite loop, and some more fun surprises.

Tickets are on sale now with the link in our bio!

02/17/2024

The full line up and tickets for The 2024 Japanese Film Festival are live now on our website and at jffpgh.org!

We've got more new releases than every before, plenty of anime, and a special focus on Japanese horror. It's going to be amazing!

Happening March 15-28 at Row House Lawrenceville

03/15/2022

Don’t miss the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette festival preview today!

The Japanese Film Festival starts Friday and runs through March 31.

02/21/2022

In the yakuza genre of Japanese Cinema, Tokyo Drifter is a staple.

Director Seijun Suzuki adds a 1960s pop art aesthetic to a classic tale of a badass gang enforcer trying to go straight… but his old rival has other plans for him.

One night only on March 23! Ticket link in bio

02/04/2022

We have so much good stuff planned for 2022. We can’t WAIT to share it.

Pass quantities are limited. Grab yours at

-Access to ALL festival films for Week 1 and Week 2 —including all special events, opening night celebration with The Island of Cats, and closing night Brew & View*

01/28/2022

Big news. Passes for The 2022 Japanese Film Festival are on sale NOW!

Passes give you access to all films and all events during our biggest festival of the year — happening March 18-31– at a huge discount. Plus you get early access to book films you’d like to see before the general public.

Quantities are limited!
Buy now @ jffpgh.org

Superfan Pass - $84.50
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-Access to ALL JFF films between March 18-31 including all special events, opening night celebration with The Island of Cats, and closing night Brew & View*
-Early access to booking your films and festival events before tickets go on sale to the general public.

Week 1 Pass - $49.50
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-Access to all festival screenings during Week 1 (March 18-24) including special events and our opening night celebration with The Island of Cats.
-Early access to booking your festival events before tickets go on sale to the general public.

Week 2 Pass - $49.50
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-Access to all festival screenings during Week 2 (March 25-31) including special events and our closing night Brew & View*
-Early access to booking your festival events before tickets go on sale to the general public.

*All Brew & View guests must be 21+

02/21/2021

Some of our favorite weeks didn't happen this year — including anime week, Miyazaki week, and the Pgh Japanese Film Fest. :( But if you've got a hankering for some amazing Japanese Film, don't miss The Japan Society film series — 21rst Century Japan — available through Feb. 25

Get a 10% discount on rentals with code ROWHOUSE10.

A mini-retrospective dedicated to filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa featuring films exclusively streaming as part of 21st Century Japan: Films from 2001-2020

10/17/2020

Happy

Happy with dir. Seijun Suzuki having sashimi, pickles and miso soup. Photographed c. 1986 in his Chofu, Tokyo home by Asahi.

08/13/2020

Last chance to catch We Are Little Zombies, A Girl Missing, and Patema Inverted on Row House's virtual cinema! They're gone tomorrow.

Tickets: www.rowhousecinema.com

08/12/2020

Striking a deft balance between quiet character study and nuanced revenge drama, this suspenseful slow-burn absorbs viewers as one woman’s multi-pronged truth becomes a weapon, giving rise to madness, vengeance, and desire.

A Girl Missing: Japanese Film Week is available through Row House's virtual cinema through Thursday.

Tickets: www.rowhousecinema.com