<font size=3 face="Arial">I probably don't want to revive the last
debate here about the NFC's openness to access requests - the mention of
their name seems to get a few amongst our community a little itchy - but
getting prints out of the Japan Foundation is now harder than the NFC.
The JF no longer typically consider one-off print loans of their 35mm titles
and access is normally only in packages and as part of their annual
funding processes. You're only work around might be a good contact in a
local Embassy or Consulate willing to arrange a loan.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3 face="Arial">You will find that sourcing prints from most
European archival sources (and I know there are quite a few good sources
in European archives and cinematheques) won't be cheap either. As well
Kadokawa's licensing fee (probably at least USD600 per screening),
most European archives will ask their own access fees, with the BFI's starting
at UKS100. Sadly its the costs of doing retrospective screening business;
we at the NFSA in Australia have a few Mizoguchi prints and would also
ask at least AUD200 in addition to the licensing arrangement - with
your only work-around maybe being if you have the patronage of a FIAF affliated
archive who will allow you to waive the access fee. Also remember that
most film archives will place restrictions on how you can project the prints.
And in IHMO not a few of the continental archives can be just as hard to
contact as the NFC (or are even harder to crack).</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3 face="Arial">Janus films have Nth American rights a number
of Mizoguchis, but are unlikely to let them out beyond the US and Canada.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3 face="Arial">Remember also that some of Mizoguchi's key
films were produced for at least released by other companies beside Daiei.
From memory OHARU was made for Shintoho (does Kokusai Hoei now have
their rights?) whilst, UTAMARO, 47 RONIN THE STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUMS
and a few other titles for Shochiku.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Best wishes</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Quentin Turnour, Manager, Arc Canberra
Cinema Programs,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">National Film and Sound Archive of Australia,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">quentin.turnour@nfsa.gov.au</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Fax: +61 2 6249 8159</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ph +61 2 6248 2054</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Mob: + 61 4 428 368908</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">[Please note that I am often absent
Mondays]</font>
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Rob Smith <robixsmash@gmail.com></font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Japanese Cinema Discussion
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">02/06/2014 04:24 PM</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [KineJapan]
Holder of Mizoguchi rights</font>
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<br><font size=3>The museum of the moving image in New York has a Mizoguchi
retrospective going on right now. Perhaps their programmer might be able
to help. </font>
<p><a href=http://www.movingimage.us/films/2014/05/02/detail/mizoguchi/><font size=3 color=blue><u>http://www.movingimage.us/films/2014/05/02/detail/mizoguchi/</u></font></a>
<p><font size=3>On Jun 2, 2014 2:22 AM, "Eija Niskanen" <</font><a href=mailto:eija@helsinkicineaasia.fi><font size=3 color=blue><u>eija@helsinkicineaasia.fi</u></font></a><font size=3>>
wrote:</font>
<br><font size=3>Hi! <br>
</font>
<br><font size=3>Finnish Audio-Visual Institute (former Finnish Film Archive)
has screened several Mizoguchi classics during the past years - I subbed
some of them into Finnish). You could contact them to ask the print sources
and they might even hold a print or two.<br>
</font>
<br><a href=http://www.kavi.fi/ target=_blank><font size=3 color=blue><u>www.kavi.fi</u></font></a><font size=3><br>
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<br><font size=3>Eija</font>
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<br><font size=3>2014-06-02 8:47 GMT+03:00 Mark Roberts <</font><a href="mailto:mroberts37@mail-central.com" target=_blank><font size=3 color=blue><u>mroberts37@mail-central.com</u></font></a><font size=3>>:</font>
<br><font size=3>Dear Sten,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3>Others can add more detail, but I believe most everything
in the former Daiei catalog now belongs to Kadokawa.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3>I understand your reservations about the NFC. They no
longer seem interested in working with festivals.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3>Have you considered the Japan Foundation as a source?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3>Best Regards,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3>Mark Roberts</font>
<br><font size=3>Research Fellow, UTCP</font>
<br><a href="http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members/data/mark_roberts/index_en.php" target=_blank><font size=3 color=blue><u>http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members/data/mark_roberts/index_en.php</u></font></a>
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<br><font size=3>On Jun 2, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Sten-Kristian Saluveer (Gmail)
wrote:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3>Dear Kinejapaners,</font>
<br><font size=3>I hope you'd be able to help with a small help request.</font>
<br><font size=3>Namely, I am asked to help a colleague from the Baltics
with a small retrospective of Mizoguchi and wonder if someone could point
me to the Japanese rightsholder.</font>
<br><font size=3>As far as I remember the latter films of his were Daiei,
but I'm not sure if his catalog was transferred to Kadokawa later.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3>By any chance are there good quality prints in BFI or
other European archives as I fear dealing with NFC and their print fees
and procedures could be a bit too much for the organizers.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3>With many thanks in advance </font>
<br><font size=3>Sten Saluveer </font>
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