<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734">Dear KineJapan,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">my name is Eva Knopf, I am a filmmaker and film scholar from Germany, based in Berlin. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">For my new film project - a kind of experimental historiography - I am researching Japanese silent films. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">Are any of you knowledgeable about this field and maybe willing to help me a little bit? <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">So far I know that Matsuda Film Productions and the National Film Archive have collected silent films but I am not yet in contact with anybody there.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">I will, however, be in Tokyo and possibly other Japanese cities (wherever my research takes me) for a few weeks after July 1st.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">Would anyone here be willing to meet with me or can point me towards other individuals, archives or institutions that preserve silent films or have knowledge about them? </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">Unfortunately, I do not speak or understand any Japanese.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">Of course, I'd be happy to write more about myself or the project! Please ask, if you have any questions. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">Thank you so much,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">I truly appreciate any help or idea,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734" dir="ltr">Eva Knopf</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1528869066494_6734"><br></div></div></body></html>