<div dir="ltr"><div>Roger,</div><div><br></div><div>For a mad filmmaker like Kazuo Hara, doesn't a mad dash to a seemingly distant place seem more appropriate even if it is less desirable.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, those of us stateside will be able to view the film through the Japan Society's virtual screenings from June 4 - July 2. Its series "Cinema as Struggle: The Films of Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi" will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Shissho Productions, Hara and Kobayashi's independent film company, with a complete retrospective of their work.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://film.japansociety.org/page/cinema-as-struggle-the-films-of-kazuo-hara-and-sachiko-kobayashi/?_ga=2.237149059.227708904.1621869021-1905340514.1570111325">https://film.japansociety.org/page/cinema-as-struggle-the-films-of-kazuo-hara-and-sachiko-kobayashi/?_ga=2.237149059.227708904.1621869021-1905340514.1570111325</a></div><div><br></div><div>The Japan Society is currently screening three sports films in honor of the anticipated (?) Olympics thru May 28th, and will also stream Obayashi's War Trilogy from July 9 - August 6.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film">https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film</a></div><div><br></div><div>I believe all these streamings are restricted to the United States.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Bill Thompson</div><div><a href="mailto:wct1@columbia.edu">wct1@columbia.edu</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 10:52 AM Roger Macy via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">To answer my own question, I can also book to watch online (£5).</div><div dir="ltr">The viewing conditions then are :-</div><div dir="ltr"><div>
<p style="margin-top:6pt"><span><span> </span>Available until </span><span>16 Jun 2021</span><span>. You will not be able to view the content
after this.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:6pt"><span> <span> </span>Once selected, your film will become available
for viewing following its cinema screening in </span><span>Sheffield</span><span> and remain available in your library for 10
days. Once you press play, the watch window begins and you have 30 hours to
watch the film. ...<br></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:6pt"><span>you must be located within the </span><span>UK</span><span> to watch films on Selects. If you are not
located within the </span><span>UK</span><span>, you will not see a watch or play button on
Selects.</span></p>
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On Monday, 24 May 2021, 01:27:26 BST, Roger Macy via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:
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<p><span>Dear All,</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:6pt"><span>The programme for Sheffield
Docfest has been announced <a href="https://sheffdocfest.com/festival/2021/explore/film-programme?page=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sheffdocfest.com/festival/2021/explore/film-programme?page=0</a>
. Considering one of the curators is now Japanese, I can’t find as many
Japanese films as I hoped. There is:-</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:6pt"><i><span>Double
Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions </span></i><span><span> </span></span><span><a href="https://sheffdocfest.com/film/double-layered-town-making-song-replace-our-positions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sheffdocfest.com/film/double-layered-town-making-song-replace-our-positions</a><span> by </span>Haruka Komori + Natsumi Seo, which
sounds like it might be called a fictional film, </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:6pt"><span>and Hara Kazuo’s <i>Minamata
Mandala</i> <a href="https://sheffdocfest.com/film/minamata-mandala" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sheffdocfest.com/film/minamata-mandala</a>,
running at 6 hours, 12 minutes on the final non-competition day, 13<sup>th </sup>June.
As it’s a Sunday, the first train from </span><span>London</span><span> would get me there an hour late. Does
anyone have the experience to say whether watching a mere five and a quarter
hours at the end would make a rational viewing experience ?</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:6pt"><span>Roger</span></p>
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