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<p class="ydp51b38328MsoNormal">There’s only one Japanese film at IDFA this year but it’s a
gem for film historians - <span style="font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MS Mincho";color:black;mso-fareast-language:JA" lang="JA">いまは むかし</span>.
Documentarist ISE Shin’ichi uncovers the wartime output of his father ISE Chōnosuke
in Indonesia,
which turns out to be preserved well in Amsterdam.
Son, granddaughter and team visit the studio in Java where the films were
edited and get glimmers of survivor’s tales. The son confesses he was estranged
from his father, so I’m left curious how Shin’ichi got into films. We end with
a summarized filmography of father. From A.D. on <i>Village without a Doctor</i>,
1940, and propaganda films for Nichi’ei Java, he had a substantial post-war
career as editor on films like Sakuma Dam, and director of many more.</p>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><a href="https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/ab281077-a2a1-4f58-87bf-553c1a15a39b/now-is-the-past-my-father-java-the-phantom-films#tickets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/ab281077-a2a1-4f58-87bf-553c1a15a39b/now-is-the-past-my-father-java-the-phantom-films#tickets</a></span></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Roger<br></div></div></div></body></html>