<div dir="ltr"><div>This looks like a terrific series on cinematic visions of Okinawa. And that's a terrific deal to see three hard-to-see films online!</div><div><br></div><div>If anyone is interested in reading more about the films before or after watching them: <br></div><div><br></div><div>Alex published a great essay on <i>Asia is One</i> and NDU in the <i>Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema</i> 10.2 (2018)</div><div><br></div><div>We also published two "special sections" on Okinawan Images last year (volume 13.1-2, 2021), co-edited by Ran Ma and Kosuke Fujiki. I'll paste the table of contents here: <br></div><div></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>
</i><p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB"><i>Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema</i> 13.1:</span></p><p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">
</span></p><p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">Special
section: In/visibility in Post-war Okinawan Images 1<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Introduction<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">In/visibility
in Post-war Okinawan Images 1<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Ran Ma and Kosuke Fujiki <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-GB"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Article<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">Reminiscences
of a Journey to Okinawa: Landscape Film as Essay, and Takamine Gō’s <i>Okinawan Dream Show</i> (1974)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-GB">Ran Ma<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-GB"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Article<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">Landscape
and the Crisis of Representation in Nakae Y</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">ū</span><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">ji’s <i>Panari nite</i><span> (1986)</span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Authornames" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">Kosuke
Fujiki<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-Authornames" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">Translation</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB"><br>
Continuing as an ‘Open Incompleteness’: <i>Motoshinkakarannū</i> and Uncanny
Okinawa</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Authornames" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">Nakazato
Isao (Translated by Kosuke Fujiki)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">
<span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB"><i>Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema</i> 13.</span>
2:</span></p><p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">Special
section: In/visibility in Post-war Okinawan Images 2<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif" align="left"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Introduction<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">In/visibility
in Post-war Okinawan Images 2<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif" align="left"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Ran Ma and Kosuke Fujiki <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-GB"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif" align="left"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Article<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">The
Living Sea: Okinawa, 1958, and the Postwar Media <i>Dispositif</i><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Authornames" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">Takuya
Tsunoda<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif" align="left"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Article<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt">Visualizing (Im)mobility in Post-Reversion Okinawa: A Comparative Study
of NDU’s <i>Asia is One</i> (1973) and Chinen Seishin’s <i>The Human Pavilion</i>
(1976)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-GB">Patrick Chimenti<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Articletitle" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-GB"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif" align="left"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Interview<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif" align="left"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Re-emerging voices and
re-imagined landscapes: an interview with Chikako Yamashiro<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century",serif" align="left"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-GB">Ran Ma, Kosuke Fujiki & translated by Christopher M. Cabrera<span></span></span></p>
</div><div></div><div><br></div><div>The journal is available at all good libraries -- if it isn't, please request it! We also welcome article submissions and proposals for special sections in upcoming issues. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Michael<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Michael Raine, Department of English and Writing Studies<div>Western University, Canada</div><div>co-editor, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema</div><div>co-editor, The Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan (Amsterdam UP, 2020)</div><div>co-editor, Developments in the Japanese Documentary Mode (MDPI, 2020)</div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:28 AM Hilson Reidpath via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">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 dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks for sending this out Alex. <br><br>I meant to share it as well. I really recommend to anyone remotely interested in post-war/occupation area Okinawa to check out <b>Motoshinkakarannu </b>at the very least. My understanding is it is <i>very</i> difficult to see. It was also filmed towards the tail-end of the US occupation, which was a tumultuous time for a number of reasons, but is of particular note (and controversy) because of its depiction of the extant yakuza gangs at the time. <br><br></div>Best,<br><br></div>Hilson Reidpath<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 3:10 AM Zahlten, Alexander via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">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">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Apologies, I forgot to edit the subject line when I just sent out the email. Sorry about that! See the original message below.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alex<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Everyone,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is just to point you to an interesting special of films on Okinawa taking place at the Japan Society New York due to the efforts of Alexander Fee. It features a really nice span of types of films, from a Nakajima Sadao-directed Yakuza
film to two usually very difficult to access films by the legendary documentary film collective NDU. Here is the link:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Furldefense.proofpoint.com-252Fv2-252Furl-253Fu-253Dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fwww.japansociety.org-5Farts-2D2Dand-2D2Dculture-5Ffilms-5Fokinawa-2D2Dcinematic-2D2Dreflections-2526d-253DDwMGaQ-2526c-253DWO-2DRGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ-2526r-253D-5F-5FROkypPMfBMMPVia3CjGrxSJryXbwjGyfBDGhCKd68-2526m-253DJzxkb94x7hSI11G1-2DorapqU5kXAOOYgVrpTAboXiVNte35HNYC3Ao7r93nbN2Skw-2526s-253DkFhI5vBBoODw1ibZ4p-5FTcxHKlx7MqGdnfhfFgP8V2Vk-2526e-253D-26data-3D05-257C01-257CAFee-2540japansociety.org-257Ce12310fad91744e6e2ed08da22658d64-257Ccc53eb7cef7740a39c5e5649d505a427-257C0-257C0-257C637860116816235264-257CUnknown-257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0-253D-257C3000-257C-257C-257C-26sdata-3DUCcs-252BP7pnpwENob-252FU1Zx7uJXcLH-252FP7XHNOclKg2ShJk-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=__ROkypPMfBMMPVia3CjGrxSJryXbwjGyfBDGhCKd68&m=fXin2X1CFLiRfownoKEctVLxVa6Cq9Ynz32TKWlssv8CA50BNmfd5iTlxIYmlxCc&s=yTj0Y_VeNM7JnQ8FMt3cMuip47EoA-IMVvNsFIegC_8&e=" title="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Furldefense.proofpoint.com-252Fv2-252Furl-253Fu-253Dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fwww.japansociety.org-5Farts-2D2Dand-2D2Dculture-5Ffilms-5Fokinawa-2" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">https://www.japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/films/okinawa-cinematic-reflections</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Some films are being streamed as well, though the majority is for in-person screenings.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All best,<u></u><u></u></p>
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