Japanese CNC?

[Schermann Susanne]

Just a correction
The homepage of the Centre National de la cinematographie
est http://cnc.fr
Susanne Schermann
 
--- John Gorman <macfugu at mac.com> ?????????
> Thanks Jasper and Mark.  After scouring Irish and
> British libraries for copies of UniJapan's 'Japanese
> Film Year Book' or Jiji Tsushinsha's 'Eiga Nenkan',
> I finally went the easy route and found UniJapan's
> Internet site <http://www.unijapan.org/> which seems
> to be the closest equivalent to France's centre
> national de la cinematographie <http://www.cnc.>.
> 
> Although parts of the site are still under
> construction, it seems quite helpful providing such
> things as: a list of Japanese movies released during
> the year (with English and Japanese titles*), award
> winners, contact details for various associations,
> production companies, film festivals, film
> commissions, film schools and the supporting members
> of UniJapan Film.
> 
> Most specific to my study at this time, it has
> statistics on: the number of feature films released
> in Japan, attendance, average admission fees,
> box-office receipts, number of screens and number of
> imported films released. (I would like to know how
> these figures compare to those put forth by Eiga
> Nenkan.)
> 
> According to UniJapan, imported films began to
> numerically dominate domestically produced films in
> 1987 (there is no breakdown in box office receipts)
> although it appears Japanese films have been gaining
> some ground back since 1996. The number of screens
> showing domestically produced films exclusively has
> also declined steadily while the number of screens
> showing both domestic and imported movies has
> increased dramatically, again since around 1996.
> 
> I've read various theories on why American movies
> have become dominant in various markets (UniJapan's
> figures on the Internet do not break down countries
> of origin for imported films <I've requested their
> yearbook>) ranging from the effects of comparative
> GDP, rates of growth in consumer spending, the
> number of television channels in a country, etc. I
> also recently did an informal survey of 30 Japanese
> of various ages between 18 and 80 and found that
> virtually none of them saw more Japanese films than
> American films nor preferred Japanese films to
> American films.
> 
> The statistics from UniJapan do not specify the role
> of American films and perhaps my sampling was skewed
> but I'm hoping that the members of KineJapan,
> hopefully in good spirits following the sake
> discussion, might offer their opinions on the
> apparent loss of dominance of Japanese films in
> Japan to American films.
> 
> With some trepidation,
> 
> John Gorman
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 04:59PM, Mark Nornes
> <amnornes at umich.edu> wrote:
> 
> >Also see the Eiga Nenkan for all sorts of
> statistics and information.
> >
> >Markus
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 08:39  AM, J.sharp
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi John,
> >>
> >> There's an organisation in Japan known as
> UniJapan, who publish a 
> >> yearly catalogue of all Japanese films released
> every year, under the 
> >> auspices of The Agency of Cultural Affairs for
> Japan. In the latest 
> >> one for 2002, they published figures for the
> percentage made up of 
> >> Japanese and foreign titles, stretching all the
> way back to 1985. It's 
> >> a slim, Readers Digest sized book, and you should
> be able to find it 
> >> at national film libraries, but you can always
> request it from them by 
> >> emailing unijapan at tokyo.interq.or.jp. Not sure
> how good they are at 
> >> replying though.
> >> Good luck,
> >>
> >> Jasper Sharp
> >> www.midnighteye.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --------- Original Message --------
> >> From: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> >> To: "KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" 
> >> <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> >> Subject: Japanese CNC?
> >> Date: 18/06/03 04:54
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'm working on a masters degree in Ireland.
> >>
> >> Is there a Japanese equivalent of the French
> 'Centre national de la 
> >> cin?matographie' where one can find comparative
> distribution and box 
> >> office figures for Japanese and Foreign films in
> Japan?
> >>
> >> http://www.cnc.fr/d_stat/fr_d2.htm
> >>
> >> If not, is there some other source, preferably on
> the Internet for 
> >> this info? I'm looking, hopefully as far back as
> the '50's.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> John Gorman
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >


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