Yamagata----Okinawa Schedule
Alex Zahlten
Alex.Zahlten
Mon Oct 6 10:37:56 EDT 2003
Hello everyone,
I'll be in Yamagata from friday until probably wednesday; like Jasper said,
the program looks fabulous and I can't wait to get into the theaters...
Alex Zahlten
> Any Kinema Clubbers going to Yamagata? Aaron and I will be there. I'm
> curious if anyone else will be. Perhaps we could get together, either
> at Komian or somewhere else.
>
> Markus
>
> PS: the latest Yamagata News has a complete schedule of their Okinawa
> event---this is the kind of serious, smart, in-depth programming that
> Yamagata is famous for. I can't wait!
>
>
>
>
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> ====================================================================
> === Y I D F F News ... October 4, 2003
> ===
> === YAMAGATA International Documentary Film Festival 2003
> === October 10 (Friday) - 16 (Thursday)
> ====================================================================
> Tickets: Now on sale!
> http://www.city.yamagata.yamagata.jp/yidff/2003/info/03tickets-e.html
> ====================================================================
>
> Okinawa -- Nexus of Borders: Ryukyu Reflections
>
> "In this forest of images, as the 'nexus of borders' that is Okinawa
> arises, assumptions of a monolingual Japan begin to waver, and people
> transform into mirrors and windows. A brand new cinematic journey
> through Okinawa begins."
>
> "Ryukyu Reflections" exceeds the boundaries of documentaries, feature
> films and TV documentaries. Comprised of ten themes - from works that
> depict the Battle of Okinawa and occupation by the U.S., to the
> upheaval before and after Okinawa's reversion to Japan, and rare pre-
> war films to the most up-to-date offerings - this retrospective
> offers a diffused reflection of Okinawan imagery. A diverse program
> is scheduled, including symposiums, screenings featuring talk shows
> and live performance. Other related events to look forward to are "
> Ryukyu Exotica", a live performance of Okinawan Folk Songs by Oshiro
> Misako; photo exhibition "Fruits of the Sun: Okinawan Photographic
> Rhapsody"; an Okinawa Bazaar featuring a wide selection of goods from
> the Ryukyus.
>
>
> < Part 1:
> Oriental Ryukyu:Showa Era Pre-war Perspectives on Okinawa >
>
> In 1879, according to the terms of the Ryukyu Shobun (The Disposal of
> Ryukyu), the Ryukyu was incorporated into the boundaries of Japan and
> became Okinawa. However, it continued to mark by the unique binary
> aspect of the region in the southern seas; it was Japan, and yet it
> was not. How was the South visualized and desired by Japan's modern
> This riddle and quandary is clearly expressed by the precious images
> that remain.
>
> _Okinawa_
> 1936 / 35mm / 14 min
> _Scenes from the Main Island of Okinawa and the Surrounding Islands
> (Unedited film)_
> Photography: Kawamura Tadao / 1936-40 / Video (orig. 8mm) /40 min
> _Ryukyu Arts_
> Supervisors: Yanagi Soetsu, Shikiba Ryuzaburo / 1939 / 16mm / 11 min
> _Ryukyu Scenes_
> Supervisors: Yanagi Soetsu, Shikiba Ryuzaburo / 1940 / 16mm / 13 min
> _Southern Ryukyu Islands_
> circa1940 / 16mm / 11 min
> _People of the Sea: Okinawa Island Story_
> 1942 / 35mm / 28 min
>
>
> < Part 2: The Battle of Okinawa/The final Conflict
> between the U.S. and Japan >
>
> The American military imbedded cameramen within its units and
> faithfully recorded "Operation Iceberg," the name given to the
> invasion of Okinawa. These films bear a record without mercy. When
> put into this context however, they express entirely different
> meanings. This section provides an opportunity to fundamentally
> rethink war reportage and documentaries themself.
>
> 1) Records without Mercy
> _Records of the Battle of Okinawa--from the Collection of the One-
> foot Film Movement_
> 1945 / 16mm / 120 min
>
> 2) Records and Propaganda
> a) From Newsreels,
> _The World in Film (Welt im Film)_
> GERMAN / 1945 / 35mm / 60 min
> b) From U.S. Military Official Publicity Films
> _Pacific/Ryukyu Operations_
> _The Conquest of Okinawa_
> _The 6th Marine Division on Okinawa_
> USA / 1945 / Video (Orig:16mm) / 90 min
>
> 3) The Production of Memory and Transmission of Narrative
> _A Document of the Battle of Okinawa, Told One Foot at a Time_
> 1995 / Video / 57 min
>
>
> < Part 3: The Battle of Okinawa in Relief/A Chronicle of Memories >
>
> Discribed as a "Typhoon of Steel," the Battle of Okinawa was more
> than a struggle between the armies of America and Japan; it also
> revealed the structural deformity of modern Japan, and the
> complicated interplay between Japan and Okinawa. The battle
> illuminated the state of education and the military; the mainfold
> structure of victim and oppressor; testimony and the shape of memory;
> and the darkness that resides within man. As we approach this
> darkness, the Battle of Okinawa enable shine a light on a century of
> war.
>
> 1) Endless Questions
> _Monument of Star Lilies_ (English subtitled version)
> Imai Tadashi / 1953 / 16mm (orig. 35mm) / 131 min
> _Turbulent Showa History: Battle of Okinawa_
> Okamoto Kihachi / 1971 / 35mm / 149 min
> _Star Lily War History_
> 1979 / Video / 48 min
> _A Gap in History_
> 1980 / Video / 25 min
> _An Overdue Decision_
> 1988 / Video / 45 min
>
> 2) Voice and the Narration of Trauma: Memory and Living Words Today
> _War Stories Told in Shima kutuba_ <Six Parts>
> 2003 / Video / 360 min
>
>
> < Part 4: Americanization and Japanization >
>
> The 1952 San Francisco Peace Accords left Okinawa under American
> administration. Okinawa became a military cornerstone in the Far East
> for the USA, while Japan used it as a pawn for bolstering the "
> national body," that had been weakened by wartime defeat. This
> section revisits the ways in which Okinawa was exploited by America
> and Japan, and reconsiders the historical shifts in Okinawan dreams
> and resistance.
>
> 1) Promotion in the American Era
> _Raising Ryukyu_
> Video (Orig:35mm) / 37 min
> _These Ten Years, Part1_
> Video (Orig:35mm) / 14 min
> _A Selection of Ryukyu News_
> Video (Orig:35mm) / 60 min
>
> 2) Soul-graphy of the A-Sign Era
> _Okinawan Boys_
> Shinjo Taku / 1983 / 35mm / 117 min / English subtitled version
> _Via Okinawa_ (English subtitled version)
> Sai Yoichi / 1989 / 16mm (orig. 35mm) /111 min / English subtitled
> version
>
> 3) Longing for the Mother Country/Across the 27th Parallel
> _Okinawa: Road to the Homeland_
> 1967 / 16mm (orig. 35mm) / 22 min
> _The Voice of Okinawa_
> 1969 / 16mm (orig. 35mm) / 30 min
> _Cries Coral Reef_
> 1965 / 16mm / 41 min
> _Eighteen in Okinawa_
> 1966 / Video / 25 min
> _History of the Reversion Struggle_
> 1977 / Video (orig.16mm) / 40 min
>
> 4) The Return of Okinawa: Behind the Scenes
> _As Okinawa Goes, So Goes Japan_
> 1997 / Video / 45 min
> _Whistle-blowing_
> 2002 / Video / 45 min
> News Film _Those Times (from Yomiuri International News)_
> _No. 1044 Turbulent Okinawa_
> _No. 1168 Signing of the Okinawa Reversion Agreement_
> _No. 1215 Okinawa Returns Home_
> 1972 / 16mm, Video (org.35mm) / 15 min
>
> 5) In the Gulf between America and Japan
> _Okinawa Islands_ (New Print)
> Higashi Yoichi / 1969 / 16mm (orig.35mm) / 90 min
> _Breaking through Hard Ground_
> 1971 / Video / 25 min
> _The Footsteps of Young Okinawans_
> 1985 / Video / 50 min
>
>
> < Part 5: Caught Between Different Worlds/When the 27th Parallel
> Disappears >
>
> In 1972, Okinawa reverted to Japanese sovereignty. In contrast to the
> surging tide of assimilation to mainland Japan, the contradictions
> that had been obscured by the reversion movement were exposed:
> sometimes distorted, sometimes creating sharp conflicts. A number of
> films were produced that intervened in various phases of these
> changing eras. At the same time in Okinawa, a quest for a new visual
> style began.
>
> 1) Accumulated Voices, Entangled Gazes
> _The Gentle Japanese_ (New Print)
> Higashi Yoichi / 1971 / 16mm (orig. 35mm) / 118 min
>
> 2) In the Place of Violence: The Labyrinth of Resistance
> _Okinawa Yakuza War_
> Nakajima Sadao / 1976 / 35mm / 96 min
> _The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel_
> Fujita Toshiya / 1984 / 16mm (orig. 35mm) / 134 min / English
> subtitled version
>
> 3) The Penetration of the "Yamato Era" and the Construction of "
> Okinawa"
>
> _1975 Okinawa Summer_
> Tomimoto Minoru /1975 / 16mm / 15 min
> _When Calling Jahana Noboru_
> Tomimoto Minoru / 1976 / 16mm / 30 min
> _Yamangunutida_
> Jahana Yuzuru / 1978 / 16mm / 35 min
> _the Life of Okinawa Part 1: Indigenous Island Fauna_
> Yoshida Yutaka / 1978 / 16mm / 75 min
> _Act 1, Scene 1 Okinawa Jinruikan_
> 1978 / Video / 25 min
>
>
> < Part 6: Okinawan Diaspora/Leaving Okinawa >
>
> Okinawa is known for froducing multitudes of emigrants. Before the
> World War II, they left to escape from the economic crisis known as "
> Sago Palm Hell," in order to aid the ones they left behind; after the
> war, they were scattered by the forced confiscation of their land by
> the American military. The present day, the modern times experienced
> by these Okinawan exiles. Light and shadow, Nostalgia and the Sea...
> We see the trace of the Okinawan diaspora.
>
> _Leaving Port: Okinawa_
> 1972 / Video / 25 min
> _Okinauense: Okinawans Living in Latin America
> <In Bolivia> <In Peru>_
> 1977 / Video / 50 min
> _Memories of Betrayal_
> 1988 / Video /25 min
> _Hia Sa Sa - Hai Yah!_
> Olga Futemma / 1985 / Video / 27 min
>
>
> < Part 7: Okinawa: Colonial Landscape >
>
> More than a few foreign filmmakers listened to Okinawan voices and
> concerned Okinawan memories that were buried under a colonial
> landscape of immigrants, World War II, the U.S. Occupation, and the
> turmoil of changing eras. The films in this section evoke the visual
> poetry born of contact with other cultures.
>
>
> 1) Colonial Elegies, Occupation Cliches
> _Hill of No Return_
> Wang Tung / TAIWAN / 1992 / 35mm /165 min
> _The Teahouse of the August Moon_
> Daniel Mann / USA / 1956 / Video (orig. 35mm) / 124 min / Japanese
> subtitled version
>
> 2) Sharing the Battle of Okinawa
> _Let There Be Light_
> John Huston / USA / 1946 / 16mm (orig. 35mm) / 58 min
> _Level 5_
> Chris Marker / FRANCE / 1996 / 35mm / 106 min
>
>
> < Part 8: Earth Songs and Celestial Fantasies >
>
> A chain of islands from Japan to Taiwan, scattered in a crescent like
> a garland of flowers. Here rituals are performed by women who
> communicate with ancient gods, and a snakeskin shamisen weaves
> melodies in a pan-Asian scale. Mysterious heavenly beings born of the
> power of the subtropical imagination travel freely between heaven and
> earth. Deities playfully wander the land, song overflows, and
> fantasies grow luxuriously...
>
> 1) A Banquet of Sound and Fantasy
> _Tsukishiro Story_
> Ohinata Den / 1959 / Video (orig. 16mm) / 40 min
> _The Yoshiya Chiru Story_
> Kinjo Tetsuo / 1961 / 16mm / 96 min
> _Ultra seven: The Young Messenger_
> 1968 / Video (orig. 16mm) / 25 min
> _Song of Ajima_ (YIDFF2003 Closing Screening)
> Aoyama Shinji / 2002 / 35mm / 88 min / English subtitled version
>
> 2) Wandering of the Deities and Sprits
> _Nanamui / Part1 Ceremonial Songs_
> 2003 / Video / 79 min
> _Nanamui/Part2 Yugui_
> 2003 / Video / 79 min
>
>
> < Part 9: The World of Takamine Go: Blood (chi), Earth (chi),
> Wisdom (chi), Foolishness (chi) and "chi" >
>
> Takamine Go's emergence has clearly punctuated the history of
> Okinawan film. In this chronicle of his world, a retrospective within
> a special program6, we are able to deeply appreciate the magic
> realism and multiple Okinawas that arise from his works. We can see
> clearly how much Okinawan cinema has changed before and after
> Takamine arrived on the scene.
>
> _Sashingwa (Dear Photograph)_
> 1973 / 8mm /15 min
> _Okinawan Dream Show_
> 1974 / 8mm / 180 min
> _Okinawan Chirudai_ <Special Edition>
> 1976- / Video / 78 min / Japanese subtitled version
> _Paradise View_
> 1985 / 16mm (orig. 35mm) / 113 min / Japanese and English Subtitled
> version
> _Untamagiru_
> 1989 / 35mm / 120 min / Japanese and English Subtitled version
> _Kadekaru Rinsho: Songs and Stories_
> 1994 / Video / 59 min / Japanese subtitled version
> _Tsuru-Henry_
> 1998 / Video / 90 min / Japanese subtitled version
> _Private Images of Ryukyu: J.M._
> 1996- / Video / 54 min / Japanese subtitled version
>
>
> < Part 10: Diffused Reflections of Okinawa >
>
> Okinawa is a cinematic archipelago. This is not simply because of the
> sheer number of works that have been produced; it is true as far as
> the quality suggested by its imagery, and the way it has traversed
> and expanded across borders. Why is it that so many eyes have turned
> to Okinawa, and why has Okinawa provoked so much desire for
> expression? Setting off from this diffused reflection of images of
> Okinawa, what kind of cinematic voyage will the new generation of
> filmmakers embark upon?
>
> 1) The Reflection of Okinawan Images
> _White Mural_
> Chiba Yasuki / 1942 / 35mm / 96 min
> _Sonatine_
> Kitano Takeshi / 1993 / 35mm / 94 min
>
>
> 2) Okinawan Mixed and Spirit
> _Pineapple Tours_
> Makiya Tsutomu, Nakae Yuji, Toma Hayashi / 1992 / 35mm / 118 min /
> Japanese and English Subtitled version
> _Fighting Rabbit_
> Gushiken Tsuyoshi / 1992 / 8mm / 42 min
> _Hitchhiker_
> Jahana Yuzuru / 1977 / 16mm / 15 min
>
>
> ** Short Film Collection by new talent from Okinawa
>
> _TOBUKOTSU_
> Komatsu Hashihito / 2001 / Video / 8 min
> _Ninja 2000 Millennium_
> Kawabata Shoji / 2001 / Video / 13 min
> _Wonder Frog_
> Matayoshi Hiroshi / 2001/ Video / 6 min
> _The Summer Vacation Experiment_
> Matayoshi Hiroshi / 2002/ Video / 3min
> _Unfixed_
> Kameshima Makoto / 2003 / Video / 10 min
> _Call_
> Miyahira Takako / 2001 / Video / 19 min
> _Ryukyu Underground "Hana -- A Flower for Each Person's Heart"_
> Gushiken Tsuyoshi / 2003 / Video / 5 min
> _Yachimun "Sky Blue"_
> Toma Hayashi / 1994 / Video (orig. 8mm) / 6 min
> _Yachimun "Kitamae Song"_
> Toma Hayashi / 1994 / Video / 5 min
> _Yachimun '93 LIVE in OFT Opening Movie_
> Toma Hayashi / 1993 / Video / 11 min
>
>
> < Symposium: "Alienation and Crossing Borders: Okinawa -- A Cinematic
> Topology" >
>
> How has Okinawa been represented in films? A discussion of the
> attractions of Ryukyu reflections and the actuality arises from this
> place called Okinawa.
>
> Date/Time: October 12 (Sunday), 15:10-
> Venue: Solaris 2
> Admission: Free
> Panelists: Takamine Go (Filmmaker), Nishitani Osamu (Critic), Aaron
> Gerow (Japanese film scholar)
> Other Guests: Higa Toyomitsu, Murayama Tomoe (Ryukyu Islands
> Historical Society), Fukuchi Hiroaki (Okinawan Historical Film
> Society), Moriguchi Katsu (Journalist), Oshiro Misako (Okinawan Folk
> song singer)
>
> For more information on Okinawa Panorama venues, ticket sales and
> other programs, please visit the YIDFF homepage.
> http://www.city.yamagata.yamagata.jp/yidff/
>
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