Benshi in Boston, Performances and Symposium

Thu Apr 15 08:49:20 EDT 2004

We understand that she will be doing the narration in Japanese, but all of the films have English intertitles. 

Jasper, thank you for letting us know about the wonderful Midnight Eye interview.

Sarah

>Ms. Sawato told me that she will do some benshi narration
>in English, too. Will the narration be in English or in
>Japanese?
>
>Susanne Schermann
>
>--- "Peter M. Grilli" <grilli at us-japan.org> ?????????b?Z
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>> Jasper:
>>
>> Thank you for reminding Kine-Japaners of your
>> interview with Midori Sawato.
>> It is excellent!!
>> And I urge everyone interested in Japanese silent
>> film -- especially those
>> in New England who will be seeing Midori Sawato in
>> action at several venues
>> between April 21 and 24 -- to go back and read itl?
>> Once again, the
>> interview is available at
>> http://www.midnighteye.com/features/silentfilm_pt2.shtml
>>
>> How often these days do we have a chance to
>> encounter a real benshi in
>> action??
>>
>> Thanks to the collaboration of Bill Burton at Tufts
>> University, Blanche
>> Milligan of Northeast Cultural Cooperative, Sarah
>> Frederick at Boston
>> University, Ted Barron at the Harvard Film Archive,
>> the Reischauer Institute
>> of Japanese Studies at Harvard, and the Japan
>> Society of Boston,  Midori
>> Sawato -- Japan's most active benshi -- will soon
>> make a number of live
>> appearances in Boston, Cambridge, Medford, and
>> Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
>> Her schedule of performances is:
>>
>> April 21, 7:00pm -- The Music Hall Theater, (28
>> Chestnut St., Portsmouth
>> NH ) -- Ms. Sawato will narrate Ozu's  I Was Born
>> But.... (1932)
>>
>> April 22, 6:00pm -- Boston Univ. College of
>> Communications (640 Commonwealth
>> Ave., Boston; Rm B-05 -- Sawato will narrate
>> Futagawa's Orochi (1925)
>>
>> April 23, 7:00pm -- Tufts Univ. Medford (Tisch
>> Library Media Center, Rm.
>> 304) -- Sawato will narrate Mizoguchi's -- The Water
>> Magician (1933)
>>     This screening follows a symposium on Japanese
>> silent film at Tufts
>> Univ. (Olin Center, Rm. 12), with presentations by
>> William Burton, Aaron
>> Gerow, Charles Inoue,
>>     and Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano (3:00-6:00pm)
>>
>> April 24, 8:00pm -- Harvard Film Archive, Harvard
>> Univ. (24 Quincy St.,
>> Cambridge) -- Ms. Sawato will narrate Ozu's I Was
>> Born But...  (1925)
>>
>> This program is a special event of the Centennial
>> Celebration of The Japan
>> Society of Boston.  For additional information,
>> please visit the Society's
>> website at:
>> http://www.us-japan.org/boston
>>
>>
>> Peter Grilli
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>> - -
>> Peter M. Grilli
>> President, Japan Society of Boston
>> One Milk Street,  Boston, MA 02109
>> Tel:  (617) 451-0726
>> Fax: (617) 451-1191
>> E-mail:  grilli at us-japan.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   -----Original Message-----
>>   From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]On
>> Behalf Of J.sharp
>>   Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:41 PM
>>   To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>   Subject: Re: Benshi in Boston, Performances and
>> Symposium
>>
>>
>>   This might be a good time to remind everyone about
>> the interview I did
>> with Sawato Midori, along with Mike Arnold, about
>> two years ago. She's a
>> very bubbly and nice person, and shed a lot of light
>> onto the early days of
>> Japanese cinema for us.
>>?
>> http://www.midnighteye.com/features/silentfilm_pt2.shtml
>>
>>   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: Benshi in Boston, Performances and
>> Symposium
>>     Date: 14/04/04 15:36
>>
>>
>>     Please see the attached flyer for complete
>> information about the
>> symposium on silent film at to be held at Tufts next
>> Friday.  The symposium
>> will be followed by a screening of Mizoguchi's The
>> Water Magician with live
>> benshi narration by Sawato Midori.
> >
>>
>>     The symposium is held in conjunction with a
>> series of performances by
>> Ms. Sawato in the New England area next week (4/21
>> Portsmouth, NH; 4/22
>> Boston University; 4/23 Tufts; 4/24 Harvard Film
>> Archive).  The full
>> schedule with contact information can be found at:
>> http://www.us-japan.org/boston/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     SYMPOSIUM "Far From Silent: The Social and
>> Artistic Influence of Early
>> Japanese Film"
>>     APRIL 23/3-6PM At Tufts University, Olin Center
>> (Rm. 12)
>>
>>
>>     William Burton ?EOnoe Matsunosuke, The First
>> Great Star of Japanese Film
>>
>>
>>     Aaron Gerow ?EThe Benshi at the Border:
>> Narrating the Conflict over
>> National Cinema
>>
>>
>>     Charles Inoue ?EUnderstanding the Water
>> Magician:  Why Must this Woman
>> Suffer?
>>
>>     Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano - Embodying the Modern
>> Girl on the Japanese Silent
>> Screen
>>
>>
>>     For information contact William Burton,
>> William.burton at tufts.edu
>>
>> --
>>
>>     Sarah Frederick
>>     Assistant Professor of Japanese
>>     Department of Modern Foreign Languages and
>> Literatures
>>     Boston University
>>
>>
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