Japanese film in Indonesia?

[zaki jaihutan]

Hi there Mark...

Sorry for the late response, i haven't open my e-mail
for the last three days.

The Japanese movie in Indonesia are mostly on VCD, DVD
or Video (although vidoe tape is not very popular
anymore here in Indonesia). And yes, there aren't many
that i know of ever made it to the theatre...(only one
that i know of...Doraemon, the movie, and it was dubbed
in Indonesian).

There are two types of Japan movie that are mostly
produced here...horor or suspense movie and, of course,
anime. I noticed that the Japanese horor movie became
quite a trend here after the success of the Ring
trilogy. You might want to know, that around 8 or 10
years ago, Japanese 'robot' movie, whether in the form
of Anime or real movie (such as Voltus V, Megaloman, Go
Shogun), are quite a trend here in Indonesia. I
remember the live-show performance of Gogle V and Space
Cop Gabin here in Jakarta was very succesfull. In
present days, children mostly watch this type of movie
on TV. Our TV stations runs many Japanese movie for
children on Sunday  morning...i think around 80% of the
morning show on our TV stations on sunday consist of
Japanese film's like Doraemon, Dragon Ball or
KoboChan...dubbed in Indonesian language of course.

As for the WWII sentiment, i don't think those
sentiment are still very popular here nowadays. There
were times that this sentiment was quite strong so as
to cause riot when the Indonesian government decided to
accept financial assistance from the Japanese
government...but i don't think it affect the people's
attitude toward Japanese movie. And i don't feel those
sentiments anymore now.

As for the Japanese movie during their occupation here,
i cannot say precisely how it was during that time, but
i will look it up. My father use to mention his
admiration with such classic director's like Ozu and
Akira Kurosawa. So i think there must be some time when
the Japanese movie attract the interest of our cinema
people, although i'm not sure if it attract the
interest of common viewers in Indonesia. I will look it
up and post you all on this one....thanks

Regards,
Zaki
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:45:15 -0500, Mark Nornes wrote:

> 
> Zaki,
> 
> Could you tell us about how Japanese film is see in
> Indonesia? Is it 
> mostly on video? Does it ever get into theaters? Is it
> all anime? Are 
> there any lingering antagonisms about WWII?   Are
older
> films seen? 
> Again, how about the Japanese films made during their
> colonization?
> 
> I'd be very curious to know more!
> 
> Markus
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 08:42  PM, zaki
> jaihutan wrote:
> 
> > Greetings to all fellow member of Kinejapan,
> >
> > My name is Zaki Jaihutan, age 28,male, Indonesian
> > Nationality.
> >
> > I'm working now as a legal consultant in one lawfirm
> in
> > Jakarta. Although my profession may not seems to be
> the
> > kind of proffession that would bring one person to a
> > 'closer scrutiny to art', i was raised in a family
> with
> > strong sense of artistry. My late father was a
> > prominent writer and director in my country, and my
> > mother is an actress. This, I guess, explain my
strong
> > interest in book, and of course, movie.
> >
> > My love and interest with Japanese movie starts not
> > with Akira Kurosawa's movie like most people outside
> of
> > Japan do, but very recently from a movie with an
> > English title 'Angel Dust'. Sadly I forgot the name
of
> > the director...however I was gripped by the strong
> > camera work and the slowly build tense made by the
> > movie. This was followed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure,
> > Takeshi Miike's Dead or Alive and Higuchi's Uzumaki,
> an
> > 'abstract' film which really astonished me. Thus my
> > interest to understand Japanese movie becoming more
> and
> > more intense. Having said these, i hope the fellow
> > member here would appreciate my 'still early'
> > understanding of Japanese movie, and help me to
> > understand more. I hope that one of these days I can
> > contribute my own mature understanding of Japanese
> > movie.
> >
> > Thank you for your kind attention.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Zaki Jaihutan
> >
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