Japanese film in Indonesia?

[Jean Pierre Kellams]

Im curious as to how many movies get a "real" release in Indonesia,
versus how many are released grey market or pirated. Could you please
shed some light on this Zaki?

Thanks,

JP Kellams

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
> [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf 
> Of zaki jaihutan
> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:33 PM
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Japanese film in Indonesia?
> 
> 
> 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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