Tampopo

[Stephen Cremin]

Prints and rights would be two different issues.

Print: I think there's an English subbed print in the UK that pops up  
occasionally.  It was originally distributed by Electric Pictures Ltd  
(+44 20 7267 3060), but I'm not sure if they're still around in any  
form.

Rights: Didn't Altamira Pictures (+81 3 5456 8581;  
altamira at altamira.jp) have some connection to Itami Productions?  I'd  
contact them on the off-chance for advice on clearing rights.

Also, there's a documentary about food in cinema that has cropped up  
at festivals recently that uses clip(s) from Tampopo.  It was just in  
Puchon.  Perhaps the producer knows who has the rights.  I'll check  
the contact details when I'm next in front of the catalogue.

Another idea.  Yubari last year had a focus on Miyamoto Nobuko and  
screened a couple of her films, whose rights would have belonged to  
Itami Productions.  They could advice; in fact I imagine rights may  
very well now belong to Miyamoto, Itami's wife.  Again, I'll take a  
look at the catalogue when I'm home.

Stephen Cremin


On Jul 26, 2005, at 3:33 PM, Aaron Gerow wrote:

> Has anyone tried to show Tampopo on film recently? Yale's student  
> film society wants to show it this coming year, but New Yorker,  
> which had the US rights, doesn't have them anymore and the Japan  
> Foundation doesn't have a print. Itami Productions doesn't seem to  
> have an office anymore, so it's unclear who to contact in Japan  
> (Toho distributed it in Japan, but they didn't have any rights over  
> it).
>
> Any ideas or information?
>
> Aaron Gerow
> Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Program
> Assistant Professor
> Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
> Yale University
> 53 Wall Street, Room 316
> PO Box 208363
> New Haven, CT 06520-8363
> USA
> Phone: 1-203-432-7082
> Fax: 1-203-432-6764
> e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu
>
>