Taste of tea

Tatiana Leite tatianaleite at estacaovirtual.com
Tue Jul 26 10:44:19 EDT 2005


Hello!

Does anyone know who is the World Sales for Taste of Tea?

Thanks!

Tatiana

> 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
>> 
>> 
> 
> 




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