Taste of tea

[Stephen Cremin]

Last year, The Klockworx Co Ltd were handling international sales.

Tel: +81 3 5720 7791; Fax: +81 3 5720 7792
Contacts: Kana Koido (aka Koido Kanako) & Negami Tetsu
Email: kana at klockworx.com & negami at klockworx.com

It was produced by Iizumi Hilo (his spelling) at Grasshoppa Films:
h-iizumi at grasshoppa.jp

Try Kana and Tetsu first who are very professional (and have great  
English to boot).  If they aren't handling international any more,  
then contact Hilo directly.

Best

Stephen Cremin





On Jul 26, 2005, at 10:44 PM, Tatiana Leite wrote:

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> Hello!
>
> Does anyone know who is the World Sales for Taste of Tea?
>
> Thanks!
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> Tatiana
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>> Prints and rights would be two different issues.
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>> 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
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>>
>> On Jul 26, 2005, at 3:33 PM, Aaron Gerow wrote:
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>>> 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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