Introduction and request for help on 1930s film

[Mark Nornes]

I thought I'd add that there are video booths at the Showa-kan in 
Kudashita (Tokyo). Selection is marginal, but lots of newsreels from 
the entire Showa era.

Markus


On Jul 13, 2005, at 4:57 AM, Aaron Gerow wrote:

> This is always the problem with trying to see films in Japan. 
> Institutions like the Film Center should have video booths, but they 
> don't (the Kyoto Culture Museum used to have them for their video 
> collection--are they now gone?). This makes it hard for someone in the 
> general public to just go somewhere and see a film.
>
> But do look at some of the big city libraries. Some have big video 
> collections, especially ones of educational value. If you are in 
> Kawasaki, the Kawasaki City Museum has a good viewing system, plus all 
> of the Nippon News newsreels which I assume you would want to see.
>
> Also try to connect with a university. Those with film programs like 
> Waseda or Meigaku tend to have good video collections.
>
> If you can fork out the money, Nichiei Eiga Shinsha has some of the 
> Kamei and other wartime documentaries on DVD.
>
> http://www.n-eigashinsha.jp/index-ar.html
>
> They are priced at about 4000 yen apiece.
>
> Shina no yoru used to be sold by Kinema Kurabu--the mail-order branch 
> run by Toho. But that stopped a couple years ago and I don't think it 
> can be bought anymore. Even then it was 10000 yen.
>
> Nikkatsu put out both Gonin no sekkohei and Tsuchi to heitai on video 
> for about 4000 yen. We bought them last year at Yale, so maybe they 
> are still available (though Amazon lists them as out of stock).
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Aaron Gerow
> Film Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures
> Yale University
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