Japanese Pre-War Films in Taiwan?

Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano mwadamar
Mon Feb 27 10:00:34 EST 2006


Hi Ken,

If you are interested in researching whether any prewar Japanese  
films still remain in Taiwan, Chinese Taipai Film Archive might be  
the best place to contact.  Their phone number is: 02-2392-4243  
(Chinese and English).

Sincerely,

Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano


On Feb 27, 2006, at 12:08 AM, KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu wrote:

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> 			    KINEJAPAN Digest 1768
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> Topics covered in this issue include:
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>   1) Japanese Pre-War Films in Taiwan?
> 	by Ken Shima <kenshima at u.washington.edu>
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> From: Ken Shima <kenshima at u.washington.edu>
> Date: February 26, 2006 11:38:03 AM EST
> To: KineJapan <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: Japanese Pre-War Films in Taiwan?
>
>
> Hello all, I was thinking about the loss of so many pre-war  
> Japanese films and wondered; since Japan occupied Taiwan during the  
> pre-war period is it possible that Japanese films thought lost  
> might still exist in Taiwanese film holdings? My knowledge about  
> how so many Japanese films were lost is somewhat foggy though I  
> have read that it was a combination of poor care of the films, the  
> belief of cinema was a disposable form of entertainment, and  
> destruction of film holdings during WWII, but to what extent did  
> each of these factors contribute to the current state of pre-war  
> cinema? Can anyone fill me in or recommend some books or writings  
> about these topics? Thanks,
>
> Ken Shima
> UW Japanese Film Association:
> President/Program Director
>
> students.washington.edu/japanflm
>
>
>
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