Takechi Tetsuji ressurrected?

[J.sharp]

As far as I can make out, despite lengthy appraisals in Western books on
pink cinema, for years Takechi Tetsuji, the late director of Daydream and
Black Snow has gone virtually unrecognised in Japan. Whenever I have
mentioned his name to Japanese critics or figures in the industry, I've been
met with either blank looks or  only the dimmest signs recognition ("Oh,
him...") Recent books on pink film (although whether Takechi is really pink
is a moot point) also seem to excluse him. Its as if he never was.
Or at least, it was. I have just stumbled across a retrospective which took
place at Image Forum last October, which I am wondering if anyone here was
aware of it or even went: see www.takechitetsuji.com

What amazes me is that I always assumed that the key to Takechi's lowly
status in his own country was because there were no prints of his films.
Here it appears that every single one of his ten realised works is not only
available, but new prints have been struck up.

Does anyone know who was responsible for this retrospective, whether this
means we'll see pristine new DVD releases coming soon, and why it is
happening now. I am very curious indeed.

Thanks for your help...

Jasper

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