Film schools

[Aaron Gerow]

The number of four-year universities with filmmaking programs has  
been increasing with prominent ones including:

Nihon University (Geijutsu Gakubu)

Ritsumeikan University (Eizo Gakubu): http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/eizo/

Rikkyo University (Gendai Shinri Gakubu): http://cp.rikkyo.ac.jp/ 
index.php
An odd place to put filmmaking, but Shinozaki Makoto and Manda  
Kunitoshi are professors here.


Many of the arts universities around the country have filmmaking  
programs:

Tokyo University of the Arts
Has the only masters program in filmmaking at a national university.  
The professors there are Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Kitano Takeshi: http:// 
www.geidai.ac.jp/film/index.html

Osakai Geijutsu Daigaku: http://www.osaka-geidai.ac.jp/geidai/gakka/ 
eizo/index.html
This has produced recent filmmakers like Yamashita Nobuhiro, Kumakiri  
Kazuyoshi, and Hashiguchi Ryosuke.

Tama Bijutsu Daigaku
Especially strong in experimental film with instructors like Hagiwara  
Sakumi, Hoshino Akira, etc.

Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku
Also strong in experimental film with teachers like Kurosawa Keita, etc.


Then there are a number of private film academies, two of which are  
worth noting:

The Film School of Tokyo: http://www.eigabigakkou.com/
Instructors there include Aoyama Shinji, Shiota Akihiko, Zeze  
Takahisa, etc.

Image Forum Eizo Kenkyujo: http://www.imageforum.co.jp/school/
Focuses on experimental film.

Again, there are many more, but that should be a start.


Aaron Gerow
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Program
Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
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