self-introduction and request

[Faith Bach]

"Nishizumi" was issued on video by Shochiku in 1991 and was once  
handled by Amazon.  It seems to come up very occasionally on Japanese  
auction sites, such as Yahoo, and you may be able to find an old copy  
by searching used video sites, or even by contacting Shochiku  
directly.  The product ASIN number is B00005ILPX.
FB
On May 20, 2009, at 12:40 AM, Mia Webster wrote:

> Name: Mia Webster
> Institutional affiliation or job: Visual researcher for CBC / Radio- 
> Canada (French language Canadian public broadcaster)
> City and country: Montréal, Canada
> Research projects or publications: Currently working on doc on WWII
> Interests with regard to Japanese film and moving image media:
>
> For this current documentary project, I would like to view the  
> following two Japanese films:
> - Chokoreto to heitai (Chocolate and soldiers), directed by Takeshi  
> Sato, first aired in Osaka Nov 30, 1938
> - Nishizumi Senshacho-Den (The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi),  
> directed by Kosaburo Yoshimura, first aired at the Kokusai cinema,  
> Nov 29, 1940
>
> I haven't been able to find them on the web, at Amazon.ca nor  
> Amazon.com, at any of our specialized video stores, at zip.ca...  I  
> contacted the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute in Japon, as well as  
> The Asian Film Archives but they couldn't help.  I searched the  
> websites of the National Film Center of the NMOMA in Tokyo, and NHK  
> but have come up with nothing.  I also contacted the Japanese  
> Canadian Cultural Centre here in Montreal, the Canada-Japan  
> Society, the Japanese consulat of Canada, the Japan Society of New  
> York, the Center for Asian American Media, and the Canadian  
> association of Asiatic Studies, but no-one was able to offer any  
> other suggestions of where I might find these.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thank you, much appreciated,
>
> Mia