films on minorities in Japan

[Maria Jose Gonzalez]

Yes,rather strange considering the relative popularity of the soundtrack by Akira Ikufube,of Godzilla -and many others- fame...
http://youtu.be/yYQX9uCgUbo



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 From: Schermann Susanne <susanneschermann at yahoo.co.jp>
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012, 13:00
Subject: RE: films on minorities in Japan
 
As Katie wrote, Naruse's "Kotan no kuchibue" is a very interesting film also for Ainu issues, however, if I remember right, it never existed on DVD (or VHS or LD)

Susanne


--- On Mon, 2012/2/6, Catherine Russell <crus at alcor.concordia.ca> wrote:

> Hi Eija,
> There is also Naruse's film Whistling in Kotan, a.k.a A Whistle in My Heart (Kotan no kuchibue), 1959, about the Ainu. I don't know if it's easy to get though.
> Katie
> 
> 
> ______________
> Catherine Russell
> Professor, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
> Editor, Canadian Journal of Film Studies
> Concordia University, Montreal
> http://cinema.concordia.ca/index.php/russell/
> crus at alcor.concordia.ca
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eija Niskanen [mailto:eija.niskanen at gmail.com] 
> Sent: February 4, 2012 4:50 AM
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: films on minorities in Japan
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> can you suggest some easy to get films (for ex. on DVD), either
> documentaries or fiction films, on minorities in Japan. Especially
> films on Ainu and Okinawans are sought. These are to be shown on a
> Linguapax film series at IUC.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eija
> 
> -- 
> Eija Niskanen
> 080-3479-8475
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> Musashino-shi
> Tokyo 180-0004
> 
>
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