[KineJapan] VHS Preservation in Japan

[Yuki Nakayama]

Dear Joseph,

This is not for V-cinema specifically, but Film Preservation Society in
tokyo has a program to help save films and video tapes effected by the
tohoku earthquake and they made first aid guidelines text/video for water
damaged vhs tapes that I helped to translate (unfortunately I am not at my
home computer so I don't have the file with me, but if you are interested
email me off list and I will send it to you).

Film Preservation Society may know more about programs for vhs preservation
so you should try contacting them. http://filmpres.org/ (email me offlist
and I can get you in contact with them if you want). Video preservation has
been brought up in conversations I've had with archivists and librarians in
Japan for its absence and how its not on most people's radars.

Sounds like an interesting research project. I am also interested in moving
image preservation in Japan so I would love to know about what you find!

Good luck!
Yuki




On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Markus Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu> wrote:

> I would definitely check out the Ongaku-Eizo Shiryoshitsu of the National
> Diet Library. They started collecting video late, but they have significant
> holdings in VHS. Go with titles of individual works and series. Without
> them, it will be hard to find things because of a strange cataloguing
> system. Let us know what you find!
>
> Markus
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Alex Zahlten <Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Joseph,
>>
>> V-Cinema, despite the name, (what is left of the production/distribution
>> infrastructure) is now issued on DVD. As for the majority of titles that
>> were sold on VHS in the 1990s and early 2000s, they were never transferred
>> to DVD or re-released on DVD. When I last checked (years ago), V-Cinema was
>> practically absent from any institution that collects or preserves VHS
>> formats. It is usually very low on the priority list- mostly it is seen as
>> low-budget trash not worthy of preservation. Adult Video of course has the
>> same issue. I'm not sure how well V-Cine companies like Museum or KSS
>> themselves preserve copies, but I would  not be optimistic.
>>
>> Best,
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>  *Gesendet:* Samstag, 23. November 2013 um 04:18 Uhr
>> *Von:* "Oliver Dew" <olidew at gmail.com>
>> *An:* "Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum" <
>> kinejapan at lists.service.ohio-state.edu>
>> *Betreff:* Re: [KineJapan] VHS Preservation in Japan
>> Hello Joseph
>>
>> Thank you for your interesting question. Regarding the second part of
>> your query, I suppose it depends on what you mean by VHS preservation. I'm
>> not familiar with the Video at Risk program, but just from briefly looking
>> at their website, they discuss ascertaining IP, scope, prioritisation, and
>> reformatting. These are all archival functions, aren't they? You seem to
>> discount archives, but why not include them in your research question? I
>> don't know which archives you've been in touch with. I understand that the
>> National Film Center has been acquiring works on various video formats.
>> Also, not V-Cinema, but the Video Art Center Tokyo has a library of
>> historically significant video works:
>> http://www.vctokyo.org/jp/
>>
>> I'd be really interested to hear what the V-Cinema experts on the list
>> have to say about the first part of your question...
>>
>> Oliver Dew
>>
>>
>> On 19 Nov 2013, at 04:41, Joseph Larsen <larse635 at umn.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am doing research on VHS preservation in the U.S. and Japan and was
>> wondering if there are any known statistics regarding V-Cinema. I am mostly
>> curious if there are V-Cinema titles in danger of disappearing once the VHS
>> medium fades away, so are there a number of titles that were released on
>> VHS that never made it to any other formats?
>> >
>> > Also, are there any groups or institutions in Japan currently doing VHS
>> preservation work like the Video at Risk program at NYU? So far, I have
>> only been able to locate archives for the medium but no active preservation
>> programs.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Joseph Larsen
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