From macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Thu Oct 15 07:03:09 2015 From: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk (Roger Macy) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:03:09 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Our Little Sister ~ Umimachi diary References: <1624569869.1151891.1444906989068.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1624569869.1151891.1444906989068.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Dear KineJapaners,Below is a short take on Our Little Sister / Umimachi Diary and is anentirely optional read. Followingfrom its audience prize at San Sebastian and warmreviews at Venice, I caught up with Koreeda?s Our Little Sister atthe London Film Festival.The audience,paying about ?13 (c.$20) a ticket, were chuckling along, almost from theoff.? There were however, a couple ofcircumstances that slightly detached me from the film.? One was that many of the subtitles appearedearly so that I was hearing laughter before the line was delivered.? The other was that I had just spent a journeyreading NAKAGAMI Kenji?s The Cape. Both stories circle aroundrelationships to an absent and now dead father by multiple half-siblings ofdifferent mothers.? But in style theycouldn?t be farther apart..? The more Iread The Cape, the more I admired it but couldn?t imagine a film adaptationthat I wouldn?t viscerally reject.? Themore I watched the beautiful lives in Our Little Sister, the more Ithought I should make a greater effort to appreciate films like MillennialRapture (WAKAMATSU) and The Egoists (HIROKI Ry?ichi), and get pasttheir unlikeable characters. Everyone lefthappily as the end-credits (entirely in english) rolled.? I stayed to catch the translation credit(Linda Hoaglund).? All that were leftwere the three next to me who had been so wrapped up the film that they had entirelyforgotten to eat their popcorn.? I shouldbe grateful for that.? So it was time formy - er, statistically robust - audience survey.? ?So, come on what was so funny about ?I?lltake a bath first.? ? ?? ?It was just theway they argued.? I love Koreeda films.? I?d like tomention two scenes from Our Little Sister to show what I liked and whatI didn?t like.? Both are near the end andboth have only the eldest and youngest sisters.?In the first scene the two sisters climb a hill near Kamakura to watchthe view which their father remembered in Yamagata-ken.? The two sisters embrace.? We get a close-up of one beautiful faceemoting and then reverse to get the other beautiful sister emoting.? Both viewpoints would be from off the groundof the hill-top.? It jammed into me notjust that it was ?notOzu? that we were watching a manga adaptation for Fuji-tv.A scene Iadmired was inside their house.? The shotis continuous, taking in the room and the garden.? Younger sister is making a plum winecocktail.? The first question is, ?Do youwant it sweet or bitter??.? An off-screenvoice says ?Bitter?. The second question was ?Strong or weak??? ?Strong?.?Younger sister also makes a sweet weak drink for herself.? The composition of little things was held.I?d like toimagine, on no evidence (I haven?t seen the manga by YOSHIDA Akimi), thatKoreeda is telling us that he has to make sweet films along with the strong,and that we should be patient. Roger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Joanne On 10/30/15, 8:02 PM, "KineJapan on behalf of kinejapan-request at lists.osu.edu" wrote: >Send KineJapan mailing list submissions to > kinejapan at lists.osu.edu > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailma >n_listinfo_kinejapan&d=BQICAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbO >U&r=MX2bOaCWmu1NypMrWEZKn545D9E2lCigcxxvg4XUwGs&m=1ER49tQZ1JaEpSANeSC-8W8Q >HJQveQ2v2N4QGcDJsqk&s=fHFE2HrBGg5Sl_RqtH7qjD31rXTnYog_D1Tdhe8DREk&e= >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kinejapan-request at lists.osu.edu > >You can reach the person managing the list at > kinejapan-owner at lists.osu.edu > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of KineJapan digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Films about handicapped people? (Michael K. Bourdaghs) > 2. Re: Films about handicapped people? (lucile druet) > 3. Re: Films about handicapped people? (lucile druet) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:06:19 +0000 >From: "Michael K. Bourdaghs" >To: "kinejapan at lists.osu.edu" >Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Dear all: > >I don't think anyone has yet mentioned AIKI (2002), dir. Tengan Daisuke, >about a boxer who ends up paralyzed from the waist down and turns to >aikido for physical and mental recovery. > >Best, >Michael Bourdaghs > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:48:53 +0900 >From: lucile druet >To: Schermann Susanne , Japanese Cinema > Discussion Forum >Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? >Message-ID: > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Hi Susanne, > >Hope your student is well and ready to explore the wide range of Japanese >movies about handicap... > >Maybe somebody else from the list already gave you those references, but >here is my list of movies that might be of interest? > >1. depicting a vagabond-minstrel blind women (or goze ??) > >- Ballad of Orin / ????????(1977) / Dir. Masahiro Shinoda > > >2. depicting a *samurai*-vagabond-minstrel blind women ;-) > >- Ichi / ?? (2008) / Dir. Fumihiko Sori > > >3. a young boy crippled after a car accident who gets a robot to take his >place at school etc? > >- Hinokio / ???? (2005) / Dir. Takahiko Akiyama > > >4. a seinen boy who gets to live in a wheelchair after a bike accident and >finds Aikido as a way to handle his handicap > >- Aiki (2002) / Dir. Daisuke Tengan > > >one last one, although it is a South Korean movie, >I would suggest Oasis (2002) / Dir. Lee Chang Dong, which is about a woman >with cerebral palsy? > > >all the best, > > >Lucile >>^-^< >http://somosomo.co > > > > >2015-10-30 15:09 GMT+09:00 Schermann Susanne >: > >> Dear all, >> >> one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of handicapped >> people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right word?) >>and >> is looking for films. >> The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, >> otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks. >> However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately, I >> could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he >> already knew. >> >> That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome. >> Thank you very much >> >> Susanne Schermann >> >> _______________________________________________ >> KineJapan mailing list >> KineJapan at lists.osu.edu >> >>https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailma >>n_listinfo_kinejapan&d=BQICAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHb >>OU&r=MX2bOaCWmu1NypMrWEZKn545D9E2lCigcxxvg4XUwGs&m=1ER49tQZ1JaEpSANeSC-8W >>8QHJQveQ2v2N4QGcDJsqk&s=fHFE2HrBGg5Sl_RqtH7qjD31rXTnYog_D1Tdhe8DREk&e= >> >> >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >il_kinejapan_attachments_20151031_35c662f8_attachment-2D0001.html&d=BQICAg >&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=MX2bOaCWmu1NypMrWEZKn545D >9E2lCigcxxvg4XUwGs&m=1ER49tQZ1JaEpSANeSC-8W8QHJQveQ2v2N4QGcDJsqk&s=bL4N3EQ >dcPmVD2sbjSy14_czdP9DJBKnb-pQaz7if7U&e= > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:01:57 +0900 >From: lucile druet >To: Schermann Susanne , Japanese Cinema > Discussion Forum >Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? >Message-ID: > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Just stumbled across another reference : >a documentary about cerebral palsy pro-wrestlers. > >Doglegs (2015) / Dir. Heath Cozens > >here is the link : >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__doglegsmovie.com&d=BQI >CAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=MX2bOaCWmu1NypMrWEZKn5 >45D9E2lCigcxxvg4XUwGs&m=1ER49tQZ1JaEpSANeSC-8W8QHJQveQ2v2N4QGcDJsqk&s=o0Yt >42T7-wp5luqIqFUm81ZMjWu6ULbunor5cnSyXYs&e= > >best, > >Lucile >>^-^< >http://somosomo.co > > > >2015-10-31 8:48 GMT+09:00 lucile druet : > >> Hi Susanne, >> >> Hope your student is well and ready to explore the wide range of >>Japanese >> movies about handicap... >> >> Maybe somebody else from the list already gave you those references, but >> here is my list of movies that might be of interest? >> >> 1. depicting a vagabond-minstrel blind women (or goze ??) >> >> - Ballad of Orin / ????????(1977) / Dir. Masahiro Shinoda >> >> >> 2. depicting a *samurai*-vagabond-minstrel blind women ;-) >> >> - Ichi / ?? (2008) / Dir. Fumihiko Sori >> >> >> 3. a young boy crippled after a car accident who gets a robot to take >>his >> place at school etc? >> >> - Hinokio / ???? (2005) / Dir. Takahiko Akiyama >> >> >> 4. a seinen boy who gets to live in a wheelchair after a bike accident >>and >> finds Aikido as a way to handle his handicap >> >> - Aiki (2002) / Dir. Daisuke Tengan >> >> >> one last one, although it is a South Korean movie, >> I would suggest Oasis (2002) / Dir. Lee Chang Dong, which is about a >>woman >> with cerebral palsy? >> >> >> all the best, >> >> >> Lucile >> >^-^< >> >>https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__somosomo.co&d=BQICAg& >>c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=MX2bOaCWmu1NypMrWEZKn545D >>9E2lCigcxxvg4XUwGs&m=1ER49tQZ1JaEpSANeSC-8W8QHJQveQ2v2N4QGcDJsqk&s=j6PoY0 >>HEQOq-2WTMK_44V7ugTlOfJBzBFsMLtmSqtCw&e= >> >> >> >> >> 2015-10-30 15:09 GMT+09:00 Schermann Susanne >>> >: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of >>>handicapped >>> people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right >>>word?) and >>> is looking for films. >>> The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, >>> otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks. >>> However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately, >>>I >>> could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he >>> already knew. >>> >>> That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome. >>> Thank you very much >>> >>> Susanne Schermann >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> KineJapan mailing list >>> KineJapan at lists.osu.edu >>> >>>https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailm >>>an_listinfo_kinejapan&d=BQICAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZh >>>HbOU&r=MX2bOaCWmu1NypMrWEZKn545D9E2lCigcxxvg4XUwGs&m=1ER49tQZ1JaEpSANeSC >>>-8W8QHJQveQ2v2N4QGcDJsqk&s=fHFE2HrBGg5Sl_RqtH7qjD31rXTnYog_D1Tdhe8DREk&e >>>= >>> >>> >> >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >il_kinejapan_attachments_20151031_80bed6b0_attachment.html&d=BQICAg&c=kbmf >wr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=MX2bOaCWmu1NypMrWEZKn545D9E2lCig >cxxvg4XUwGs&m=1ER49tQZ1JaEpSANeSC-8W8QHJQveQ2v2N4QGcDJsqk&s=XSap1tq132JKoF >SEGyxh-VYsMr21HCz8gVXUuEFtTHg&e= > > >------------------------------ > >Subject: Digest Footer > >_______________________________________________ >KineJapan mailing list >KineJapan at lists.osu.edu >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman >_listinfo_kinejapan&d=BQICAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU >&r=MX2bOaCWmu1NypMrWEZKn545D9E2lCigcxxvg4XUwGs&m=1ER49tQZ1JaEpSANeSC-8W8QH >JQveQ2v2N4QGcDJsqk&s=fHFE2HrBGg5Sl_RqtH7qjD31rXTnYog_D1Tdhe8DREk&e= > > >------------------------------ > >End of KineJapan Digest, Vol 41, Issue 14 >***************************************** _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From amnornes at umich.edu Wed Oct 28 22:39:24 2015 From: amnornes at umich.edu (Markus Nornes) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:39:24 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] screening rights for Takamine Go and Hayashi Kaizo films In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: For Takamine, contact Hama Haruka at Yamagata. She's producing his new film, and knows more than anyone about Okinawa film right now. Markus On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Michael Raine wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone know who would currently be able to authorize screenings of > Takamine Go's Paradise View (1985) and Hayashi Kaizo's To Sleep, So As To > Dream (Yumemiru yo ni nemuritai, 1986), and Circus Boys (Nijisseiki shonen > dokuhon, 1989)? > > Apparently the original distributors are no longer around... > > Michael > > Michael Raine, Film Studies > Western University, Canada > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > -- *Markus Nornes* Professor of Asian Cinema, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures Professor of Asian Cinema, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures Professor, School of Art & Design *Department of Screen Arts and Cultures* *6348 North Quad* *105 S. 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The Japan Foundation has a 16mm print, and also I believe of Circus Boys, and the rights have reverted back to Hayashi himself - I tracked him down on Facebook to book the print, but I remember him being fairly hard to pin down.A beautiful film though, which went down really well at our festival, and the 16mm print looked as good as new. bestJasper The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. Starting its North American run at Film Forum New York, Wednesday, September 30 ? Tuesday, October 6 See here for screening dates. The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds out now from Alchimia Publishing. ?An improbably delightful documentary about slime molds.... good-humored but not campy in its regard of some genuinely fascinating research, and full of trippy visuals.", Dennis Harvey, Variety "...one of the year's most original and bizarre documentaries", James Marsh, Twitch. Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:39:24 -0400 From: amnornes at umich.edu To: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [KineJapan] screening rights for Takamine Go and Hayashi Kaizo films For Takamine, contact Hama Haruka at Yamagata. She's producing his new film, and knows more than anyone about Okinawa film right now. Markus On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Michael Raine wrote: Hello, Does anyone know who would currently be able to authorize screenings of Takamine Go's Paradise View (1985) and Hayashi Kaizo's To Sleep, So As To Dream (Yumemiru yo ni nemuritai, 1986), and Circus Boys (Nijisseiki shonen dokuhon, 1989)? Apparently the original distributors are no longer around... Michael Michael Raine, Film Studies Western University, Canada _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -- Markus NornesProfessor of Asian Cinema, Department of Screen Arts and CulturesProfessor of Asian Cinema, Department of Asian Languages and CulturesProfessor, School of Art & Design Department of Screen Arts and Cultures6348 North Quad105 S. 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For going, please register with Karen Severns kjs30 at gol.com http://www.fccj.or.jp/events-calendar/calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2015/11/02/3468/-/sneak-preview-screening-last-knights.html Monday, November 02, 2015, 19:00 - 21:30 A moody, Medieval thriller starring Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen *Sneak Preview Screening: "Last Knights" featuring a Q&A with director Kazuaki Kiriya (Q&A in English) * *Monday, November 2 at 7 pm[image: 11022015 Last Knights 356 copy copy]* *In English with Japanese subtitlesUSA, 2015 115 minutes * Directed by: Kazuaki Kiriya Written by: Michael Konyves, Dove Sussman Produced by: Luci Kim, Kazuaki Kiriya Starring: Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Cliff Curtis, Aksel Hennie, Peyman Moaadi, Ayelet Zurer, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ahn Sung-ki Film courtesy of Kiriya Pictures/ Gaga The number of Japanese directors who have helmed big-budget English-language films featuring Hollywood stars can be counted on just about two fingers - and both of them made J-horror remakes. Enter Kazuaki Kiriya, the ambitious creator of "Casshern" (2004) and "Goemon" (2009). Proving that his penchant for epic historical fantasies can cross borders with relative ease, he has now adapted the legend of the 47 Ronin to the Middle Ages in Europe, focusing his new film on a band of feudal warriors who seek to avenge the loss of their master at the hands of a sadistic minister. Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen play the leads, and Owen is absolutely electrifying. Bartok (Freeman) is the lord of a vassal kingdom, which Commander Raiden (Owen) and his elite soldiers have long protected. For his services and friendship, Bartok names Raiden his heir and gives him a cherished sword. Shortly thereafter, Bartok refuses to pay a bribe to a greedy minister and speaks openly (and eloquently, as only Freeman can) about the corruption of the empire. He is sentenced to death, with Raiden forced to be his executioner. Bartok's estate is divided and the clan disbanded as Raiden nurses his despair with alcohol, falling so low he even sells Bartok's sword for more drink. After a year, Raiden's men and his wife will have nothing more to do with him. Yet the evil minister still suspects the men will attempt to exact vengeance, and orders his trusted warrior, Ito (Ihara), to watch them and ensure his safety. Loyalty, honor and payback are familiar themes in Japanese films, but "Last Knights" doesn't exactly go where it's expected to go, and patient viewers will be amply rewarded. As Slate critic John Darnielle noted of the film: "Once upon a time, filmmakers had the luxury of giving their genre movies time to breathe; you don't see much of that on a big scale any more. I loved this movie, warts and all." 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This premise already sounds a bit problematic to me, but curious about its depiction of queer identity in japan and the reception it will have. http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20151022-00000500-sanspo-ent I would be interested to know if any kineJapan members have seen discussions of this new drama on television or else where. I am especially curious how the morning and wait shows frame this drama and interview the cast. Yuki Nakayama PhD Student Screen Arts and Cultures Department University of Michigan yknkym at umich.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There are many cheap flights to Warsaw from most European countries, so maybe someone will consider a visit - please contact me if you want any informations! :) This year's special Festival guest is Miwa Nishikawa ? director and screenwriter, author of brilliant novels, who started her career as Hirokazu Koreeda's assistant. Considered an heir to the humanistic current of Japanese cinema and to masters such as Yasuhiro Ozu or Mikio Naruse, she puts a special emphasis on the psychological aspects of her characters, looking closely at the ethical choices they make, and showing the intricate net of relationships between truth and lies. Nishikawa is a laureate of many prestigious awards, including The Japanese Academy, Kinema Junpo and Mainichi critics, Blue Ribbon Award, and awards for screenplays and directing at Yokohama Film Festival. 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URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From matteo.boscarol at gmail.com Fri Oct 30 04:01:11 2015 From: matteo.boscarol at gmail.com (matteo boscarol) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:01:11 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? In-Reply-To: <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> References: <116970812.3738285.1443537234615.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> Message-ID: <2B4C7FA4-16E7-44CC-9EBF-ADB233C16D2E@gmail.com> Dear Susanne, At least all the works of Yanagisawa Hisao and those of Sat? Makoto. Matteo Boscarol ????? ???? ??????????? - Torino Film Festival Asia consultant (Onde, Doc) http://www.torinofilmfest.org - Sonatine2010 http://www.sonatine2010.blogspot.jp - Storia(e) del Documentario in Giappone http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com - Screenweek Japan http://blog.screenweek.it/rubrica/sw-japan > On Oct 30, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Schermann Susanne wrote: > > Dear all, > > one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of handicapped people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right word?) and is looking for films. > The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks. > However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately, I could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he already knew. > > That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome. > Thank you very much > > Susanne Schermann > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From jtj at rf7.so-net.ne.jp Fri Oct 30 05:12:32 2015 From: jtj at rf7.so-net.ne.jp (John Junkerman) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:12:32 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? In-Reply-To: <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> References: <116970812.3738285.1443537234615.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> Message-ID: <5D25B432-58C0-4915-9BC0-AAA85FA4CE08@rf7.so-net.ne.jp> Hakoiri musuko no koi (Blindly in Love), dir. Ichii Masahide, which won the DGJ New Directors Award last year and screened at Nippon Connection this year. https://www.facebook.com/hakoirimusuko/?ref=profile Mango to akai kurumaisu (Mango and the Red Wheelchair), dir. Nakakura Shigeo http://akaikurumaisu.com/ On Oct 30, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Schermann Susanne wrote: > Dear all, > > one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of handicapped people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right word?) and is looking for films. > The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks. > However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately, I could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he already knew. > > That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome. > Thank you very much > > Susanne Schermann > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan John Junkerman jtj at rf7.so-net.ne.jp 2-18-6 Ehara-cho Nakano-ku, Tokyo 165-0023 Phone/Fax +813-3951-3963 (in Japan: 03-3951-3963) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Fri Oct 30 05:44:30 2015 From: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk (Roger Macy) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:44:30 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? In-Reply-To: <5D25B432-58C0-4915-9BC0-AAA85FA4CE08@rf7.so-net.ne.jp> References: <5D25B432-58C0-4915-9BC0-AAA85FA4CE08@rf7.so-net.ne.jp> Message-ID: <1543211195.7875584.1446198270760.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Late Bloomer / Osoi hito by SHIBATA G?, 2004, was at the San Sebastian retrospective this year and so is in the book. Blindness is frequently an attribute of one character, particularly in adaptations of older novels, much to the exclusion of other handicaps.Roger From: John Junkerman To: Schermann Susanne ; Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Sent: Friday, 30 October 2015, 9:12 Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? Hakoiri musuko no koi (Blindly in Love), dir. Ichii Masahide, which won the DGJ New Directors Award last year and screened at Nippon Connection this year.https://www.facebook.com/hakoirimusuko/?ref=profile Mango to akai kurumaisu (Mango and the Red Wheelchair), dir. Nakakura Shigeo?http://akaikurumaisu.com/ Dear Susanne,? At least all the works of?Yanagisawa Hisao and those of Sat? Makoto.? Matteo Boscarol ????? ???? On Oct 30, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Schermann Susanne wrote: Dear all, one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of handicapped people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right word?) and is looking for films.The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks.?However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately,?I could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he already knew. That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome.Thank you very much Susanne Schermann _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan John Junkermanjtj at rf7.so-net.ne.jp 2-18-6 Ehara-choNakano-ku, Tokyo 165-0023Phone/Fax +813-3951-3963(in Japan: 03-3951-3963) _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de Fri Oct 30 06:21:45 2015 From: Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de (Alex Zahlten) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:21:45 +0100 Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? In-Reply-To: <1543211195.7875584.1446198270760.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <5D25B432-58C0-4915-9BC0-AAA85FA4CE08@rf7.so-net.ne.jp>, <1543211195.7875584.1446198270760.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From mekerpan2 at gmail.com Fri Oct 30 09:55:00 2015 From: mekerpan2 at gmail.com (Michael Kerpan) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:55:00 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? In-Reply-To: <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> References: <116970812.3738285.1443537234615.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> Message-ID: Kobayashi's Haru no tabi (a wonderful film) features a young heroine with some sort of (unidentified) musculoskeletal impairment that causes her to walk with a very awkward gait. On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 2:09 AM, Schermann Susanne wrote: > Dear all, > > one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of handicapped > people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right word?) and > is looking for films. > The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, > otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks. > However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately, I > could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he > already knew. > > That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome. > Thank you very much > > Susanne Schermann > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From jasper_sharp at hotmail.com Fri Oct 30 10:08:22 2015 From: jasper_sharp at hotmail.com (Jasper Sharp) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:08:22 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? In-Reply-To: References: , <116970812.3738285.1443537234615.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>, <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp>, Message-ID: And of course, looking further back, Shimizu Hiroshi's Shiinomi Gakuen: http://rarefilm.net/shiinomi-gakuen-the-shiinomi-school-1955-hiroshi-shimizu/ The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. Starting its North American run at Film Forum New York, Wednesday, September 30 ? Tuesday, October 6 See here for screening dates. The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds out now from Alchimia Publishing. ?An improbably delightful documentary about slime molds.... good-humored but not campy in its regard of some genuinely fascinating research, and full of trippy visuals.", Dennis Harvey, Variety "...one of the year's most original and bizarre documentaries", James Marsh, Twitch. > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:55:00 -0400 > From: mekerpan2 at gmail.com > To: susanneschermann at yahoo.co.jp; kinejapan at lists.osu.edu > Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? > > Kobayashi's Haru no tabi (a wonderful film) features a young heroine > with some sort of (unidentified) musculoskeletal impairment that > causes her to walk with a very awkward gait. > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 2:09 AM, Schermann Susanne > wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of handicapped > > people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right word?) and > > is looking for films. > > The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, > > otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks. > > However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately, I > > could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he > > already knew. > > > > That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome. > > Thank you very much > > > > Susanne Schermann > > > > _______________________________________________ > > KineJapan mailing list > > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From mito at ku.edu Fri Oct 30 11:51:42 2015 From: mito at ku.edu (Ito, Michiko) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:51:42 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? In-Reply-To: <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> References: <116970812.3738285.1443537234615.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> Message-ID: <6d36e7ff931d4bd997fad4fd9d63272c@ex13-ell-cr-12.home.ku.edu> Wakamatsu Koji's Caterpillar. www.amazon.com/dp/B0063E00FC/ Michiko Ito Japanese Studies Librarian East Asian Library University of Kansas Libraries 1425 Jayhawk Blvd. Lawrence, KS 66045-7544 TEL: (785) 864-4669 FAX: (785) 864-3850 From: KineJapan [mailto:kinejapan-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Schermann Susanne Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 1:09 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? Dear all, one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of handicapped people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right word?) and is looking for films. The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks. However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately, I could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he already knew. That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome. Thank you very much Susanne Schermann -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From r-ophuls at sophia.ac.jp Fri Oct 30 02:47:01 2015 From: r-ophuls at sophia.ac.jp (Reinold Ophuels) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:47:01 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? In-Reply-To: <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> References: <116970812.3738285.1443537234615.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> Message-ID: <73DB44E7-FD08-452B-AAC0-7462F52D646F@sophia.ac.jp> Dear Susanne, you surely know Itami Juzo?s ?Shizuka na seikatsu" ????? ?1995?)? The film ?Ashita no kioku? with Watanabe Ken (director: Tsutsumi Yukihioto, ? ?????? ????)) deals with the problem of Alzheimer in the case of a middle-aged salaryman. Best wishes, Reinold > 2015/10/30 15:09?Schermann Susanne ????? > > Dear all, > > one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of handicapped people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right word?) and is looking for films. > The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks. > However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately, I could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he already knew. > > That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome. > Thank you very much > > Susanne Schermann > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan Prof. Dr. Reinold Oph?ls-Kashima Sophia-University, Department of German Language and Studies Tel.: 03-3238-3938 e-mail: r-ophuls at sophia.ac.jp Homepage: http://pweb.cc.sophia.ac.jp/i-ophuls/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From mbourdaghs at uchicago.edu Fri Oct 30 12:06:19 2015 From: mbourdaghs at uchicago.edu (Michael K. Bourdaghs) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:06:19 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? Message-ID: Dear all: I don't think anyone has yet mentioned AIKI (2002), dir. Tengan Daisuke, about a boxer who ends up paralyzed from the waist down and turns to aikido for physical and mental recovery. Best, Michael Bourdaghs _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From lucile.druet at gmail.com Fri Oct 30 19:48:53 2015 From: lucile.druet at gmail.com (lucile druet) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:48:53 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Films about handicapped people? In-Reply-To: <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> References: <116970812.3738285.1443537234615.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <679983.55656.qm@web102019.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> Message-ID: Hi Susanne, Hope your student is well and ready to explore the wide range of Japanese movies about handicap... Maybe somebody else from the list already gave you those references, but here is my list of movies that might be of interest? 1. depicting a vagabond-minstrel blind women (or goze ??) - Ballad of Orin / ????????(1977) / Dir. Masahiro Shinoda 2. depicting a *samurai*-vagabond-minstrel blind women ;-) - Ichi / ?? (2008) / Dir. Fumihiko Sori 3. a young boy crippled after a car accident who gets a robot to take his place at school etc? - Hinokio / ???? (2005) / Dir. Takahiko Akiyama 4. a seinen boy who gets to live in a wheelchair after a bike accident and finds Aikido as a way to handle his handicap - Aiki (2002) / Dir. Daisuke Tengan one last one, although it is a South Korean movie, I would suggest Oasis (2002) / Dir. Lee Chang Dong, which is about a woman with cerebral palsy? all the best, Lucile >^-^< http://somosomo.co 2015-10-30 15:09 GMT+09:00 Schermann Susanne : > Dear all, > > one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of handicapped > people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right word?) and > is looking for films. > The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, > otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks. > However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately, I > could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he > already knew. > > That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome. > Thank you very much > > Susanne Schermann > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Heath Cozens here is the link : http://doglegsmovie.com best, Lucile >^-^< http://somosomo.co 2015-10-31 8:48 GMT+09:00 lucile druet : > Hi Susanne, > > Hope your student is well and ready to explore the wide range of Japanese > movies about handicap... > > Maybe somebody else from the list already gave you those references, but > here is my list of movies that might be of interest? > > 1. depicting a vagabond-minstrel blind women (or goze ??) > > - Ballad of Orin / ????????(1977) / Dir. Masahiro Shinoda > > > 2. depicting a *samurai*-vagabond-minstrel blind women ;-) > > - Ichi / ?? (2008) / Dir. Fumihiko Sori > > > 3. a young boy crippled after a car accident who gets a robot to take his > place at school etc? > > - Hinokio / ???? (2005) / Dir. Takahiko Akiyama > > > 4. a seinen boy who gets to live in a wheelchair after a bike accident and > finds Aikido as a way to handle his handicap > > - Aiki (2002) / Dir. Daisuke Tengan > > > one last one, although it is a South Korean movie, > I would suggest Oasis (2002) / Dir. Lee Chang Dong, which is about a woman > with cerebral palsy? > > > all the best, > > > Lucile > >^-^< > http://somosomo.co > > > > > 2015-10-30 15:09 GMT+09:00 Schermann Susanne >: > >> Dear all, >> >> one of my students wants to know more about the depiction of handicapped >> people in Japanese film (or is "physically challenged" the right word?) and >> is looking for films. >> The student is not in graduate class, and he is handicapped himself, >> otherwise I would only send him to the library for a couple of weeks. >> However, in this special case, I want to help him more. Unfortunately, I >> could only give him some advice, Yamanaka Sadao or Zatoichi, films he >> already knew. >> >> That is why I turn to our list for help: any help is welcome. >> Thank you very much >> >> Susanne Schermann >> >> _______________________________________________ >> KineJapan mailing list >> KineJapan at lists.osu.edu >> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan