From fujiokasako at gmail.com Fri Apr 1 03:24:18 2016 From: fujiokasako at gmail.com (Fujioka Asako) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 16:24:18 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Zen and Bones (new documentary) Message-ID: <006d01d18be7$8295d9e0$87c18da0$@com> Dear Kinejapaners, Announcing the North American premiere screenings of ZEN AND BONES????????????? Japan / 2016 /126 min / in English and Japanese with director Takayuki Nakamura and Gretchen Mittwer in attendance / special thanks to Duncan Williams and CJRC ZEN AND BONES is a kaleidoscopic portrait of an unconventional 93-year-old Japanese-American Zen monk, his dramatic history and turbulent family life. Fiction and animation add to tell fascinating stories about his childhood in Yokohama, his wartime in the U.S. Nikkei camps, as a 1960s American dad-turned-Zen monk, and his lifelong passion for movies. This is director Takayuki Nakamura's second feature after YOKOHAMA MARY (2005). The 32nd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.asianfilmfestla.org_&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=bH7hoXLUDFTQGARNV2ca3BgWSke_F8vLrscg9RyH4u8&s=_qiZiiTGxXzza7BE_ENKtQESC0wDhDinoqLZYbn08YU&e= WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016, 6:30 PM Downtown Independent For tickets: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__laapff.festpro.com_films_detail_zen-5Fand-5Fbones-5F2016&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=bH7hoXLUDFTQGARNV2ca3BgWSke_F8vLrscg9RyH4u8&s=Zxwuutx5WLNrgj5N-ppiTfTH_g5lpghTrWsL_LqjIIM&e= Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture at USC http://dornsife.usc.edu/events/site/192/638030/ FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 7:00 PM Leavey Library Auditorium University of Southern California, University Park Campus Admission free / please RSVP see website At his seasoned age, Henry should be living his remaining days in peace in his Kyoto temple residence. But his passion and dream is to make a movie. For years, he has been pitching his project Red Shoes to Kyoto movie studios and financiers. Apparently, the Buddhist search for nothingness does not interfere with this obsession of his. Born in 1918 in Yokohama to an American father who ran United Artists? Far East Office and a former geisha, Henry grew up in Japan. At 22, he travels to America by ship to search for his father. Soon World War II breaks out and he is detained in concentration camps for enemy Japanese. He marries Sachiko and has three children, two born in the camps. In 1961, he returns to Japan and becomes a Zen Buddhist monk and emissary for the Urasenke Tradition of Tea. Henry falls ill in 2012 and is admitted to the hospital. The documentary crew continues to film, uncovering evidence and gathering testimonies about his extraordinary past from movie moguls, U.S. government files, and interviews with Zen masters. The truth behind Henry?s obsession for filmmaking slowly takes shape. Meanwhile, actors play out Henry?s life as a young man, and an animated version of Henry?s dream film comes true. Director / Takayuki Nakamura ???? Born in 1975, Nakamura?s home town is Yokohama. He started his career in 1997 as an assistant director at Shochiku?s Ofuna studios. From 1999 to 2001, he studied at the Beijing Film Academy majoring in film performing arts and documentary theory. After returning to Japan, he worked under Chinese filmmaker Li Ying on feature documentaries Dream Cuisine (co-pro with NHK) and the controversial Yasukuni. He has worked extensively in TV documentary and corporate films. Yokohama Mary (2005), awarded over 11 film prizes in Japan, was his theatrical debut film as director. It was released in over 50 cinemas nationwide and grossed over 1 million dollars. He currently teaches at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. Zen and Bones is his second feature. ++++++ Asako Fujioka Associate Producer ZEN AND BONES / a film by Takayuki Nakamura zenandbones01 at gmail.com _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=bH7hoXLUDFTQGARNV2ca3BgWSke_F8vLrscg9RyH4u8&s=q0hFN0YMejBTax-fV8ry4YcsBsmrfh8m1nPShaI14uQ&e= From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Mon Apr 25 16:48:26 2016 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Earl Jackson via KineJapan) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 04:48:26 +0800 Subject: [KineJapan] Ryoki in Ozu's film (Kukhee Choo) Message-ID: Dear Kukhee The translation of title for ???? ?? into Japanese as ?????? is an interesting cross-cultural note. 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You can find many adaptations in a site like this. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ja.wikipedia.org_wiki_Category-3A-25E6-25B1-259F-25E6-2588-25B8-25E5-25B7-259D-25E4-25B9-25B1&d=CwIFAw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=OYFJdGH9RMRz08LhLP5IMzBOmr-y9hVRWq7Ms1wKNmk&s=Q46n7ZkTHPpnbnyD7SFV4PMnjBVvjbmXkkQJiFBtzpI&e= %E6%AD%A9%E5%8E%9F%E4%BD%9C%E3%81%AE%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81 Best regards, Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano On 4/23/16, 12:00, "kinejapan-bounces+mwadamar=gmail.com at lists.osu.edu 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_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIFAw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=OYFJdGH9RMRz08LhLP5IMzBOmr-y9hVRWq7Ms1wKNmk&s=b_iGa-MO2iyMg_5N2DPZUI_wOvgxk7bQztL3JGnC7kw&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. Ryoki in Ozu's film (Kukhee Choo) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:21:12 +0000 >From: Kukhee Choo >To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum >Subject: [KineJapan] Ryoki in Ozu's film >Message-ID: > ok.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hi all, > > >I have a question about how the term "ryoki" is adopted in Ozu's film >Where now are the dreams of youth? (Seishun no yume ima izuko, 1932). >There's a scene where the male protagonist Tetsuo tries to repulse a Moga >female who's interested in him, but instead of getting turned off, she >becomes more attracted to him and says "ryokiteki de iiwa." > > >Considering that the literal term of ryoki means grotesque bizarre acts >of violence, but with Miriam Silverberg's Ero Guro Nansensu in mind, I >was wondering whether there are any other film examples where the term >ryoki is utilized in such a manner? > > >Thank you! > > >K Choo > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >tachment-0001.html> > >------------------------------ > >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=CwIFAw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=OYFJdGH9RMRz08LhLP5IMzBOmr-y9hVRWq7Ms1wKNmk&s=b_iGa-MO2iyMg_5N2DPZUI_wOvgxk7bQztL3JGnC7kw&e= > > >------------------------------ > >End of KineJapan Digest, Vol 47, Issue 18 >***************************************** _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIFAw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=OYFJdGH9RMRz08LhLP5IMzBOmr-y9hVRWq7Ms1wKNmk&s=b_iGa-MO2iyMg_5N2DPZUI_wOvgxk7bQztL3JGnC7kw&e= From fujiokasako at gmail.com Fri Apr 1 03:55:04 2016 From: fujiokasako at gmail.com (Fujioka Asako) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 16:55:04 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Zen and Bones (new documentary) Message-ID: <000001d18beb$cef1e5f0$6cd5b1d0$@com> Dear Lorenzo, Thanks for your interest. DVD and online release would be coming up after the Japanese theatrical release (much later this year). This version is just brand new. The LA screenings are mainly a thank you to the friends, family, and community that helped this film be made. The trailer will be available in a week. Asako Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2016 07:38:13 +0000 From: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Zen and Bones (new documentary) Message-ID: <1459496293736-f1557f71-0ea4eb9d-64dd3b48 at mixmax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Looks great! There will be a DVD, Bluray or online commercial release? Best, Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Profesor Titular / Professor Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Despacho 22, Edificio Departamental Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada (Madrid, Spain) lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es 34-657565507 El vie., 1 abr. 2016 a las 9:24, Fujioka Asako () escribi?: Dear Kinejapaners, Announcing the North American premiere screenings of ZEN AND BONES???????? ???? Japan / 2016 /126 min / in English and Japanese with director Takayuki Nakamura and Gretchen Mittwer in attendance / special thanks to Duncan Williams and CJRC ZEN AND BONES is a kaleidoscopic portrait of an unconventional 93-year-old Japanese-American Zen monk, his dramatic history and turbulent family life. Fiction and animation add to tell fascinating stories about his childhood in Yokohama, his wartime in the U.S. Nikkei camps, as a 1960s American dad-turned-Zen monk, and his lifelong passion for movies. This is director Takayuki Nakamura's second feature after YOKOHAMA MARY (2005). The 32nd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.asianfilmfestla.org&d=CwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=Bmz5xP-zMt_-1AgxsQXZibt7yEzvvLjnm1aCCUdzWss&s=BkJMic4_RnvL7rvbLw171nj2XXaf2qLUhuPkLrFyWsE&e= / WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016, 6:30 PM Downtown Independent For tickets: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__laapff.festpro.com_film&d=CwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=Bmz5xP-zMt_-1AgxsQXZibt7yEzvvLjnm1aCCUdzWss&s=4W_NqpuBZt59N-SxURMrxWfOqHrU3Yuf4K5l7NebQO8&e= s/detail/zen_and_bones_2016 Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture at USC http://dornsife.usc.edu/events /site/192/638030/ FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 7:00 PM Leavey Library Auditorium University of Southern California, University Park Campus Admission free / please RSVP see website At his seasoned age, Henry should be living his remaining days in peace in his Kyoto temple residence. But his passion and dream is to make a movie. For years, he has been pitching his project Red Shoes to Kyoto movie studios and financiers. Apparently, the Buddhist search for nothingness does not interfere with this obsession of his. Born in 1918 in Yokohama to an American father who ran United Artists? Far East Office and a former geisha, Henry grew up in Japan. At 22, he travels to America by ship to search for his father. Soon World War II breaks out and he is detained in concentration camps for enemy Japanese. He marries Sachiko and has three children, two born in the camps. In 1961, he returns to Japan and becomes a Zen Buddhist monk and emissary for the Urasenke Tradition of Tea. Henry falls ill in 2012 and is admitted to the hospital. The documentary crew continues to film, uncovering evidence and gathering testimonies about his extraordinary past from movie moguls, U.S. government files, and interviews with Zen masters. The truth behind Henry?s obsession for filmmaking slowly takes shape. Meanwhile, actors play out Henry?s life as a young man, and an animated version of Henry?s dream film comes true. Director / Takayuki Nakamura ???? Born in 1975, Nakamura?s home town is Yokohama. He started his career in 1997 as an assistant director at Shochiku?s Ofuna studios. From 1999 to 2001, he studied at the Beijing Film Academy majoring in film performing arts and documentary theory. After returning to Japan, he worked under Chinese filmmaker Li Ying on feature documentaries Dream Cuisine (co-pro with NHK) and the controversial Yasukuni. He has worked extensively in TV documentary and corporate films. Yokohama Mary (2005), awarded over 11 film prizes in Japan, was his theatrical debut film as director. It was released in over 50 cinemas nationwide and grossed over 1 million dollars. He currently teaches at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. 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Agano was followed by a very interesting talk by Yamane Sadao, about the "cinematic" quality of the the movie (editing and construction) and about Sato as a documentary philosopher. Yamane shared also some memories of his trip with Sato at the Doc's Kingdom seminar in Portugal in 2002. Self and Others was followed by a discussion between Yamane hilmself, the editor of the Sato's book and other film people. I own the DVDs, but seeing the movies screened in 16mm, especially Agano, was a bless. The retro kicked off today and will last 4 more days till May 3rd. If you're in Kansai and you're free during the GW, don't miss it. Matteo Boscarol ????? ???? ??????????? - LuccaFilmFestival Asia and Japan Correspondent https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__luccafilmfestival.it&d=CwIFJg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=RZXEFz_GT5hNte-FxRvvETUBTO5clWyk8kJ_dLFg0Ls&s=dXxWIu2Q1_1jJj8yZ4Ot9WW2mJUFyb4spvAsf8jmC3g&e= - Sonatine2010 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sonatine2010.blogspot.jp&d=CwIFJg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=RZXEFz_GT5hNte-FxRvvETUBTO5clWyk8kJ_dLFg0Ls&s=s9UCe-29WJlBdOA9t2GhhACKgUDHnf7XVvS3C6k1eVc&e= - Storia(e) del Documentario in Giappone https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com&d=CwIFJg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=RZXEFz_GT5hNte-FxRvvETUBTO5clWyk8kJ_dLFg0Ls&s=P9ScyI92cBtjxQEdbnoNHhQ1CFOle9patiCVOcx0KwM&e= - Screenweek Japan > On Mar 27, 2016, at 1:43 AM, Markus Nornes wrote: > > There is a new book on Sato Makoto (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__satoyamasha.com_-3Fp-3D777&d=CwIFJg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=RZXEFz_GT5hNte-FxRvvETUBTO5clWyk8kJ_dLFg0Ls&s=P9Ie-CccD280ESq-nGJsUKKDxBrm93lE-yOob6JJyTo&e= ), and a retrospective in Tokyo kicked off the publication this weekend. There were many interesting speakers, like Funahashi Atsushi, Soda Kazuhiro, Kobayashi Shigeru, and others. Did anyone go? And if so, any thoughts? > > I heard it was packed. This is interesting, because last year Hara Kazuo's Cinema Juku was embarrassingly empty. The contrast is interesting, and I wonder what it signals.... > > Markus > > > > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIFJg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=RZXEFz_GT5hNte-FxRvvETUBTO5clWyk8kJ_dLFg0Ls&s=HFBlxm5bC_KAbyBfo6Ux8LGXvqXGC98r5uBNc-wEg98&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=RZXEFz_GT5hNte-FxRvvETUBTO5clWyk8kJ_dLFg0Ls&s=HFBlxm5bC_KAbyBfo6Ux8LGXvqXGC98r5uBNc-wEg98&e= From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Fri Apr 29 09:41:07 2016 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (A. M. Nornes via KineJapan) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:41:07 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] Sato Makoto Retrospective In-Reply-To: <92CBDF38-DA43-49D5-9ED7-E13DC4261212@gmail.com> References: <11C5EA6F-B2D7-4D84-9A89-1E505E0FC98A@umich.edu> <92CBDF38-DA43-49D5-9ED7-E13DC4261212@gmail.com> Message-ID: <616B0326-E2A5-4CB8-94C6-B0E5232B47FB@umich.edu> In what way did they talk about Sato as a philosopher? Did it concentrate on his writing? Teaching? Public speaking? Filmmaking? Did they claim it had an influence on Japanese documentary? Did they periodize it? I haven't cracked the book yet, but the use of "fuzai" suggests they are thinking of his career in two parts ? "fuzai" is clearly referring to his last couple films. I'd love to learn more if you can remember. Markus Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2016, at 6:03 AM, matteo boscarol via KineJapan wrote: > > > I was at the first day of the Sato Makoto retrospective in Kobe today, Living on River Agano and Self and Others were screened, The Kobe Planet Film Archive is a small place, but it was packed. Agano was followed by a very interesting talk by Yamane Sadao, about the "cinematic" quality of the the movie (editing and construction) and about Sato as a documentary philosopher. Yamane shared also some memories of his trip with Sato at the Doc's Kingdom seminar in Portugal in 2002. Self and Others was followed by a discussion between Yamane hilmself, the editor of the Sato's book and other film people. I own the DVDs, but seeing the movies screened in 16mm, especially Agano, was a bless. The retro kicked off today and will last 4 more days till May 3rd. If you're in Kansai and you're free during the GW, don't miss it. > > > Matteo Boscarol > ????? ???? > ??????????? > - LuccaFilmFestival > Asia and Japan Correspondent > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__luccafilmfestival.it&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=23QkMEL4HPYQsgdRXekDArSZ_hmtb2RjgSJq64y_lTw&s=izqnO2_2Mlk3ZBptLvdw2HvYfN85kv7ahsUhA9Bw2Cc&e= > - Sonatine2010 > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sonatine2010.blogspot.jp&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=23QkMEL4HPYQsgdRXekDArSZ_hmtb2RjgSJq64y_lTw&s=qk4fkzGgOQn4t8FKW-TIxQ6IFx-avdWBUXxlzz4kkwc&e= > - Storia(e) del Documentario in Giappone > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=23QkMEL4HPYQsgdRXekDArSZ_hmtb2RjgSJq64y_lTw&s=mxG-XgrmpfmFDD7y0-41HcZqWxQ_HHBHP4VWoKwij-A&e= > - Screenweek Japan > >> On Mar 27, 2016, at 1:43 AM, Markus Nornes wrote: >> >> There is a new book on Sato Makoto (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__satoyamasha.com_-3Fp-3D777&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=23QkMEL4HPYQsgdRXekDArSZ_hmtb2RjgSJq64y_lTw&s=rQWDs1XA0HNPJ23wZfYBvJ_GofpvwfikEkfbluKOHuc&e= ), and a retrospective in Tokyo kicked off the publication this weekend. There were many interesting speakers, like Funahashi Atsushi, Soda Kazuhiro, Kobayashi Shigeru, and others. Did anyone go? And if so, any thoughts? >> >> I heard it was packed. This is interesting, because last year Hara Kazuo's Cinema Juku was embarrassingly empty. The contrast is interesting, and I wonder what it signals.... >> >> Markus >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________________ >> KineJapan mailing list >> KineJapan at lists.osu.edu >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=23QkMEL4HPYQsgdRXekDArSZ_hmtb2RjgSJq64y_lTw&s=WV7mR66Qt8LEzSQE7OKZSrHdQk0biej03_af1vow6CI&e= > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=23QkMEL4HPYQsgdRXekDArSZ_hmtb2RjgSJq64y_lTw&s=WV7mR66Qt8LEzSQE7OKZSrHdQk0biej03_af1vow6CI&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=23QkMEL4HPYQsgdRXekDArSZ_hmtb2RjgSJq64y_lTw&s=WV7mR66Qt8LEzSQE7OKZSrHdQk0biej03_af1vow6CI&e= From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Fri Apr 29 11:33:41 2016 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (matteo boscarol via KineJapan) Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:33:41 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Sato Makoto Retrospective In-Reply-To: <616B0326-E2A5-4CB8-94C6-B0E5232B47FB@umich.edu> References: <11C5EA6F-B2D7-4D84-9A89-1E505E0FC98A@umich.edu> <92CBDF38-DA43-49D5-9ED7-E13DC4261212@gmail.com> <616B0326-E2A5-4CB8-94C6-B0E5232B47FB@umich.edu> Message-ID: <6D4239BF-4B20-4FE7-A6E8-E99421DB9989@gmail.com> Sato as a philosopher: it was briefly threw into the discussion by Yamane and the lady who edited the book, she couldn't really articulate too much (there was no time) but Yamane definitely shifted the conversation towards Sato's writings, he said he was a very committed writer with a mind set for writing about philosophical concepts (I'm paraphrasing). The was no mention of Sato's direct influence on Japanese documentary, just the name of Kobayashi (as a director) surfaced to the conversation a couple of times, although there was a long part about editing, a very interesting topic that helped sheding light on his idea of movie making, the (movie) creating process happens always together with the other(s): editor, cameraman, etc. ??, the other, was a concept that was used a lot in the discussion. Also another topic touched was the way Sato used to approach documentary and cinema in general, that is like an open project, without any particular agenda in mind. There was a nice camparison between his way of making movies and when he used to bike in the mountains with his daughter (the story is also in the book I think): they started without goal and basically when they were lost, they tried to made their way back together. They didn't periodize, but I agree with you and probably it's also in the book that the last three works (Self and Others, Memories of Agano and the movie on Said) are a trace and a consequence of a shift in his aesthetics, more experimental and elliptical, insistence on landscapes (almost a return to the fukei-ron), on absence (this was also mentioned by Yamane) and on memories and images as phantasmic phenomena. I'm biased, I can relate very much to his works and I could watch them on a loop, but I think a figure like Sato and his eccentric position in Japanese documentary, is very missed in contemporary Japanese cinema, and it's a pity that there's basically nothing written on him outside of Japan. Best Matteo Boscarol ????? ???? ??????????? - LuccaFilmFestival Asia and Japan Correspondent https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__luccafilmfestival.it&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=CBW4AOCuB1dIJEYnNjl_qDctzNy0FenfSeTCal9bMEE&s=4U_NHK0pQ0FyY8yGjE3dTejv2ABXKaBZUmgrSHQSWUA&e= - Sonatine2010 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sonatine2010.blogspot.jp&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=CBW4AOCuB1dIJEYnNjl_qDctzNy0FenfSeTCal9bMEE&s=KULOpJHSymSsU2Kz7MbvNGCQnayLzbsXXGgQfxSE_g8&e= - Storia(e) del Documentario in Giappone https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=CBW4AOCuB1dIJEYnNjl_qDctzNy0FenfSeTCal9bMEE&s=6kEJXugTT8jtLTcBY2E0QmLHOC_To2754A6LQISfcS4&e= - Screenweek Japan > On Apr 29, 2016, at 10:41 PM, amnornes at umich.edu wrote: > > In what way did they talk about Sato as a philosopher? Did it concentrate on his writing? Teaching? Public speaking? Filmmaking? > > Did they claim it had an influence on Japanese documentary? > > Did they periodize it? I haven't cracked the book yet, but the use of "fuzai" suggests they are thinking of his career in two parts ? "fuzai" is clearly referring to his last couple films. > > I'd love to learn more if you can remember. > > Markus > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 29, 2016, at 6:03 AM, matteo boscarol via KineJapan wrote: >> >> >> I was at the first day of the Sato Makoto retrospective in Kobe today, Living on River Agano and Self and Others were screened, The Kobe Planet Film Archive is a small place, but it was packed. Agano was followed by a very interesting talk by Yamane Sadao, about the "cinematic" quality of the the movie (editing and construction) and about Sato as a documentary philosopher. Yamane shared also some memories of his trip with Sato at the Doc's Kingdom seminar in Portugal in 2002. Self and Others was followed by a discussion between Yamane hilmself, the editor of the Sato's book and other film people. I own the DVDs, but seeing the movies screened in 16mm, especially Agano, was a bless. The retro kicked off today and will last 4 more days till May 3rd. If you're in Kansai and you're free during the GW, don't miss it. >> >> >> Matteo Boscarol >> ????? ???? >> ??????????? >> - LuccaFilmFestival >> Asia and Japan Correspondent >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__luccafilmfestival.it&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=CBW4AOCuB1dIJEYnNjl_qDctzNy0FenfSeTCal9bMEE&s=4U_NHK0pQ0FyY8yGjE3dTejv2ABXKaBZUmgrSHQSWUA&e= >> - Sonatine2010 >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sonatine2010.blogspot.jp&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=CBW4AOCuB1dIJEYnNjl_qDctzNy0FenfSeTCal9bMEE&s=KULOpJHSymSsU2Kz7MbvNGCQnayLzbsXXGgQfxSE_g8&e= >> - Storia(e) del Documentario in Giappone >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=CBW4AOCuB1dIJEYnNjl_qDctzNy0FenfSeTCal9bMEE&s=6kEJXugTT8jtLTcBY2E0QmLHOC_To2754A6LQISfcS4&e= >> - Screenweek Japan >> >>> On Mar 27, 2016, at 1:43 AM, Markus Nornes wrote: >>> >>> There is a new book on Sato Makoto (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__satoyamasha.com_-3Fp-3D777&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=CBW4AOCuB1dIJEYnNjl_qDctzNy0FenfSeTCal9bMEE&s=TDXYZpk-Lfw-aIXRdjAerfNq6lw0tzv9LxbvrrvsfYg&e= ), and a retrospective in Tokyo kicked off the publication this weekend. There were many interesting speakers, like Funahashi Atsushi, Soda Kazuhiro, Kobayashi Shigeru, and others. Did anyone go? And if so, any thoughts? >>> >>> I heard it was packed. This is interesting, because last year Hara Kazuo's Cinema Juku was embarrassingly empty. 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The film is actually called "hito mo arukeba" - which of course refers to the saying, "inu mo arukeba, boo ni ataru." best ej Earl Jackson Professor National Chiao Tung University Associate Professor, Emeritus University of California, Santa Cruz Co-Director Trans-Asia Screen Cultures Institute -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I have looked at the "official" scenario > published by the studio and the scenario published in the Eureka special > issue on Kawashima Yuzo. Neither of them include the text of this > voiceover. Would anyone know where i might find this printed? 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It's a "documentary on Japanese counterculture in the sixties, featuring interviews with revolutionary filmmakers Koji Wakamatsu and Toshio Matsumoto, as well as artist Tadanori Yokoo and renowned film critic Donald Richie". Directed by Shane O?Sullivan in 2002, a shorter version of the movie was included in the Children of the Revolution's DVD released by the same label and directed by O'Sullivan himself. Here's the link: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__youtu.be_fUi2eGEr3oo&d=CwIFJg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=LkOQIEDvwSs_OZBYj6faITix84-tNPrSMOiLZeW6X8E&s=0dsGSTqFr6u10UcXSj_yLNIWUcifW5kw36S2p0hX46A&e= Regards Matteo Boscarol ????? ???? ??????????? - LuccaFilmFestival Asia and Japan Correspondent https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__luccafilmfestival.it&d=CwIFJg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=LkOQIEDvwSs_OZBYj6faITix84-tNPrSMOiLZeW6X8E&s=IVa_77KWDwInZh2yzo_2HbuwIPYijVEfaDEefJbhjgU&e= - Sonatine2010 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sonatine2010.blogspot.jp&d=CwIFJg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=LkOQIEDvwSs_OZBYj6faITix84-tNPrSMOiLZeW6X8E&s=j5OWukYunktscay7q3yQri8gy2_MGTAI8hAle___Tfg&e= - Storia(e) del Documentario in Giappone https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com&d=CwIFJg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=LkOQIEDvwSs_OZBYj6faITix84-tNPrSMOiLZeW6X8E&s=0STZOUNVYGtShrIjRLGeu7h8nLnHDDQIEcC16BW_3ho&e= - Screenweek Japan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That?s part of the Japanese culture, they never have strong characters. [1] This seems fairly offensive, and also makes the director seem like an incredibly poor choice for working on this material (not that a Hollywood remake of Akira sounds promising to begin with). Luckily, it looks like Collett-Serra is not going to be working on Akira, but I'm curious if anyone knows what he's talking about? Is it total nonsense, or has Mr. Collett-Serra captured something essential about Japanese film/literature that has until now escaped me? Are the characters in Akira (or Japanese films/literature in general) any flatter than, say, Hollywood? 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URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=XeFyXG_vlGAkaZP2mLAjmUHedFIzOo4atrqEXBMlOp4&s=kWX952am_1wwXYZgcpqGzzYQpiLA9ldpkvXaXOzPAMs&e= From jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk Thu Apr 14 14:41:23 2016 From: jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk (Jim Harper) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:41:23 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Akira remake and flat characters in Japanese films References: <1263286039.1032606.1460659283743.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1263286039.1032606.1460659283743.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> My verdict: Akira, yes. Japanese culture, an enormous 'no'. As popular as it is, I've never found Akira to be particularly entertaining, partly because of the characters. However, that's hardly a failing specific to Japanese cinema etc, and it's definitely not a Japanese cultural issue. It sounds more like an assertion based on certain other equally spurious notions about the so-called Japanese national character. At best, it's probably the result of a failure to recognise the difference between strong characters and aggressive characters, although personally I suspect it's more a case of cultural stereotyping, as above. Jim Harper. On Thu, 14/4/16, Jun-Dai Bates-Kobashigawa wrote: Subject: [KineJapan] Akira remake and flat characters in Japanese films To: "Kinejapan" Date: Thursday, 14 April, 2016, 19:26 Hi all, I hope this doesn't count as trolling :-/ ?While reading about yet another attempt to get a Hollywood version of Akira of the ground, this comment really stuck out to me: > Nobody?s interesting. Tetsuo?s interesting because weird sh*t happens to him, and Kaneda is so two-dimensional. That?s part of the Japanese culture, they never have strong characters. [1] This seems fairly offensive, and also makes the director seem like an incredibly poor choice for working on this material (not that a Hollywood remake of Akira sounds promising to begin with). Luckily, it looks like?Collett-Serra is not going to be working on Akira, but I'm curious if anyone knows what he's talking about? Is it total nonsense, or has Mr. Collett-Serra captured something essential about Japanese film/literature that has until now escaped me? Are the characters in Akira (or Japanese films/literature in general) any flatter than, say, Hollywood? Yours,? Jun-Dai Bates-Kobashigawa [1] source: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__comicsalliance.com_akira-2Dlive-2Daction-2Dremake-2Ddirector-2Djaume-2Dcollett-2Dserra-2Djapanese-2Dculture-2Dstrong-2Dcharacters_&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=Sv-K-1jw5BzVhpg_oT91-6lPC2DLia8OsVBbPy_jXGk&s=iY5eJIBNHvrTOWNtaPIsvOS5ooQBFCHXyrimhqbqKV8&e= ) -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=Sv-K-1jw5BzVhpg_oT91-6lPC2DLia8OsVBbPy_jXGk&s=N87ccy1krGYFbBbuPntyS4LhH4N1MYi2VZQF2yMMVH8&e= _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=Sv-K-1jw5BzVhpg_oT91-6lPC2DLia8OsVBbPy_jXGk&s=N87ccy1krGYFbBbuPntyS4LhH4N1MYi2VZQF2yMMVH8&e= From tetsuwan at comcast.net Thu Apr 14 14:58:46 2016 From: tetsuwan at comcast.net (Mark Mays) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:58:46 -0500 Subject: [KineJapan] Akira remake and flat characters in Japanese films In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <059b01d1967f$acfe3950$06faabf0$@comcast.net> Collett-Serra?s focus is on low-budget horror films. He should know about one-note characters as leads, who usually have some rote backstory (cop with son who died tragically, etc). That?s likely what he means re: Kaneda. That said, I can?t imagine Studio Canal will give him enough money to make AKIRA. I?m not sure what he means nor would I want to try to parse his statement regarding ?Japanese culture.? From: KineJapan [mailto:kinejapan-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Jun-Dai Bates-Kobashigawa Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 1:27 PM To: Kinejapan Subject: [KineJapan] Akira remake and flat characters in Japanese films Hi all, I hope this doesn't count as trolling :-/ While reading about yet another attempt to get a Hollywood version of Akira of the ground, this comment really stuck out to me: > Nobody?s interesting. Tetsuo?s interesting because weird sh*t happens to him, and Kaneda is so two-dimensional. That?s part of the Japanese culture, they never have strong characters. [1] This seems fairly offensive, and also makes the director seem like an incredibly poor choice for working on this material (not that a Hollywood remake of Akira sounds promising to begin with). Luckily, it looks like Collett-Serra is not going to be working on Akira, but I'm curious if anyone knows what he's talking about? Is it total nonsense, or has Mr. Collett-Serra captured something essential about Japanese film/literature that has until now escaped me? Are the characters in Akira (or Japanese films/literature in general) any flatter than, say, Hollywood? 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But it might be useful to point out that there has been a long history of such comments: Virginia Woolf thinking that the Tale of Genji lacks depth, or Lacan saying that the Japanese are not analyzable. Usually these comment betray the ignorance of the commentators rather than any insight into Japan. That said, by chance today, I was looking through an interview with Azuma Hiroki, and he had this to say: "We?re now celebrating the 30th anniversary of Gundam. Three decades ago, Gundam?s coloring was chosen at the request of a toy company in order to sell robots. This kind of thing is standard practice. From the beginning, Japan?s anime culture has been based on selling toys. For this reason, there?s hardly any purpose in poring over Japanese anime or game narratives in and of themselves?they?re being produced to sell merchandise." https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japantoday.com_category_arts-2Dculture_view_hiroki-2Dazuma-2Dthe-2Dphilosopher-2Dof-2Dotaku-2Dspeaks&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=49VscMzTRc4n8pHjfZbL8rgSJ-ToGS57IoifNY5_SnE&s=1Dg_f-FtZGnQVVWzCGbPxqO79B3ND4GWmlQVdufYFoo&e= I am not going to defend or argue against Azuma (beyond noting that he often has it in for otaku so his comments should be considered in light of his own bias), but to the extent that he is right, you might expect manga and anime to spend less time in something like character development than other media. But by the same token, you might expect all merchandise driven media to spend less time in this than other media. Beyond that, you could take a look at books like Marc Sternberg?s Anime?s Media Mix for hints about how the anime industry conceives of creating characters. Best, Bruce > On Apr 14, 2016, at 2:26 PM, Jun-Dai Bates-Kobashigawa wrote: > > Hi all, > > I hope this doesn't count as trolling :-/ While reading about yet another attempt to get a Hollywood version of Akira of the ground, this comment really stuck out to me: > > > Nobody?s interesting. Tetsuo?s interesting because weird sh*t happens to him, and Kaneda is so two-dimensional. That?s part of the Japanese culture, they never have strong characters. [1] > > This seems fairly offensive, and also makes the director seem like an incredibly poor choice for working on this material (not that a Hollywood remake of Akira sounds promising to begin with). Luckily, it looks like Collett-Serra is not going to be working on Akira, but I'm curious if anyone knows what he's talking about? Is it total nonsense, or has Mr. Collett-Serra captured something essential about Japanese film/literature that has until now escaped me? Are the characters in Akira (or Japanese films/literature in general) any flatter than, say, Hollywood? > > Yours, > Jun-Dai Bates-Kobashigawa > > > [1] source: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__comicsalliance.com_akira-2Dlive-2Daction-2Dremake-2Ddirector-2Djaume-2Dcollett-2Dserra-2Djapanese-2Dculture-2Dstrong-2Dcharacters_&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=49VscMzTRc4n8pHjfZbL8rgSJ-ToGS57IoifNY5_SnE&s=b4i5V4hpRbqfkymXn5nJRtJrP-LJv8p1bSR9TW_xQwk&e= ) > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=49VscMzTRc4n8pHjfZbL8rgSJ-ToGS57IoifNY5_SnE&s=R2uLFK6HFYTgGL8mV8FqtDOq3D5pjrWtSIJabGbrMwU&e= Bruce Baird Associate Professor Asian Languages and Literatures University of Massachusetts Amherst But?, Japanese Theater, Intellectual History 717 Herter Hall 161 Presidents Drive University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003-9312 Phone: 413-577-4992 Fax: 413-545-5876 baird at umass.edu Now out in paperback and e-book: Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.palgrave.com_us_book_9780230120402&d=CwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=49VscMzTRc4n8pHjfZbL8rgSJ-ToGS57IoifNY5_SnE&s=OFE2Rn5MfhhVvYASgb2mPi9LUR58yAN1Y-alQT3VH8A&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Azumi's statements only specify anime, but I would be interested to know whether he sees that as part of the problem with a largely commerce-driven industry, or as an issue specific with anime. It's certainly tempting to assume that more commercially-driven media (the films of someone like Jaume Collet-Serra, for example) has less interest in aspects such as character, but I imagine we can all think of largely commercial movies (or anime etc) that have managed to be a bit more artistically developed, even if the majority haven't. Jim. -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 15/4/16, Bruce Baird wrote: Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Akira remake and flat characters in Japanese films To: "Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum" Date: Friday, 15 April, 2016, 15:12 Hi Jun-Dai, There is no point in debating whether or not Japanese culture has strong characters. I think we can all find millions of them, and thus millions of reasons why this is wrong. But it might be useful to point out that there has been a long history of such comments: Virginia Woolf thinking that the Tale of Genji lacks depth, or Lacan saying that the Japanese are not analyzable. Usually these comment betray the ignorance of the commentators rather than any insight into Japan. That said, by chance today, I was looking through an interview with Azuma Hiroki, and he had this to say: "We?re now celebrating the 30th anniversary of Gundam. Three decades ago, Gundam?s coloring was chosen at the request of a toy company in order to sell robots. This kind of thing is standard practice. From the beginning, Japan?s anime culture has been based on selling toys. For this reason, there?s hardly any purpose in poring over Japanese anime or game narratives in and of themselves?they?re being produced to sell merchandise."? https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.japantoday.com_category_arts-2Dculture_view_hiroki-2Dazuma-2Dthe-2Dphilosopher-2Dof-2Dotaku-2Dspeaks&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=ET3Giu9HPKDBLrLitJ9esk5wwnFl-_lNsLwZ3eG0BGY&s=UQSNEVWdr2ZzFJBDujyqh53rId5JvelhaUdVMct9txY&e= I am not going to defend or argue against Azuma (beyond noting that he often has it in for otaku so his comments should be considered in light of his own bias), but to the extent that he is right, you might expect manga and anime to spend less time in something like character development than other media. But by the same token, you might expect all merchandise driven media to spend less time in this than other media.? Beyond that, you could take a look at books like Marc Sternberg?s Anime?s Media Mix?for hints about how the anime industry conceives of creating characters. Best, Bruce On Apr 14, 2016, at 2:26 PM, Jun-Dai Bates-Kobashigawa wrote: Hi all, I hope this doesn't count as trolling :-/ ?While reading about yet another attempt to get a Hollywood version of Akira of the ground, this comment really stuck out to me: > Nobody?s interesting. Tetsuo?s interesting because weird sh*t happens to him, and Kaneda is so two-dimensional. That?s part of the Japanese culture, they never have strong characters. [1] This seems fairly offensive, and also makes the director seem like an incredibly poor choice for working on this material (not that a Hollywood remake of Akira sounds promising to begin with). Luckily, it looks like?Collett-Serra is not going to be working on Akira, but I'm curious if anyone knows what he's talking about? Is it total nonsense, or has Mr. Collett-Serra captured something essential about Japanese film/literature that has until now escaped me? Are the characters in Akira (or Japanese films/literature in general) any flatter than, say, Hollywood? Yours,? Jun-Dai Bates-Kobashigawa [1] source: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__comicsalliance.com_akira-2Dlive-2Daction-2Dremake-2Ddirector-2Djaume-2Dcollett-2Dserra-2Djapanese-2Dculture-2Dstrong-2Dcharacters_&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=ET3Giu9HPKDBLrLitJ9esk5wwnFl-_lNsLwZ3eG0BGY&s=QOM87Z33aFJF8JVmG0XTii-oNQMxLwQ1YwajGUQve0k&e= ) _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=ET3Giu9HPKDBLrLitJ9esk5wwnFl-_lNsLwZ3eG0BGY&s=CtWXI1TecsmEiI4PwBdrtVXDtdPBmo6ViVW4xdkUAKM&e= Bruce Baird Associate Professor Asian Languages and Literatures University of Massachusetts Amherst But?, Japanese Theater, Intellectual History 717 Herter Hall 161 Presidents Drive University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003-9312 Phone: 413-577-4992 Fax: 413-545-5876 baird at umass.edu Now out in paperback and e-book:?Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.palgrave.com_us_book_9780230120402&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=ET3Giu9HPKDBLrLitJ9esk5wwnFl-_lNsLwZ3eG0BGY&s=B4lGPyHwzh4Rjn_tDME1RAfXjV0JCgiXOyV-XOCw5WI&e= -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=ET3Giu9HPKDBLrLitJ9esk5wwnFl-_lNsLwZ3eG0BGY&s=CtWXI1TecsmEiI4PwBdrtVXDtdPBmo6ViVW4xdkUAKM&e= _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=ET3Giu9HPKDBLrLitJ9esk5wwnFl-_lNsLwZ3eG0BGY&s=CtWXI1TecsmEiI4PwBdrtVXDtdPBmo6ViVW4xdkUAKM&e= From mollydes at upenn.edu Thu Apr 21 09:54:21 2016 From: mollydes at upenn.edu (Des Jardin, Molly C) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:54:21 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Films about schooling in Japan during the Allied occupation In-Reply-To: <1461243900236.79461@ufl.edu> References: <1461243900236.79461@ufl.edu> Message-ID: I recommend checking out Kojima Nobuo?s short story ?American School? which has been translated in Howard Hibbett, ed., _Contemporary Japanese Litearture_. Also, this book may be of help in general although not limited specifically to schooling: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__books.google.com_books-3Fid-3D9rdzPhsw0u8C&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=9SAruJIefAmU3PUTPe1jJKfACdcp7RHVLJSNB3DAOvQ&s=tli9DQpgcpjZgvjoBJlGZ-gCvZVknoG8Gsr4pQEq1-k&e= Molly C. Des Jardin, PhD Japanese Studies Librarian University of Pennsylvania 527 Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 Tel: 215-898-3205 Fax: 215-898-0559 mollydes at upenn.edu From: KineJapan > on behalf of "Schueller,Malini Johar" > Reply-To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Date: Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 9:05 AM To: "kinejapan at lists.osu.edu" > Subject: [KineJapan] Films about schooling in Japan during the Allied occupation Hi All: I'm doing research on the impact of the occupation on schooling in Japan--emotional, curricular, programmatic--and am looking for any films that reference the occupation in relation to schooling. The only film I'm aware of is MacArthur's Children. If there are any more people know of I would appreciate that information. Unfortunately I don't understand Japanese so I'm limited to subtitled films. If you know of any fiction that does the same please let me know. Thank you very much. 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I'm pretty sure an unofficial subbed version should be findable. On Apr 21, 2016 10:05 PM, "Schueller,Malini Johar" wrote: Hi All: I'm doing research on the impact of the occupation on schooling in Japan--emotional, curricular, programmatic--and am looking for any films that reference the occupation in relation to schooling. The only film I'm aware of is MacArthur's Children. If there are any more people know of I would appreciate that information. Unfortunately I don't understand Japanese so I'm limited to subtitled films. If you know of any fiction that does the same please let me know. Thank you very much. Best Malini Schueller Malini Johar Schueller Professor Department of English University of Florida P.O. 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Kaneto drama Genbaku no ko, Child[ren] of the Atom Bomb (I've seen it labelled Children of Hiroshima in English) which has English subtitles, at least my Japanese DVD does, and portrays a teacher returning to Hiroshima several years after the war in search of the few pupils who survived. It depicts children in a workhouse orphanage. Not necessarily occupation impact, but war impact and occupation era. From Hollywood there is the 1956 farce Tea House of the August Moon, in which an Occupation officer tries to build a school in Okinawa to educate villagers in the American way, as it were. And Hiroshi Kitamura, Screening Enlightenment: Hollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated Japan might help. He's very knowledgeable about Japanese film of that era, as well. Greg Johnson ----- Original Message ----- Hi All: I'm doing research on the impact of the occupation on schooling in Japan --emotional, curricular, programmatic--and am looking for any films that reference the occupation in relation to schooling. The only film I'm aware of is MacArthur's Children. If there are any more people know of I would appreciate that information. Unfortunately I don't understand Japanese so I'm limited to subtitled films. If you know of any fiction that does the same please let me know. Thank you very much. Best Malini Schueller Malini Johar Schueller Professor Department of English University of Florida P.O. Box 117310 4008 Turlington Hall Gainesville, FL 32611-7310 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best wishes, Reinold Ophuels-Kashima 2016/04/21 22:05?Schueller,Malini Johar > ????? Hi All: I'm doing research on the impact of the occupation on schooling in Japan--emotional, curricular, programmatic--and am looking for any films that reference the occupation in relation to schooling. The only film I'm aware of is MacArthur's Children. If there are any more people know of I would appreciate that information. Unfortunately I don't understand Japanese so I'm limited to subtitled films. If you know of any fiction that does the same please let me know. Thank you very much. Best Malini Schueller Malini Johar Schueller Professor Department of English University of Florida P.O. 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Momotar?, Umi no shinpei (Momotaro, Sacred Sailors) by Mitsuyo Seo (1945, 1h14, Japan)A presentation of Shochiku Studio. The digital restoration is scanned in 4K, image restoration and projection in 2K by Shochiku Co., Ltd. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.festival-2Dcannes.fr_en_article_62136.html&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=mOvwz8Qwq44uFn9B-0Ypy1h3ZsFlEiur7u3r0kUgSXI&s=Jak37kNRrkkSICUzP4DT6y0X_tWpZXTSeyf0Tdj71Co&e= Tom Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 23:59:45 +0900 From: gsjohnson at otsuma.ac.jp To: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Momotaro war propaganda animations, distributor I am a happy customer of the Zakka DVD. I have seen the other Momotaro film on youtube, which might not work for such use, and I don't know if it is still there or copyright issues thereof. Greg Johnson ----- Original Message ----- Dear Eija, The first Momotaro was of course put out on DVD with English subtitles by my wife?s company, Zakka Films. She used the print from Planet. I believe she has rented it out for screenings, so you can try to contact her: info at zakkafilms.com Best, Aaron 2016/03/01 ??6:24?Eija Niskanen ????? Hi! Animatricks animation festival in Helsinki would be interested in the 2 wartime Momotaro films. I know the 2 places where they exist as film copies are NFC and Planet in Osaka. But am I right that they were made into DVD or Bluray? Who has distribution rights for those? Best, Eija _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=AwICAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=7gQmEevSyZWUjCyQgUt53fGOPiSutFMjzDxJFpDYMzg&m=j8t0J7zqy4vBJsHKiPdxVAmmNSD_hPGkCbvW_pplZg4&s=ZitLVGjYVSLSTv4eNZsVwTai7suXiuMzbMko0W4IVpE&e= Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Director of Graduate Studies, EALL Yale University 320 York Street, Room 311 PO Box 208324 New Haven, CT 06520-8324 USA Phone: 1-203-432-7082 Fax: 1-203-432-6729 e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu website: www.aarongerow.com _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=mOvwz8Qwq44uFn9B-0Ypy1h3ZsFlEiur7u3r0kUgSXI&s=SMxOQ-vpcRHq_p18HtMZS6xvVEr9jaR83nEjGDl8TaU&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I see that Mark Schilling has another of his Japanese retrospectives of popular cinema, this time on science fiction, 'Beyond Godzilla', to be accompanied with the customary book to add to his series.? Unfortunately I can't make it this year due to family commitments. Pity.? Presumably the work of TSUBURAYA Eiji will figure strongly in the ten films.Roger ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Feff Press To: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 11:23 Subject: Udine Far East Film Festival 18 - Line Up announcement! ?FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL: UNDER THE SIGN OF THE TIGER!?Opening with the South Korean blockbuster The Tiger on Friday the 22nd of April and closing with the Hong Kong thriller The Bodyguard on Saturday the 30th with the presence of the legendary Sammo Hung.?72 films in the official selection (5 world premieres) and over 100 events organized around the city. With an unmissable retrospective of Japanese science fiction and the restored 4K versions of four Bruce Lee masterpieces.?Two exceptional artists come together for the Festival trailer: director Johnnie To and composer Lim Giong.?Please download press releases, film stills and video material from the press area on the festival website www.fareastfilm.com Press release of the 13th of April, 2016 For immediate releaseUDINE - For some it's a symbol of strength. For others, a symbol of freedom. Yet for many more (especially those who have read Emilio Salgari's?swashbuckling novels) it's a symbol of resistance and rebellion. And for the Far East Film Festival it is above all a symbol of energy: the energy needed to realise a cultural initiative and the energy ? along with the ability not to take yourself too seriously ? to announce the fact. In any case, it's certainly no coincidence that the eighteenth edition will be held under the sign of the tiger. Or, to be precise, under the sign of The Tiger, Park Hoon-jung's moving blockbuster which will roar its way to its international premiere on Friday the 22nd of April!That alone would make for a memorable Opening Night, but Park's fierce South Korean tiger, thirsty for blood and justice, won't be roaring alone: one of the FEFF's oldest and dearest friends will be returning to the spotlights of the Teatro Nuovo. Who? A genius called Johnnie To, that's who! And the unforgettable winner of the very first Audience Award for A Hero Never Dies will have two tasks: as producer, to present to the public the gangster movie Trivisa, a sumptuous compendium of Milkyway's style (and happy twentieth anniversary guys, by the way!), and as director, to officially cut the ribbon with the festival trailer that bears his signature!Yes - the FEFF is coming of age, and to celebrate the event in style it's decided to give itself and its audience something truly priceless: 30 seconds of pure auteur beauty. 30 seconds where Johnnie makes his 'debut' in animated film (which, it goes without saying, is already a gift inside the gift) and where his vision meets the music of an extraordinary composer: Lim Giong (a gift inside the gift inside the gift!), Cannes award winner for the soundtrack of The? Assassin! What more could you want from opening night?Perhaps, for symmetry's sake, we ought to expect an equally memorable closing night too, so here's the closing night of the 30th of April for you: a date to put in your diary in fluorescent marker, because it's the night when Sammo Hung - the actor, director and action choreographer who over the decades has indelibly revolutionized cinema martial arts - will be taking the stage at the Far East Film Festival! After Joe Hisaishi and Jackie Chan, the two superstars who appeared in 2015, another legend will be collecting his Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement. Considered an icon at home and adored around the world, Sammo will be accompanying his film The Bodyguard (International Festival Premiere) to Udine, delighting fans and consolidating the international reputation of the FEFF, which grows with each passing year.But let's - briefly ? allow the figures of this 18th edition speak for themselves: 72 films in the official selection, of which 50 in competition, from 10 geographic regions of Asia (5 world premieres, 10 international premieres, 8 Festival Premieres and 37 Italian premieres, of which 18 European premieres), over 100 events scattered throughout the centre of Udine (among which the inevitable Far East Cosplay Contest on the 24th of April) and more than 150 volunteers ready to roll up their sleeve and help out the staff of the Festival from the 22nd to the 30th of April.A full, diverse programme which also contains the FEFF Campus, the school of journalism for young European and Asian talent, and the international Ties That Bind workshop, which for years has been putting Western and Eastern producers in touch. And let's not forget about the pre-opening event: an extraordinary 21st of April with Constanza Macras's show The Ghosts (the umpteenth triumph of the Teatro Stabile di Innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia)!New for 2016 is Focus Asia, the business event which will be held at Udine's Cinema Visionario on the 27th, 28th and 29th of April and will see FEFF working together with MIA ? the International Audiovisual Market of Rome (together with the Fondo Audiovisivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia and DG Cinema - MIBACT). A first step towards reinforcing relations between Europe and Asia to offer buyers an overview of the most recent genre productions.Alongside a packed competition section, which will see the best Pan-Asian titles of the last season competing for the 2016 Audience Award (blockbusters, cult movies, outsider titles and auteur films, like the highly anticipated Three Stories of Love by Ryosuke Hashiguchi), there will be an info-screening of the anthology film Ten Years, as well as once again parallel sections devoted to documentaries (don't miss The Lovers and the Despot, preview of Biografilm Festival), one dedicated to the Fresh Wave Festival (the young voices of Hong Kong), one dedicated to fear (a big comeback for Horror Day and the very first appearance on the Udine screen of the great Kurosawa Kiyoshi: a cruel journey into the darkness and the psyche titled Creepy!), and another dedicated to exhibitions (from the contemporary Japanese art of Paradoxa to the world of comics with Vincenzo Filosa's Viaggio a Tokyo).This year, in addition to the obligatory tribute to the history of Asian cinema, which will touch upon Bruce Lee's yellow jumpsuit and offer up four absolute must-sees (the brand new restored 4K versions of Fist of Fury, The Big Boss, The Way of the Dragon and the Game of Death), the eye of the FEFF will also focus on the glories of Japanese science fiction in a retrospective of 10 films and a publication entitled Beyond Godzilla, both curated by expert Mark Schilling, which will have as guest of honour the legendary director Obayashi Nobuhiko.?"Fans,? writes Mark Schilling, ?have long considered Japan a science fiction cinematic superpower, especially as regards one specific sub-genre -?movie monsters (kaiju eiga) ? and one character: Godzilla. In fact, the Japanese science fiction films of the Fifties and Sixties, which were packed full of space rockets, UFOs and all kinds of exotic weapons and gadgets, may have been inspired by Hollywood's alien invasion films, but their unique style, their energy and their imagination have influenced not only Japanese animators and directors, but also their counterparts in the West."So all that remains is to make a date at the Teatro Nuovo, the historical home of the Far East Film Festival, and wait for Johnnie To's trailer to officially set the ball rolling. Which film will be the thunderbolt that stuns audiences this year? A debut with a capital 'd', like Yoon Ga-eun's The World of Us, or perhaps the amazing Ola Bola which shows us the world of Malaysian football? An intense romantic drama like Larry Yang's Mountain Cry? Or maybe Xu Zheng's unique road movie Lost in Hong Kong, which exploded at the box office in the former British colony? The funny and tragic story of redemption Mohican Comes Home by Okita Shuichi (with a surprising punk-hipster Matsuda Ryuhei)? Or could it be the world premiere of Hime-Anole, which, on the 25th of April, will bring Japanese teen idol Morita Go down the FEFF 18 red carpet (yes, it's all true, dear fans, it's all true!)?If you want to find out you'll just have to wait until the night of the 30th of April - even though, as we all know, tigers aren't exactly the most patient of creatures!??Press Office/Far East Film Festival 18 Gianmatteo Pellizzari & Ippolita Nigris Cosattini 0432/299545 - 347/0950890 feff at cecudine.org - stampafareastfilm at gmail.comInternational Press Mathew Scott? mathewscotthk at gmail.com?For audiovisual content produced during the Festival: Video Press Office Kuva Comunicazione 345/1821517 - buriani at kuvacomunicazione.it?22nd - 30th April 2016 Teatro Nuovo, Visionario Udine, Italy www.fareastfilm.com ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Special guest the cult director Obayash In-Reply-To: <1461002707.571521d3bdaf9@swift.generated> References: <1461002707.571521d3bdaf9@swift.generated> Message-ID: <391884702.2021389.1461105613950.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Dear KineJapaners,The line-up for Udine FEFF is announced. I see that Mark Schilling has another of his Japanese retrospectives of popular cinema, this time on science fiction, 'Beyond Godzilla', to be accompanied with the customary book to add to his series.? Unfortunately I can't make it this year due to family commitments. Pity.? Presumably the work of TSUBURAYA Eiji will figure strongly in the ten films.Roger ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Feff Press To: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Sent: Monday, 18 April 2016, 19:05 Subject: The FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 18 hosts BEYOND GODZILLA, a retrospective of 10 films dedicated to Japanese Sci-Fi. Special guest the cult director Obayash BEYOND GODZILLA THE MIND-BLOWING ALTERNATIVE FUTURES OF JAPANESE CINEMAFEFF 18 hosts a retrospective of 10 films, a book and a guest of honour: Obayashi Nobuhiko, grandmaster of Japanese Sci-Fi who, on the 25th of April, will be receiving the Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement.??Press release of the 18th of April, 2016 For immediate release?UDINE ? Though 'Japanese Science Fiction' usually makes us Westerners think of Godzilla, the eighteenth edition of the Far East Film Festival is ready to expand our horizons with a retrospective called - not coincidentally - Beyond Godzilla - The Mind-Blowing Alternative Futures of Japanese cinema! Curated by expert Mark Schilling, who also edited the book of the same name created for the occasion and beautifully illustrated by Francesca Ghermandi, Beyond Godzilla consists of 10 films and will bring to Udine a grandmaster of Japanese Sci-Fi: Obayashi Nobuhiko (born 1938), the visionary director who on the 25th of April will receive the Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement in the company of his cult film House."Fans,? writes Mark Schilling, ?have long considered Japan a science fiction cinematic superpower, especially as regards one specific sub-genre ? monster movies ? and one character: Godzilla. In fact, the Japanese science fiction films of the Fifties and Sixties, which were packed full of space rockets, UFOs and all kinds of exotic weapons and gadgets, may have been inspired by Hollywood's alien invasion films, but their unique style, their energy and their imagination have influenced not only Japanese animators and directors, but also their counterparts in the West."So get ready for the fantastic (because they really are!) 10: The Mysterians (1957), Matango (1963), Invasion of the Astro Monster (1965) and Latitude Zero (1969) by Honda Ishiro, House (1977), School in the Crosshairs (1981), Exchange Students (1982) and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983) by Obayashi Nobuhiko, Blue Christmas (1978) by Okamoto Kihachi and, as the icing on the cake, Gamera 3 (1999) by Kaneko Shusuke. A wide-ranging exploration of the Japanese imagination which doesn't just stop at that ?big scaly beast?' (as Schilling calls Godzilla!) or at our laziness as viewers.But why don't we let our guest of honour, Mr. Obayashi (who thanks to FEFF 18 finally returns to Italy - he directed several TV commercials here in the seventies) speak for himself, in a few short phrases which summarise an entire cinematic philosophy: "Imagining the moon is better than walking on its surface. Films are a way of remembering, not of recording. I like documentaries because they seek to reveal the truth about a subject without fully succeeding and I think the irony of this is very interesting. There's a sort of unrequited love about documentaries, while films are a pure falling in love that asks for nothing in return. It is a one-sided love."The same love that, since the 10th of April, 1999, has been motivating Fareasters from all over the world to return to the little outpost of Asia called Udine! So make a date at the Teatro Nuovo, the historic home of the FEFF, and wait for the 2016 festival trailer directed by Johnnie To officially get the party started.?Press Office/Far East Film Festival 18 Gianmatteo Pellizzari & Ippolita Nigris Cosattini 0432/299545 - 347/0950890 feff at cecudine.org - stampafareastfilm at gmail.comInternational Press: Mathew Scott (HK) mathewscotthk at gmail.comFor audiovisual content produced during the Festival:Video Press Office Kuva Comunicazione 345/1821517 - buriani at kuvacomunicazione.it -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Special guest the cult director Obayash In-Reply-To: <391884702.2021389.1461105613950.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <144581227.85226312.1461145981379.JavaMail.root@zimbra33-e6.priv.proxad.net> Hopefully someone will discuss with Obayashi about his Godzilla script! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__maserpatrol.wordpress.com_2015_07_09_a-2Dspace-2Dgodzilla-2Dchapter-2D1-2Dfarewell-2Dearth_&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=SO8ejUv-2VBo9bteUDrFveZp0vorK2dyxaTB7_J567c&s=kvhoh3_jiN3ShTyHImR13rtIuWQhH-YHzr0AyVthmH8&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__maserpatrol.wordpress.com_2015_09_26_a-2Dspace-2Dgodzilla-2Dchapter-2D2-2Dreturn-2Dto-2Dthe-2Dplanet_&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=SO8ejUv-2VBo9bteUDrFveZp0vorK2dyxaTB7_J567c&s=hDg05V4UNrIy1IddCCssKU9PPRmeFvkTSpiT3T39OUo&e= ----- Mail original ----- De: "Roger Macy" ?: "Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum" Envoy?: Mercredi 20 Avril 2016 00:40:13 Objet: [KineJapan] Fw: The FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 18 hosts BEYOND GODZILLA, a retrospective of 10 films dedicated to Japanese Sci-Fi. Special guest the cult director Obayash Dear KineJapaners, The line-up for Udine FEFF is announced. I see that Mark Schilling has another of his Japanese retrospectives of popular cinema, this time on science fiction, 'Beyond Godzilla', to be accompanied with the customary book to add to his series. Unfortunately I can't make it this year due to family commitments. Pity. Presumably the work of TSUBURAYA Eiji will figure strongly in the ten films. Roger ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Feff Press To: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Sent: Monday, 18 April 2016, 19:05 Subject: The FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 18 hosts BEYOND GODZILLA, a retrospective of 10 films dedicated to Japanese Sci-Fi. Special guest the cult director Obayash fareastff BEYOND GODZILLA THE MIND-BLOWING ALTERNATIVE FUTURES OF JAPANESE CINEMA FEFF 18 hosts a retrospective of 10 films, a book and a guest of honour: Obayashi Nobuhiko, grandmaster of Japanese Sci-Fi who, on the 25 th of April, will be receiving the Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement. Press release of the 18 th of April, 2016 For immediate release UDINE ? Though 'Japanese Science Fiction' usually makes us Westerners think of Godzilla , the eighteenth edition of the Far East Film Festival is ready to expand our horizons with a retrospective called - not coincidentally - Beyond Godzilla - The Mind-Blowing Alternative Futures of Japanese cinema ! Curated by expert Mark Schilling , who also edited the book of the same name created for the occasion and beautifully illustrated by Francesca Ghermandi , Beyond Godzilla consists of 10 films and will bring to Udine a grandmaster of Japanese Sci-Fi: Obayashi Nobuhiko (born 1938), the visionary director who on the 25 th of April will receive the Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement in the company of his cult film House. "Fans,? writes Mark Schilling , ?have long considered Japan a science fiction cinematic superpower, especially as regards one specific sub-genre ? monster movies ? and one character: Godzilla. In fact, the Japanese science fiction films of the Fifties and Sixties, which were packed full of space rockets, UFOs and all kinds of exotic weapons and gadgets, may have been inspired by Hollywood's alien invasion films, but their unique style, their energy and their imagination have influenced not only Japanese animators and directors, but also their counterparts in the West." So get ready for the fantastic (because they really are!) 10 : The Mysterians (1957), Matango (1963), Invasion of the Astro Monster (1965) and Latitude Zero (1969) by Honda Ishiro , House (1977), School in the Crosshairs (1981), Exchange Students (1982) and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983) by Obayashi Nobuhiko , Blue Christmas (1978) by Okamoto Kihachi and, as the icing on the cake, Gamera 3 (1999) by Kaneko Shusuke . A wide-ranging exploration of the Japanese imagination which doesn't just stop at that ?big scaly beast?' (as Schilling calls Godzilla!) or at our laziness as viewers. But why don't we let our guest of honour , Mr. Obayashi (who thanks to FEFF 18 finally returns to Italy - he directed several TV commercials here in the seventies) speak for himself, in a few short phrases which summarise an entire cinematic philosophy: "Imagining the moon is better than walking on its surface. Films are a way of remembering, not of recording. I like documentaries because they seek to reveal the truth about a subject without fully succeeding and I think the irony of this is very interesting. There's a sort of unrequited love about documentaries, while films are a pure falling in love that asks for nothing in return. It is a one-sided love." The same love that, since the 10 th of April, 1999, has been motivating Fareasters from all over the world to return to the little outpost of Asia called Udine ! So make a date at the Teatro Nuovo , the historic home of the FEFF, and wait for the 2016 festival trailer directed by Johnnie To officially get the party started. Press Office/Far East Film Festival 18 Gianmatteo Pellizzari & Ippolita Nigris Cosattini 0432/299545 - 347/0950890 feff at cecudine.org - stampafareastfilm at gmail.com I nternational Press: Mathew Scott (HK) mathewscotthk at gmail.com For audiovisual content produced during the Festival: Video Press Office Kuva Comunicazione 345/1821517 - buriani at kuvacomunicazione.it [image/jpeg:386465.jpg] _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=SO8ejUv-2VBo9bteUDrFveZp0vorK2dyxaTB7_J567c&s=Ly8VeoHVTkkGfE-mtTTJ7HuVKvhzFrRxP1AAEy0NxNI&e= _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=SO8ejUv-2VBo9bteUDrFveZp0vorK2dyxaTB7_J567c&s=Ly8VeoHVTkkGfE-mtTTJ7HuVKvhzFrRxP1AAEy0NxNI&e= From kukheechoo at hotmail.com Sat Apr 23 11:21:12 2016 From: kukheechoo at hotmail.com (Kukhee Choo) Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:21:12 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Ryoki in Ozu's film In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, I have a question about how the term "ryoki" is adopted in Ozu's film Where now are the dreams of youth? (Seishun no yume ima izuko, 1932). There's a scene where the male protagonist Tetsuo tries to repulse a Moga female who's interested in him, but instead of getting turned off, she becomes more attracted to him and says "ryokiteki de iiwa." Considering that the literal term of ryoki means grotesque bizarre acts of violence, but with Miriam Silverberg's Ero Guro Nansensu in mind, I was wondering whether there are any other film examples where the term ryoki is utilized in such a manner? Thank you! K Choo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There was an original 2001 Korean film, directed by Jae-Young Kwak, which has the Japanese title Ryouki-teki na kano jo, and the English title Sassy Girl, I don't know Korean, so I won't attempt to try to put it in roman letters properly. This Korean film was then adapted as a popular 2008 Japanese TV drama series, Ryouki-teki na kano jo, also known in English by the title Sassy Girl. Also in 2008,a US version came out, titled My Sassy Girl, directed by Yann Samuel. It's known in Japanese as Ryouki-teki na kano jo in NYC. There's also a 2014 Japanese song, part of the title including ryouki-teki, describing a woman. I think it was a hit, but don't remember the full title. In your context, it seems to be a male attribute described by a female, but maybe it has the same sort of "sassy" meaning. In English, I think "sassy" mainly applies to females, but maybe there's some male analog word that works in English. In Japanese popular usage, terms that go way back in slang often don't get in prestigous dictionaries. I didn't find "sassy" in any dictionaries for ryouki-teki, but in movie/TV title translations and transmogrifications instead. I hope this may help. Miriam was once a student of mine, and also a friend. She could read Japanese very readily and very well, and I had a great respect for her. She would have had fun with this question, and I think would have gone along with "sassy," and then given us a lively English word for the term as applied to males. She's gone, sadly, so I can only give you this second-best answer. Miriam would have also loved it if this answer of mine should lead to lively group discussion, strong disagreements, etc. Michael McCaskey Georgetown University On Saturday, April 23, 2016, Kukhee Choo wrote: > Hi all, > > > I have a question about how the term "ryoki" is adopted in Ozu's film *Where > now are the dreams of youth? *(Seishun no yume ima izuko, 1932). There's > a scene where the male protagonist Tetsuo tries to repulse a Moga female > who's interested in him, but instead of getting turned off, she becomes > more attracted to him and says "ryokiteki de iiwa." > > > Considering that the literal term of ryoki means grotesque bizarre acts of > violence, but with Miriam Silverberg's Ero Guro Nansensu in mind, I was > wondering whether there are any other film examples where the term ryoki is > utilized in such a manner? > > > Thank you! > > > K Choo > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The scene from Ozu's film is one of the prime examples I offer, but I wasn't sure whether there are other Japanese films up to 1990s that might use ryoki in a similar manner. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't leaving out any other important Japanese film examples. And Michael, thank you very much for sharing about Miriam Silverberg. I have never met her in person, but learning the history of a scholar I respect is really rewarding. Thank you. Sincerely, Kukhee ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Michael Mc Caskey via KineJapan Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 1:52 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Ryoki in Ozu's film I looked in several Japanese dictionaries, which gave meanings along the lines of bizarre and grotesque, but the term is used in a different way as well, at least recently. There was an original 2001 Korean film, directed by Jae-Young Kwak, which has the Japanese title Ryouki-teki na kano jo, and the English title Sassy Girl, I don't know Korean, so I won't attempt to try to put it in roman letters properly. This Korean film was then adapted as a popular 2008 Japanese TV drama series, Ryouki-teki na kano jo, also known in English by the title Sassy Girl. Also in 2008,a US version came out, titled My Sassy Girl, directed by Yann Samuel. It's known in Japanese as Ryouki-teki na kano jo in NYC. There's also a 2014 Japanese song, part of the title including ryouki-teki, describing a woman. I think it was a hit, but don't remember the full title. In your context, it seems to be a male attribute described by a female, but maybe it has the same sort of "sassy" meaning. In English, I think "sassy" mainly applies to females, but maybe there's some male analog word that works in English. In Japanese popular usage, terms that go way back in slang often don't get in prestigous dictionaries. I didn't find "sassy" in any dictionaries for ryouki-teki, but in movie/TV title translations and transmogrifications instead. I hope this may help. Miriam was once a student of mine, and also a friend. She could read Japanese very readily and very well, and I had a great respect for her. She would have had fun with this question, and I think would have gone along with "sassy," and then given us a lively English word for the term as applied to males. She's gone, sadly, so I can only give you this second-best answer. Miriam would have also loved it if this answer of mine should lead to lively group discussion, strong disagreements, etc. Michael McCaskey Georgetown University On Saturday, April 23, 2016, Kukhee Choo > wrote: Hi all, I have a question about how the term "ryoki" is adopted in Ozu's film Where now are the dreams of youth? (Seishun no yume ima izuko, 1932). There's a scene where the male protagonist Tetsuo tries to repulse a Moga female who's interested in him, but instead of getting turned off, she becomes more attracted to him and says "ryokiteki de iiwa." Considering that the literal term of ryoki means grotesque bizarre acts of violence, but with Miriam Silverberg's Ero Guro Nansensu in mind, I was wondering whether there are any other film examples where the term ryoki is utilized in such a manner? Thank you! K Choo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=CwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=Kq2u0O48NFCLHPzQEqlQpsCO6Pv0iLP5fKNa8VqSYPw&s=etKzuEbM3rJ1NWJfTN1RZ8G3_BlQkeapyNK4FQAmXK8&e=