[KineJapan] Kawasaki City Museum

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

On her Facebook timeline, Atsuko Morimune reports on one example of how the waves of neoliberalism are starting to ruin Japanese culture too. As of April, the Kawasaki City Museum will be run by a for-profit company. For us film fans, this means the end of the Kawasaki Cinematheque, which has run wonderful weekly retrospective screenings for nearly 30 years (it's one of the first places I went to see old movies in Japan back in 1989). They may have occasional screenings after this, but that's all up to the company which will now run the entire museum as a for-profit venture. The Museum houses not only many works of art, but also one of the best manga collections in the world and very important film-related materials. When asked on her timeline what will happen to the priceless Ushiyama Jun'ichi collection (centered on one of the giants of TV documentary) and other film materials, Morimune said they will probably just gather dust in the vaults.


Aaron Gerow
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