From joelnevilleanderson at gmail.com Thu Aug 2 20:35:17 2018 From: joelnevilleanderson at gmail.com (Joel Neville Anderson (JNA)) Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 20:35:17 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film (July 19-29, 2018) In-Reply-To: <80F5E9F8-7636-4B74-8383-43EAA0B66C04@gmail.com> References: <80F5E9F8-7636-4B74-8383-43EAA0B66C04@gmail.com> Message-ID: <0A75EFE4-F781-4392-ABD7-3DE8D2A0F38E@gmail.com> Dear KineJapan subscribers, JAPAN CUTS 2018 is a wrap! Many thanks to everyone who attended and supported from afar. We invite you to look back on the festivities with the full collection of photos from the screenings and parties, as well as read some of what critics have been writing about in response to the lineup as we continue to post interviews conducted with guests to our social media channels. Thank you, and hope to see you at the festival next summer! -The JAPAN CUTS Team On Jul 13, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Joel Neville Anderson (JNA) wrote: Dear KineJapan subscribers, The programming team is proud to share the full lineup for the twelfth edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, kicking off next week July 19-29, 2018 at Japan Society in New York City: www.japansociety.org/japancuts The Opening Film is the North American Premiere of Ramen Shop, the Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of Mori, The Artist?s Habitat, and the Closing Film is the U.S. Premiere of Hanagatami. Please read our programmers? introduction and browse the entire dynamic lineup on the website and as listed here by program section: Feature Slate Amiko (dir. Yoko Yamanaka), U.S. Premiere?Preceded by NAGISA (dir. Takeshi Kogahara), New York Premiere blank 13 (dir. Takumi Saitoh), New York Premiere BLEACH (dir. Shinsuke Sato), U.S. Premiere Born Bone Born (dir. Toshiyuki Teruya), North American Premiere Call Boy (dir. Daisuke Miura), North American Premiere Dear Etranger (dir. Yukiko Mishima), New York Premiere Dream of Illumination (dir. Thunder Sawada), North American Premiere Hanagatami (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi), U.S. Premiere, Closing Film?Preceded by How Can You Know Where to Go If You Do Not Know Where You Have Been (dir. Mizuki Toriya) KUSHINA, what will you be (dir. Mo?t Hayami), International Premiere Last Winter, We Parted (dir. Tomoyuki Takimoto), North American Premiere Mori, The Artist?s Habitat (dir. Shuichi Okita), North American Premiere, Centerpiece Presentation Night is Short, Walk On Girl (dir. Masaaki Yuasa), East Coast Premiere?Preceded by DREAMLAND (dir. Mirai Mizue), New York Premiere Outrage Coda (dir. Takeshi Kitano), New York Premiere Passage of Life (dir. Akio Fujimoto), North American Premiere Radiance (dir. Naomi Kawase), New York Premiere?Preceded by Across the water (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere Ramen Shop (dir. Eric Khoo), North American Premiere, Opening Film Side Job. (dir. Ryuichi Hiroki), U.S. Premiere Thicker Than Water (dir. Keisuke Yoshida), North American Premiere Tremble All You Want (dir. Akiko Ohku), U.S. Premiere TOURISM (dir. Daisuke Miyazaki), International Premiere Violence Voyager (dir. Ujicha), U.S. Premiere We Make Antiques! (dir. Masaharu Take), East Coast Premiere Yocho (Foreboding) (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa), U.S. Premiere Classics: Rediscoveries & Restorations Abnormal Family, (dir. Masayuki Suo), North American Premiere Still Walking (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda), 10th Anniversary Screening Documentary Focus Of Love & Law (dir. Hikaru Toda), East Coast Premiere Sennan Asbestos Disaster (dir. Kazuo Hara), North American Premiere Toward a Common Tenderness (dir. Kaori Oda), North American Premiere Experimental Spotlight: Empty Orchestras and the Speed of Your Voice Bivalvia: Act I (dir. Yu Araki), U.S. Premiere Breathing House (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere Stories floating on the wind (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere WAAAH (dir. Sawako Kabuki), New York Premiere YEAH (dir. Yohei Suzuki), North American Premiere Including the most guests in the festival?s history, we will feature special appearances by the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film recipient Kirin Kiki (Mori, The Artist's Habitat, Still Walking), Akio Fujimoto (Passage of Life), Kazuo Hara (Sennan Asbestos Disaster), Mo?t Hayami (KUSHINA, what will you be), Tomona Hirota (KUSHINA, what will you be, YEAH), Eric Khoo (Ramen Shop), Kazuyuki Kitaki (Dream of Illumination), Sachiko Kobayashi (Sennan Asbestos Disaster), Shunsuke Kubozuka (Hanagatami), Kaori Oda (Toward a Common Tenderness), Takumi Saitoh (blank 13, Ramen Shop), Shinsuke Sato (BLEACH), Thunder Sawada (Dream of Illumination), Yohei Suzuki (YEAH), Yuya Takagawa (Dream of Illumination), Hikaru Toda (Of Love & Law), Mizuki Toriya (How Can You Know Where to Go If You Do Not Know Where You Have Been), Yoko Yamanaka (Amiko), Elisa Yanagi (YEAH), Keisuke Yoshida (Thicker Than Water), and Nao Yoshigai (Across the Water, Breathing House, Stories floating on the wind). (This year?s edition also led to collaborations with Anthology Film Archives and Light Industry, presenting concurrent programming devoted to the short and feature-length work of Kaori Oda, and Kazuo Hara with a special introduction of a Shinsuke Ogawa title of his choosing.) We hope to see some KineJapan subscribers here in person for the screenings and parties?please do share the lineup and festival trailer with your networks. Follow via Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #JAPANCUTS , and receive special announcements by subscribing to our newsletter . -The JAPAN CUTS Team Joel Neville Anderson JAnderson at japansociety.org Aiko Masubuchi AMasubuchi at japansociety.org Kazu Watanabe KWatanabe at japansociety.org On May 11, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan > wrote: Dear KineJapan subscribers, We?re excited to share the first announcements for the twelfth edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, to be held July 19-29, 2018 at Japan Society in New York City: www.japansociety.org/japancuts The festival?s Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of Shuichi Okita?s Mori, The Artist?s Habitat. Star Kirin Kiki will join the screening to receive the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film. Other early announcements for JAPAN CUTS 2018 include the North American Premiere of Kazuo Hara?s Sennan Asbestos Disaster with Hara and producer Sachiko Kobayashi in attendance, the International Premiere of Mo?t Hayami?s KUSHINA, what will you be, recipient of the 2018 JAPAN CUTS Award at the 2018 Osaka Asian Film Festival, the U.S. Premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Yocho (Foreboding), as well as the East Coast Premiere of Masaaki Yuasa?s Night is Short, Walk on Girl. Please share the news with your networks, and stay tuned for the complete program of features, shorts, guests, and parties to be announced in early June. An encore screening of last year?s winner of the JAPAN CUTS Audience Award, Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High, will be held June 15. Receive special announcements by subscribing to our newsletter , or following via Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #JAPANCUTS . Hope to see you here this summer?please don?t hesitate to get in touch! -The JAPAN CUTS Team Joel Neville Anderson JAnderson at japansociety.org Aiko Masubuchi AMasubuchi at japansociety.org Kazu Watanabe KWatanabe at japansociety.org _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwICAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m=JJzrckTNlvL5LPedaumfRGyhy6ogo_aC57rKMBZONy0&s=tSA9Fa_AEXehg5pb-OOLBIKokN0AwDS_Vh4gWWNoGjY&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wct1 at columbia.edu Thu Aug 2 22:51:32 2018 From: wct1 at columbia.edu (William C. Thompson) Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 22:51:32 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film (July 19-29, 2018) In-Reply-To: <0A75EFE4-F781-4392-ABD7-3DE8D2A0F38E@gmail.com> References: <80F5E9F8-7636-4B74-8383-43EAA0B66C04@gmail.com> <0A75EFE4-F781-4392-ABD7-3DE8D2A0F38E@gmail.com> Message-ID: Another fine festival! Which film won the audience award? Bill Thompson On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 8:35 PM, Joel Neville Anderson (JNA) < joelnevilleanderson at gmail.com> wrote: > Dear KineJapan subscribers, > > JAPAN CUTS 2018 is a wrap! Many thanks to everyone who attended and > supported from afar. We invite you to look back on the festivities with the full > collection of photos > from > the screenings and parties, as well as read some of what critics have > been writing about > in response to the lineup as we continue to post interviews conducted with guests > to our social media channels. Thank you, and hope to see you at the > festival next summer! > > > -The JAPAN CUTS Team > > On Jul 13, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Joel Neville Anderson (JNA) < > joelnevilleanderson at gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear KineJapan subscribers, > > The programming team is proud to share the full lineup for the twelfth > edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, kicking off next > week July 19-29, 2018 at Japan Society in New York City: > www.japansociety.org/japancuts > > The Opening Film is the North American Premiere of *Ramen Shop*, the > Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of *Mori, The > Artist?s Habitat*, and the Closing Film is the U.S. Premiere of > *Hanagatami*. Please read our programmers? introduction > and > browse the entire dynamic lineup on the website > and as > listed here by program section: > > *Feature Slate* > *Amiko *(dir. Yoko Yamanaka), U.S. Premiere?Preceded by *NAGISA *(dir. Takeshi > Kogahara), New York Premiere > *blank 13 *(dir. Takumi Saitoh), New York Premiere > *BLEACH *(dir. Shinsuke Sato), U.S. Premiere > *Born Bone Born *(dir. Toshiyuki Teruya), North American Premiere > *Call Boy *(dir. Daisuke Miura), North American Premiere > *Dear Etranger *(dir. Yukiko Mishima), New York Premiere > *Dream of Illumination *(dir. Thunder Sawada), North American Premiere > *Hanagatami* (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi), U.S. Premiere, Closing Film?Preceded > by *How Can You Know Where to Go If You Do Not Know Where You Have Been *(dir. > Mizuki Toriya) > *KUSHINA, what will you be *(dir. Mo?t Hayami), International Premiere > *Last Winter, We Parted *(dir. Tomoyuki Takimoto), North American Premiere > *Mori, The Artist?s Habitat *(dir. Shuichi Okita), North American > Premiere, Centerpiece Presentation > *Night is Short, Walk On Girl *(dir. Masaaki Yuasa), East Coast > Premiere?Preceded by *DREAMLAND *(dir. Mirai Mizue), New York Premiere > *Outrage Coda *(dir. Takeshi Kitano), New York Premiere > *Passage of Life *(dir. Akio Fujimoto), North American Premiere > *Radiance *(dir. Naomi Kawase), New York Premiere?Preceded by *Across the > water *(dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere > *Ramen Shop *(dir. Eric Khoo), North American Premiere, Opening Film > *Side Job. *(dir. Ryuichi Hiroki), U.S. Premiere > *Thicker Than Water *(dir. Keisuke Yoshida), North American Premiere > *Tremble All You Want* (dir. Akiko Ohku), U.S. Premiere > *TOURISM *(dir. Daisuke Miyazaki), International Premiere > *Violence Voyager *(dir. Ujicha), U.S. Premiere > *We Make Antiques! *(dir. Masaharu Take), East Coast Premiere > *Yocho (Foreboding) *(dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa), U.S. Premiere > > > *Classics: Rediscoveries & Restorations**Abnormal Family*, (dir. Masayuki > Suo), North American Premiere > *Still Walking *(dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda), 10th Anniversary Screening > > > *Documentary Focus**Of Love & Law* (dir. Hikaru Toda), East Coast Premiere > *Sennan Asbestos Disaster *(dir. Kazuo Hara), North American Premiere > *Toward a Common Tenderness *(dir. Kaori Oda), North American Premiere > > *Experimental Spotlight: **Empty Orchestras and the Speed of Your Voice* > *Bivalvia: Act I* (dir. Yu Araki), U.S. Premiere > *Breathing House* (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere > *Stories floating on the wind* (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere > *WAAAH* (dir. Sawako Kabuki), New York Premiere > *YEAH* (dir. Yohei Suzuki), North American Premiere > > Including the most guests in the festival?s history, we will feature > special appearances by the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in > Film recipient *Kirin Kiki* (*Mori, The Artist's Habitat*, *Still Walking* > ), *Akio Fujimoto* (*Passage of Life*), *Kazuo Hara* (*Sennan Asbestos > Disaster*), *Mo?t Hayami* (*KUSHINA, what will you be*), *Tomona Hirota* (*KUSHINA, > what will you be*, *YEAH*), *Eric Khoo* (*Ramen Shop*), *Kazuyuki Kitaki * > (*Dream of Illumination*), *Sachiko Kobayashi *(*Sennan Asbestos Disaster* > ), *Shunsuke Kubozuka* (*Hanagatami*), *Kaori Oda* (*Toward a Common > Tenderness*), *Takumi Saitoh* (*blank 13*, *Ramen Shop*), *Shinsuke Sato* > (*BLEACH*), *Thunder Sawada* (*Dream of Illumination*), *Yohei Suzuki* ( > *YEAH*), *Yuya Takagawa* (*Dream of Illumination*), *Hikaru Toda* (*Of > Love & Law*), *Mizuki Toriya* (*How Can You Know Where to Go If You Do > Not Know Where You Have Been*), *Yoko Yamanaka* (*Amiko*), *Elisa Yanagi * > (*YEAH*), *Keisuke Yoshida* (*Thicker Than Water*), and *Nao Yoshigai *(*Across > the Water*, *Breathing House*, *Stories floating on the wind*). > > (This year?s edition also led to collaborations with Anthology Film > Archives and Light Industry, presenting concurrent programming devoted to > the short > > and feature-length > > work of Kaori Oda, and Kazuo Hara with a special introduction > of a Shinsuke Ogawa title of his > choosing.) > > We hope to see some KineJapan subscribers here in person for the > screenings and parties?please do share the lineup and festival trailer > with > your networks. Follow via Facebook > and Twitter > with the hashtag #JAPANCUTS > , and receive special > announcements by subscribing to our newsletter > . > > > -The JAPAN CUTS Team > > Joel Neville Anderson JAnderson at japansociety.org > Aiko Masubuchi AMasubuchi at japansociety.org > Kazu Watanabe KWatanabe at japansociety.org > > On May 11, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via > KineJapan wrote: > > Dear KineJapan subscribers, > > We?re excited to share the first announcements for the twelfth edition of *JAPAN > CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film*, to be held *July 19-29, 2018* at > Japan Society in New York City: www.japansociety.org/japancuts > > The festival?s Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of > Shuichi Okita?s *Mori, The Artist?s Habitat*. Star *Kirin Kiki* will join > the screening to receive the *CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance > in Film*. Other early announcements for JAPAN CUTS 2018 include > the North American Premiere of *Kazuo Hara*?s *Sennan Asbestos Disaster *with > Hara and producer *Sachiko Kobayashi* in attendance, > the International Premiere of *Mo?t Hayami*?s *KUSHINA, what will you be*, > recipient of the 2018 *JAPAN CUTS Award* at the 2018 Osaka Asian Film > Festival, the U.S. Premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's *Yocho (Foreboding)*, > as well as the East Coast Premiere of Masaaki Yuasa?s *Night is Short, > Walk on Girl*. > > Please share the news with your networks, and stay tuned for the complete > program of features, shorts, guests, and parties to be announced in early > June. An encore screening of last year?s winner of the JAPAN CUTS > Audience Award, *Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High*, will be held June 15. Receive > special announcements by subscribing to our newsletter > , > or following via Facebook > > and Twitter > with > the hashtag #JAPANCUTS > > . > > Hope to see you here this summer?please don?t hesitate to get in touch! > > > -The JAPAN CUTS Team > > Joel Neville Anderson JAnderson at japansociety.org > Aiko Masubuchi AMasubuchi at japansociety.org > Kazu Watanabe KWatanabe at japansociety.org > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists. > osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwICAg&c= > kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r= > l3JcZp1MBePCWIDmIrqG8UfhVFDaSez5k8sBowW5WBij7SJ458EK8fyDIjX8aUo5&m= > JJzrckTNlvL5LPedaumfRGyhy6ogo_aC57rKMBZONy0&s=tSA9Fa_ > AEXehg5pb-OOLBIKokN0AwDS_Vh4gWWNoGjY&e= > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From joelnevilleanderson at gmail.com Mon Aug 6 19:55:20 2018 From: joelnevilleanderson at gmail.com (Joel Neville Anderson) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 19:55:20 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film (July 19-29, 2018) In-Reply-To: References: <80F5E9F8-7636-4B74-8383-43EAA0B66C04@gmail.com> <0A75EFE4-F781-4392-ABD7-3DE8D2A0F38E@gmail.com> Message-ID: Just announced as winner of the 2018 JAPAN CUTS Audience Award: BORN BONE BORN, with MORI, THE ARTIST?S HABITAT and OF LOVE & LAW in second and third: https://twitter.com/js_film_nyc/status/1026583139928432641 http://www3.cinematopics.com/archives/89242 https://natalie.mu/owarai/news/294291 On Aug 2, 2018, at 10:51 PM, William C. Thompson wrote: Another fine festival! Which film won the audience award? Bill Thompson > On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 8:35 PM, Joel Neville Anderson (JNA) wrote: > Dear KineJapan subscribers, > > JAPAN CUTS 2018 is a wrap! Many thanks to everyone who attended and supported from afar. We invite you to look back on the festivities with the full collection of photos from the screenings and parties, as well as read some of what critics have been writing about in response to the lineup as we continue to post interviews conducted with guests to our social media channels. Thank you, and hope to see you at the festival next summer! > > > -The JAPAN CUTS Team > > On Jul 13, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Joel Neville Anderson (JNA) wrote: > > Dear KineJapan subscribers, > > The programming team is proud to share the full lineup for the twelfth edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, kicking off next week July 19-29, 2018 at Japan Society in New York City: www.japansociety.org/japancuts > > The Opening Film is the North American Premiere of Ramen Shop, the Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of Mori, The Artist?s Habitat, and the Closing Film is the U.S. Premiere of Hanagatami. Please read our programmers? introduction and browse the entire dynamic lineup on the website and as listed here by program section: > > Feature Slate > Amiko (dir. Yoko Yamanaka), U.S. Premiere?Preceded by NAGISA (dir. Takeshi Kogahara), New York Premiere > blank 13 (dir. Takumi Saitoh), New York Premiere > BLEACH (dir. Shinsuke Sato), U.S. Premiere > Born Bone Born (dir. Toshiyuki Teruya), North American Premiere > Call Boy (dir. Daisuke Miura), North American Premiere > Dear Etranger (dir. Yukiko Mishima), New York Premiere > Dream of Illumination (dir. Thunder Sawada), North American Premiere > Hanagatami (dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi), U.S. Premiere, Closing Film?Preceded by How Can You Know Where to Go If You Do Not Know Where You Have Been (dir. Mizuki Toriya) > KUSHINA, what will you be (dir. Mo?t Hayami), International Premiere > Last Winter, We Parted (dir. Tomoyuki Takimoto), North American Premiere > Mori, The Artist?s Habitat (dir. Shuichi Okita), North American Premiere, Centerpiece Presentation > Night is Short, Walk On Girl (dir. Masaaki Yuasa), East Coast Premiere?Preceded by DREAMLAND (dir. Mirai Mizue), New York Premiere > Outrage Coda (dir. Takeshi Kitano), New York Premiere > Passage of Life (dir. Akio Fujimoto), North American Premiere > Radiance (dir. Naomi Kawase), New York Premiere?Preceded by Across the water (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere > Ramen Shop (dir. Eric Khoo), North American Premiere, Opening Film > Side Job. (dir. Ryuichi Hiroki), U.S. Premiere > Thicker Than Water (dir. Keisuke Yoshida), North American Premiere > Tremble All You Want (dir. Akiko Ohku), U.S. Premiere > TOURISM (dir. Daisuke Miyazaki), International Premiere > Violence Voyager (dir. Ujicha), U.S. Premiere > We Make Antiques! (dir. Masaharu Take), East Coast Premiere > Yocho (Foreboding) (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa), U.S. Premiere > > Classics: Rediscoveries & Restorations > Abnormal Family, (dir. Masayuki Suo), North American Premiere > Still Walking (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda), 10th Anniversary Screening > > Documentary Focus > Of Love & Law (dir. Hikaru Toda), East Coast Premiere > Sennan Asbestos Disaster (dir. Kazuo Hara), North American Premiere > Toward a Common Tenderness (dir. Kaori Oda), North American Premiere > > Experimental Spotlight: Empty Orchestras and the Speed of Your Voice > Bivalvia: Act I (dir. Yu Araki), U.S. Premiere > Breathing House (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere > Stories floating on the wind (dir. Nao Yoshigai), World Premiere > WAAAH (dir. Sawako Kabuki), New York Premiere > YEAH (dir. Yohei Suzuki), North American Premiere > > Including the most guests in the festival?s history, we will feature special appearances by the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film recipient Kirin Kiki (Mori, The Artist's Habitat, Still Walking), Akio Fujimoto (Passage of Life), Kazuo Hara (Sennan Asbestos Disaster), Mo?t Hayami (KUSHINA, what will you be), Tomona Hirota (KUSHINA, what will you be, YEAH), Eric Khoo (Ramen Shop), Kazuyuki Kitaki (Dream of Illumination), Sachiko Kobayashi (Sennan Asbestos Disaster), Shunsuke Kubozuka (Hanagatami), Kaori Oda (Toward a Common Tenderness), Takumi Saitoh (blank 13, Ramen Shop), Shinsuke Sato (BLEACH), Thunder Sawada (Dream of Illumination), Yohei Suzuki (YEAH), Yuya Takagawa (Dream of Illumination), Hikaru Toda (Of Love & Law), Mizuki Toriya (How Can You Know Where to Go If You Do Not Know Where You Have Been), Yoko Yamanaka (Amiko), Elisa Yanagi (YEAH), Keisuke Yoshida (Thicker Than Water), and Nao Yoshigai (Across the Water, Breathing House, Stories floating on the wind). > > (This year?s edition also led to collaborations with Anthology Film Archives and Light Industry, presenting concurrent programming devoted to the short and feature-length work of Kaori Oda, and Kazuo Hara with a special introduction of a Shinsuke Ogawa title of his choosing.) > > We hope to see some KineJapan subscribers here in person for the screenings and parties?please do share the lineup and festival trailer with your networks. Follow via Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #JAPANCUTS, and receive special announcements by subscribing to our newsletter. > > > -The JAPAN CUTS Team > > Joel Neville Anderson JAnderson at japansociety.org > Aiko Masubuchi AMasubuchi at japansociety.org > Kazu Watanabe KWatanabe at japansociety.org > > On May 11, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > > Dear KineJapan subscribers, > > We?re excited to share the first announcements for the twelfth edition of JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, to be held July 19-29, 2018 at Japan Society in New York City: www.japansociety.org/japancuts > > The festival?s Centerpiece Presentation is the North American Premiere of Shuichi Okita?s Mori, The Artist?s Habitat. Star Kirin Kiki will join the screening to receive the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film. Other early announcements for JAPAN CUTS 2018 include the North American Premiere of Kazuo Hara?s Sennan Asbestos Disaster with Hara and producer Sachiko Kobayashi in attendance, the International Premiere of Mo?t Hayami?s KUSHINA, what will you be, recipient of the 2018 JAPAN CUTS Award at the 2018 Osaka Asian Film Festival, the U.S. Premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Yocho (Foreboding), as well as the East Coast Premiere of Masaaki Yuasa?s Night is Short, Walk on Girl. > > Please share the news with your networks, and stay tuned for the complete program of features, shorts, guests, and parties to be announced in early June. An encore screening of last year?s winner of the JAPAN CUTS Audience Award, Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High, will be held June 15. 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URL: From aaron.gerow at yale.edu Tue Aug 7 11:37:07 2018 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Gerow Aaron) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 00:37:07 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko Message-ID: <1F1FA1F9-D437-4138-8DAE-3D73C58703A4@yale.edu> The great actor Tsugawa Masahiko has died at the age of 78. Starting as a child actor (he appears in Sansho Dayu), Tsugawa was known first for his appearances in sun tribe films such as Crazed Fruit, as well as early Oshima films. After appearing in many yakuza films, he was a regular in Itami Juzo's movies, and starred in many TV dramas. He was acting in 4-5 films a year even up to the end. He was a member of the Makino clan that reigned over the Japanese film world: his grandfather was Makino Shozo (the "father" of Japanese film), his mother the actress Makino Tomoko, his father the actor Sawamura Kunitaro, his brother the actor Nagato Hiroyuki. His wife was the actress Asaoka Yukiji, who died in April. Tsugawa also directed films under the name Makino Masahiko, after his uncle Makino Masahiro. https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201808070000932.html Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Director of Graduate Studies, Film and Media Studies Yale University 143 Elm Street 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jasper_sharp at hotmail.com Tue Aug 7 12:26:45 2018 From: jasper_sharp at hotmail.com (Jasper Sharp) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 16:26:45 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko In-Reply-To: <1F1FA1F9-D437-4138-8DAE-3D73C58703A4@yale.edu> References: <1F1FA1F9-D437-4138-8DAE-3D73C58703A4@yale.edu> Message-ID: Oh gosh. How sad. I talk about him in some depth in my commentary track for Seijun Suzuki's SMASHING THE 0 LINE, even though he isn't actually in it - just in connection with the vast amount of family connections within that film. Tsugawa Masahiko appeared alongside his brother Nagato Hiroyuki and his father Sawamura Kunitaro in Nikkatsu?s first widescreen feature A YOUNG SAMURAI IN THE MOONLIGHT (1957). Jasper Sharp [cid:ae1d302b-7ca1-4695-b4ca-685ac4b10975] Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival is a new UK-wide film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp, dedicated to screening the boldest and most striking films from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between, touring across the UK Summer/Autumn 2018. 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. Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow Films. The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia Publishing. "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times. "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter. "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian. ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Gerow Aaron Sent: 07 August 2018 15:37:07 To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Subject: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko The great actor Tsugawa Masahiko has died at the age of 78. Starting as a child actor (he appears in Sansho Dayu), Tsugawa was known first for his appearances in sun tribe films such as Crazed Fruit, as well as early Oshima films. After appearing in many yakuza films, he was a regular in Itami Juzo's movies, and starred in many TV dramas. He was acting in 4-5 films a year even up to the end. He was a member of the Makino clan that reigned over the Japanese film world: his grandfather was Makino Shozo (the "father" of Japanese film), his mother the actress Makino Tomoko, his father the actor Sawamura Kunitaro, his brother the actor Nagato Hiroyuki. His wife was the actress Asaoka Yukiji, who died in April. Tsugawa also directed films under the name Makino Masahiko, after his uncle Makino Masahiro. https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201808070000932.html Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Director of Graduate Studies, Film and Media Studies Yale University 143 Elm Street 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Alexander Zahlten Associate Professor Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Harvard University Director of Graduate Studies, Regional Studies East Asia From: KineJapan on behalf of Gerow Aaron Reply-To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 00:37 To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Subject: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko The great actor Tsugawa Masahiko has died at the age of 78. Starting as a child actor (he appears in Sansho Dayu), Tsugawa was known first for his appearances in sun tribe films such as Crazed Fruit, as well as early Oshima films. After appearing in many yakuza films, he was a regular in Itami Juzo's movies, and starred in many TV dramas. He was acting in 4-5 films a year even up to the end. He was a member of the Makino clan that reigned over the Japanese film world: his grandfather was Makino Shozo (the "father" of Japanese film), his mother the actress Makino Tomoko, his father the actor Sawamura Kunitaro, his brother the actor Nagato Hiroyuki. His wife was the actress Asaoka Yukiji, who died in April. Tsugawa also directed films under the name Makino Masahiko, after his uncle Makino Masahiro. https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201808070000932.html Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Director of Graduate Studies, Film and Media Studies Yale University 143 Elm Street 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From aaron.gerow at yale.edu Tue Aug 7 18:45:32 2018 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Gerow Aaron) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 07:45:32 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko In-Reply-To: <65E6ECBD-C721-4A3E-874D-540BFC9044B6@fas.harvard.edu> References: <1F1FA1F9-D437-4138-8DAE-3D73C58703A4@yale.edu> <65E6ECBD-C721-4A3E-874D-540BFC9044B6@fas.harvard.edu> Message-ID: <91EACA22-E2C4-4CB9-81D7-C9B2170836FB@yale.edu> Alex, My guess is that he will not be interred there. His father, brother, and his brother?s wife, Minamida Yoko, are interred in Kotokuji in Nakano, so he might end up in the same grave. Or he might have his own grave set up elsewhere. One question is where Asaoka is or will be interred. The last time I was in Tojin, I thought I remembered his mother?s name there. Perhaps there will be bunkotsu? Kobayashi Masaki?s ashes, for instance, are divided between Kamakura and Yamaguchi. As for the relationship with Tojiin, I don?t recall the specifics, but it is well known that after the Meiji government?s anti-Buddhist policies, many Buddhist temples were in financially poor shape and film crews could shoot at temples that now, given prestige and regulations on cultural properties, could not happen now. Given that Onoe Matsunosuke is also buried in a Tojiin graveyard (though the one inside the Ritsumeikan campus?Kinugasa is also there), Tojiin also had broader relationships with the film community. Aaron > 2018/08/08 ??6:50?Zahlten, Alexander ????? > > Aaron, I wonder if you know if Tsugawa will be buried on the grounds of Tojiin Temple in Kyoto (close to Ritsumeikan University)? I haven?t been able to find information if that is the case. Large parts of the Makino family are buried there- fascinatingly, Makino built a studio on the grounds of the temple (!) in 1921, and there is a statue there today in his honor. How and why the temple grounds became the site for one of the early Kyoto studios would be a great research project- > > Best, > Alex > > ???????? > Alexander Zahlten > Associate Professor > Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations > Harvard University > Director of Graduate Studies, Regional Studies East Asia > > > From: KineJapan on behalf of Gerow Aaron > Reply-To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 00:37 > To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Subject: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko > > The great actor Tsugawa Masahiko has died at the age of 78. Starting as a child actor (he appears in Sansho Dayu), Tsugawa was known first for his appearances in sun tribe films such as Crazed Fruit, as well as early Oshima films. After appearing in many yakuza films, he was a regular in Itami Juzo's movies, and starred in many TV dramas. He was acting in 4-5 films a year even up to the end. He was a member of the Makino clan that reigned over the Japanese film world: his grandfather was Makino Shozo (the "father" of Japanese film), his mother the actress Makino Tomoko, his father the actor Sawamura Kunitaro, his brother the actor Nagato Hiroyuki. His wife was the actress Asaoka Yukiji, who died in April. Tsugawa also directed films under the name Makino Masahiko, after his uncle Makino Masahiro. > > https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201808070000932.html > > > > Aaron Gerow > Professor > Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures > Director of Graduate Studies, Film and Media Studies > Yale University > 143 Elm Street > 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 mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From azahlten at fas.harvard.edu Tue Aug 7 19:08:58 2018 From: azahlten at fas.harvard.edu (Zahlten, Alexander) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 23:08:58 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko In-Reply-To: <91EACA22-E2C4-4CB9-81D7-C9B2170836FB@yale.edu> References: <1F1FA1F9-D437-4138-8DAE-3D73C58703A4@yale.edu> <65E6ECBD-C721-4A3E-874D-540BFC9044B6@fas.harvard.edu> <91EACA22-E2C4-4CB9-81D7-C9B2170836FB@yale.edu> Message-ID: Aaron, many thanks for this information- this is fascinating. I always wondered if the relationship of the Senbon-gumi (that Makino of course was very tight with) played a role in brokering uses of the temple grounds. Many of the temples had deep relationships with local yakuza groups. Tojiin is slightly outside of what would have been their central territory, but it?s not too far off either. Best, Alex From: KineJapan on behalf of Gerow Aaron Reply-To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 07:45 To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko Alex, My guess is that he will not be interred there. His father, brother, and his brother?s wife, Minamida Yoko, are interred in Kotokuji in Nakano, so he might end up in the same grave. Or he might have his own grave set up elsewhere. One question is where Asaoka is or will be interred. The last time I was in Tojin, I thought I remembered his mother?s name there. Perhaps there will be bunkotsu? Kobayashi Masaki?s ashes, for instance, are divided between Kamakura and Yamaguchi. As for the relationship with Tojiin, I don?t recall the specifics, but it is well known that after the Meiji government?s anti-Buddhist policies, many Buddhist temples were in financially poor shape and film crews could shoot at temples that now, given prestige and regulations on cultural properties, could not happen now. Given that Onoe Matsunosuke is also buried in a Tojiin graveyard (though the one inside the Ritsumeikan campus?Kinugasa is also there), Tojiin also had broader relationships with the film community. Aaron 2018/08/08 ??6:50?Zahlten, Alexander > ????? Aaron, I wonder if you know if Tsugawa will be buried on the grounds of Tojiin Temple in Kyoto (close to Ritsumeikan University)? I haven?t been able to find information if that is the case. Large parts of the Makino family are buried there- fascinatingly, Makino built a studio on the grounds of the temple (!) in 1921, and there is a statue there today in his honor. How and why the temple grounds became the site for one of the early Kyoto studios would be a great research project- Best, Alex ???????? Alexander Zahlten Associate Professor Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Harvard University Director of Graduate Studies, Regional Studies East Asia From: KineJapan > on behalf of Gerow Aaron > Reply-To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 00:37 To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Subject: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko The great actor Tsugawa Masahiko has died at the age of 78. Starting as a child actor (he appears in Sansho Dayu), Tsugawa was known first for his appearances in sun tribe films such as Crazed Fruit, as well as early Oshima films. After appearing in many yakuza films, he was a regular in Itami Juzo's movies, and starred in many TV dramas. He was acting in 4-5 films a year even up to the end. He was a member of the Makino clan that reigned over the Japanese film world: his grandfather was Makino Shozo (the "father" of Japanese film), his mother the actress Makino Tomoko, his father the actor Sawamura Kunitaro, his brother the actor Nagato Hiroyuki. His wife was the actress Asaoka Yukiji, who died in April. Tsugawa also directed films under the name Makino Masahiko, after his uncle Makino Masahiro. https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201808070000932.html Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Director of Graduate Studies, Film and Media Studies Yale University 143 Elm Street 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 mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeremyharley at gmail.com Wed Aug 8 01:52:52 2018 From: jeremyharley at gmail.com (Jeremy Harley) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 14:52:52 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko In-Reply-To: References: <1F1FA1F9-D437-4138-8DAE-3D73C58703A4@yale.edu> <65E6ECBD-C721-4A3E-874D-540BFC9044B6@fas.harvard.edu> <91EACA22-E2C4-4CB9-81D7-C9B2170836FB@yale.edu> Message-ID: Tsugawa also appeared sans fee in a prominent poster calling for the return of Japanese abductees from North Korea, which many on this list will have seen in many places around Tokyo (and around the country?). (google image search for poster ) His own daughter was in fact kidnapped in the 1974 (not by North Korea) which is seen to have led to his interest in the issue. He also had Prime Minister Abe's ear, it would seem . Jeremy Harley Mabashi Movie Festival On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:08 AM, Zahlten, Alexander wrote: > Aaron, many thanks for this information- this is fascinating. I always > wondered if the relationship of the Senbon-gumi (that Makino of course was > very tight with) played a role in brokering uses of the temple grounds. > Many of the temples had deep relationships with local yakuza groups. Tojiin > is slightly outside of what would have been their central territory, but > it?s not too far off either. > > > > Best, > > Alex > > > > *From: *KineJapan on behalf of Gerow > Aaron > *Reply-To: *Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > *Date: *Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 07:45 > *To: *Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > *Subject: *Re: [KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko > > > > Alex, > > > > My guess is that he will not be interred there. His father, brother, and > his brother?s wife, Minamida Yoko, are interred in Kotokuji in Nakano, so > he might end up in the same grave. Or he might have his own grave set up > elsewhere. One question is where Asaoka is or will be interred. > > > > The last time I was in Tojin, I thought I remembered his mother?s name > there. Perhaps there will be bunkotsu? Kobayashi Masaki?s ashes, for > instance, are divided between Kamakura and Yamaguchi. > > > > As for the relationship with Tojiin, I don?t recall the specifics, but it > is well known that after the Meiji government?s anti-Buddhist policies, > many Buddhist temples were in financially poor shape and film crews could > shoot at temples that now, given prestige and regulations on cultural > properties, could not happen now. Given that Onoe Matsunosuke is also > buried in a Tojiin graveyard (though the one inside the Ritsumeikan > campus?Kinugasa is also there), Tojiin also had broader relationships with > the film community. > > > > Aaron > > > > 2018/08/08 ??6:50?Zahlten, Alexander ????? > > > > Aaron, I wonder if you know if Tsugawa will be buried on the grounds of > Tojiin Temple in Kyoto (close to Ritsumeikan University)? I haven?t been > able to find information if that is the case. Large parts of the Makino > family are buried there- fascinatingly, Makino built a studio on the > grounds of the temple (!) in 1921, and there is a statue there today in his > honor. How and why the temple grounds became the site for one of the early > Kyoto studios would be a great research project- > > > > Best, > > Alex > > > > ???????? > > Alexander Zahlten > > Associate Professor > > Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations > > Harvard University > > Director of Graduate Studies, Regional Studies East Asia > > > > > > *From: *KineJapan on behalf of Gerow > Aaron > *Reply-To: *Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > *Date: *Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 00:37 > *To: *Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > *Subject: *[KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko > > > > The great actor Tsugawa Masahiko has died at the age of 78. Starting as a > child actor (he appears in Sansho Dayu), Tsugawa was known first for his > appearances in sun tribe films such as Crazed Fruit, as well as early > Oshima films. After appearing in many yakuza films, he was a regular in > Itami Juzo's movies, and starred in many TV dramas. He was acting in 4-5 > films a year even up to the end. He was a member of the Makino clan that > reigned over the Japanese film world: his grandfather was Makino Shozo (the > "father" of Japanese film), his mother the actress Makino Tomoko, his > father the actor Sawamura Kunitaro, his brother the actor Nagato Hiroyuki. > His wife was the actress Asaoka Yukiji, who died in April. Tsugawa also > directed films under the name Makino Masahiko, after his uncle Makino > Masahiro. > > > > https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201808070000932.html > > > > > > > Aaron Gerow > Professor > Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures > > Director of Graduate Studies, Film and Media Studies > > Yale University > > 143 Elm Street > 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 mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Two Japanese films were included, Ry?suke Hamaguchi's *Asano I & II *and Hirokazu Kore-eda's *Shoplifters.* Both directors are festival favorites: Hamaguchi's *Happy Hour *was a New Directors/New Films selection a couple of years ago (New Directors is co-sponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center [the sponsor of the NYFF] and the Museum of Modern Art), and several Kore-eda films have been included in previous NYFFs. Several additional Asian films will be included in the festival: Jia Zhangke's *Ash Is Purest White *(China), Lee Chang-dong's *Burning *(South Korea), Ying Liang's *A Family Tour *(Taiwan/...), Hong Sangsoo's *Grass *and his *Hotel by the River *(both South Korea), Jafar Panahi's *3 Faces *(Iran), and Bi Gan's *Long Day's Journey Into Night* (China/France). The Festival runs from September 28 thru October 14. Dates for individual films are still TBA, but the festival hopes to have many of the directors present. https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2018/daily/56th-new-york-film-festival-main-slate-announced/ Also in New York this weekend thru August 15th, the Metrograph is presenting a Makoto Shinkai retrospective http://metrograph.com/series/series/168/makoto-shinkai and reprising films from its Yoshida x 3 series from last weekend http://metrograph.com/series/series/165/yoshida-x-3 Bill Thompson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From earljac at gmail.com Sun Aug 12 23:06:58 2018 From: earljac at gmail.com (Earl Jackson) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:06:58 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Copyright of Ronza Message-ID: Dear everyone, Nang journal is trying to get permission to reprint an essay from Ronza. Would anyone know who might own the copyright and to whom we could address the request? Is it Asahi Shinbun? Thank you [ps I still cannot see my own postings but I'm hoping I will see the responses]. The essay in question is: Abe Kazushige, ??Hana? to ?bi? no aida ni nani ga aru no ka?, Ronza no. 32 (December 1997). Thank you. Earl Jackson Professor Chair, Foreign Languages and Literatures 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... URL: From george at jaeff.org Wed Aug 15 08:31:19 2018 From: george at jaeff.org (George Crosthwait) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:31:19 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] JAEFF 2018 Message-ID: <1653d91a334.10c17a05f7334.985332683806570805@jaeff.org> Dear all, Some of you are probably already aware (apologies for any cross-posting), but for those who aren't, the first multi-day edition of the Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival [JAEFF] is taking place in London in late September. This year's festival is themed around youth counterculture and protest movements. We're showing five New Wave classics that look at youth movements in the 1950s/60s. These are paired with four contemporary experimental short films that examine protest and/or youth culture in present day Japan.? The program is as follows: Friday 21/9, 7pm, KCL:?Crazed Fruit?(Ko Nakihara, 1956) +?Your Voice Came Out Through My Throat?(Chikako Yamashiro)? Saturday 22/9, 6pm, Close-Up:?Forest of Oppresion?(Shinsuke Ogawa, 1967) + introduction from Ricardo Matos Cabo Saturday 22/9, 8:15pm, Close-Up:?Diary of a Shinjuku Thief?(Nagisa Oshima, 1968) +?Desktop Treasure?(Ummmi., 2014)? Sunday 23/9, 2pm, Barbican: Tremors of the Japanese New Wave (free panel discussion feat. Isolde Standish, Jennifer Coates, Julian Ross, and?Jelena Stojkovi?; registration required) Sunday 23/9, 4:15pm, Barbican:?Bad Boys?(Susumu Hani, 1961) +?Studio Sunrise?(Kioto Aoki, 2017) Sunday 23/9, 6:15p,, Barbican:?Funeral Parade of Roses?(Toshio Matsumoto, 1969) +?Looking for Jiro?(Tina Takemoto, 2011) I hope to see some UK based KineJapaners at the screenings. Please do spread the word to any friends and colleagues you think might be interested. Best, ?? George Crosthwait Festival Producer? Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival jaeff.org george at jaeff.org? +44 (0)7854 448 101 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, kindly notify the sender that you have received this message in error and immediately delete it. 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They are now conducting a search "directed towards specialists in Asian cinema and media cultures, with a preference for scholars of Japanese cinema." https://carleton.ca/provost/2018/studies-in-art-and-culture-film-studies-assistant-professor/ Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Director of Graduate Studies, Film and Media Studies Yale University 143 Elm Street 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are particularly interested in scholars who combine strengths in film, media, and/or popular cultural studies with interdisciplinary and transnational range. All applicants should possess a high level of proficiency in Korean. Website: http://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/8380 Posting Date: 08/14/2018 Closing Date 10/07/2018 With best wishes, Alex -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aaron.gerow at yale.edu Sun Aug 19 04:29:50 2018 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Gerow Aaron) Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 17:29:50 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Yale jobs Message-ID: Please take note--and tell everyone you know--that East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale is seeking to fill two positions in Japanese literature. Both are open rank and can be any period after 1600. History and Anthropology are also doing Japan job searches this year, so it is an exciting time for Japan studies at Yale. https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000438445-01 Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Director of Graduate Studies, Film and Media Studies Yale University 143 Elm Street 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From earljac at gmail.com Mon Aug 20 18:56:56 2018 From: earljac at gmail.com (Earl Jackson) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 07:56:56 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] server problems? Message-ID: Dear Everyone, Since the switch to the Yale server, I cannot see the messages I post, but now as it turns out, I also do not see any messages that respond to my message. If I have not thanked you for a response to any of my inquiries it's because I have not seen them. I hope this can be remedied. best ej Earl Jackson Professor Chair, Foreign Languages and Literatures 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... URL: From aaron.gerow at yale.edu Mon Aug 20 19:44:58 2018 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Gerow Aaron) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 08:44:58 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] server problems? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8828608C-4ECA-4D31-B7C4-1D8FF42B215E@yale.edu> Leave for the airport in a couple of hours, so just a quick update. First, there is a problem of list members not seeing the posts they send out. This happens to me too. I have notified Yale ITS and they are looking into it. At first check, they can?t see the reason, so they will need to work with me in real time to see what is happening. We?ll try that when I get back. Second, I don?t think there is a problem of not seeing the messages that respond to your post. I am seeing responses to my posts. At least this month, Earl, you have not had a response to a post. Third, if you are unsure whether your post has been distributed, you can always check the archive. https://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/kinejapan/ I hope this helps. Aaron > 2018/08/21 ??7:56?Earl Jackson ????? > > Dear Everyone, > Since the switch to the Yale server, I cannot see the messages I post, but now as it turns out, I also do not see any messages that respond to my message. If I have not thanked you for a response to any of my inquiries it's because I have not seen them. I hope this can be remedied. > best > ej > Earl Jackson > Professor > Chair, Foreign Languages and Literatures > National Chiao Tung University > Associate Professor, Emeritus > University of California, Santa Cruz > Co-Director > Trans-Asia Screen Cultures Institute > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cavrak at mac.com Mon Aug 20 19:53:57 2018 From: cavrak at mac.com (Steve Cavrak) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:53:57 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] server problems? In-Reply-To: <8828608C-4ECA-4D31-B7C4-1D8FF42B215E@yale.edu> References: <8828608C-4ECA-4D31-B7C4-1D8FF42B215E@yale.edu> Message-ID: > On Aug 20, 2018, at 7:44 PM, Gerow Aaron wrote: > > Second, I don?t think there is a problem of not seeing the messages that respond to your post. I am seeing responses to my posts. At least this month, Earl, you have not had a response to a post. > "Mailman" hass a server (and subscriber) option : that controls this behavior Mailman: Advanced Preferences for List Administrators https://www.technology.pitt.edu/help-desk/how-to-documents/mailman-advanced-preferences-list-administrators new_member_options All members have a set of subscription options which they can use to control how they receive messages and otherwise interact with the list. While the members can change these settings by logging into their personal options page, you might want to set the default for a number of the member options. This variable presents a set of checkboxes that control the defaults for some of the member options. Conceal the member?s address specifies whether the address is displayed in the list roster. Acknowledge the member?s posting controls whether Mailman sends an acknowledgement to a member when they post a message to the list. Do not send a copy of a member?s own post specifies whether a member posting to the list will get a copy of their own posting. Filter out duplicate messages to list members (if possible) specifies whether members who are explicitly listed as a recipient of a message (e.g., via the Cc: header) will also get a copy from Mailman. Of course, members can always override these defaults by making changes on their Membership Options page. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cavrak at mac.com Mon Aug 20 20:15:20 2018 From: cavrak at mac.com (Steve Cavrak) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:15:20 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] server problems? In-Reply-To: References: <8828608C-4ECA-4D31-B7C4-1D8FF42B215E@yale.edu> Message-ID: <01DE5698-32C8-4165-83EE-7FA14E6EB2D3@mac.com> Sent from my iPad > On Aug 20, 2018, at 7:53 PM, Steve Cavrak wrote: > > "Mailman" has a server (and subscriber) option : that controls this behavior FWIW, I received a copy of my reply to Gerow suggesting that the issue isn?t quite universal - or may have other causes... From aaron.gerow at yale.edu Mon Aug 20 20:15:21 2018 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Gerow Aaron) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 09:15:21 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] server problems? In-Reply-To: References: <8828608C-4ECA-4D31-B7C4-1D8FF42B215E@yale.edu> Message-ID: <5DC91F62-0084-45C9-BDA2-16C7DF99B93E@yale.edu> Thanks, but unfortunately this has not worked in my case. It seems to be another issue. Aaron > 2018/08/21 ??8:53?Steve Cavrak ????? > > >> On Aug 20, 2018, at 7:44 PM, Gerow Aaron > wrote: >> >> Second, I don?t think there is a problem of not seeing the messages that respond to your post. I am seeing responses to my posts. At least this month, Earl, you have not had a response to a post. >> > > > "Mailman" hass a server (and subscriber) option : that controls this behavior > > > Mailman: Advanced Preferences for List Administrators > https://www.technology.pitt.edu/help-desk/how-to-documents/mailman-advanced-preferences-list-administrators > > > new_member_options All members have a set of subscription options which they can use to control how they receive messages and otherwise interact with the list. While the members can change these settings by logging into their personal options page, you might want to set the default for a number of the member options. > > This variable presents a set of checkboxes that control the defaults for some of the member options. Conceal the member?s address specifies whether the address is displayed in the list roster. Acknowledge the member?s posting controls whether Mailman sends an acknowledgement to a member when they post a message to the list. Do not send a copy of a member?s own post specifies whether a member posting to the list will get a copy of their own posting. Filter out duplicate messages to list members (if possible) specifies whether members who are explicitly listed as a recipient of a message (e.g., via the Cc: header) will also get a copy from Mailman. > > Of course, members can always override these defaults by making changes on their Membership Options page. > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We?ll try that when I > get back. > > Second, I don?t think there is a problem of not seeing the messages that > respond to your post. I am seeing responses to my posts. At least this > month, Earl, you have not had a response to a post. > > Third, if you are unsure whether your post has been distributed, you can > always check the archive. > > https://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/kinejapan/ > > I hope this helps. > > Aaron > > 2018/08/21 ??7:56?Earl Jackson ????? > > Dear Everyone, > Since the switch to the Yale server, I cannot see the messages I post, but > now as it turns out, I also do not see any messages that respond to my > message. If I have not thanked you for a response to any of my inquiries > it's because I have not seen them. I hope this can be remedied. > best > ej > Earl Jackson > Professor > Chair, Foreign Languages and Literatures > National Chiao Tung University > Associate Professor, Emeritus > University of California, Santa Cruz > Co-Director > Trans-Asia Screen Cultures Institute > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Director of Graduate Studies, Film and Media Studies Yale University 143 Elm Street 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susanneschermann at yahoo.co.jp Sun Aug 26 09:24:42 2018 From: susanneschermann at yahoo.co.jp (Schermann Susanne) Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 22:24:42 +0900 (JST) Subject: [KineJapan] New Publication Message-ID: <955277.19713.qm@web102013.mail.ssk.yahoo.co.jp> May I draw your attention to a new publication of writings by Alan Booth, edited by a friend of mine. There are many film reviews, so it might be of interest for some of you. THIS GREAT STAGE OF FOOLS An anthology of uncollected writings by Alan Booth ? edited by Timothy Harris with an afterword by Karel van Wolferen ? Published by Bright Wave Media, Inc, Yokohama, Japan 303 pp ? Price ?2,500 ? (enquiries and further information:?http://brightwavemedia.com/booth.html) ? ? Alan Booth (1945-1993) was the author of two very well-received books: The Roads to Sata (Penguin), about walking the length of Japan, and Looking for the Lost (Kodansha America). He was also an accomplished critic and journalist, and in 1979, at the request of Timothy Harris, then the arts editor at the Asahi Evening News, he began writing weekly reviews of Japanese film.This Great Stage of Fools opens with a large selection of these film reviews, as well as longer pieces on ?the state of the art?, the director Kinugasa Teinosuke, etc. The reviews themselves are divided into groups; The Best; The Worst; Priests, Peasants, Samurai & Lovers; Anime; and, finally, The War. There are altogether 43 reviews, and the films reviewed include Zigeunerweisen, Doro no kawa, Sasameyuki, Os?shiki, Kagemusha, Ran, Hotaru no haka, Akira, Senjy? no merii kurisumasu, and Shanhai bansukingu. Through his choice and arrangement, the editor has sought to create a portrait of what was happening in Japanese film in the years 1979 to 1990. In addition to having a great knowledge of film, Alan was himself an accomplished actor and stage-director (his Birmingham University production of the Bad Quarto of Hamlet won first prize in a European student competition and was praised highly by the famous critic Harold Hobson). His very practical knowledge of drama and his fascination with popular culture, as well as his dislike of pretension and grasp of social realities, made him a formidable critic of film, since he was aware of important aspects of film that many people are blind to. He had also a wonderful ear and a great sense of humour, and he writes beautifully. His work is a delight to read. The remainder of the book is given over to accounts of Japanese festivals and folksongs, an interview with the great Tsugaru shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan, an account of a walk through Shikoku, and, finally, a few articles on living with cancer, and dying of it. In a very appreciative review of this anthology in the Japan Times, Damian Flanagan, author of books on Natsume Soseki and Mishima Yukio, wrote: ?Booth was for my money the greatest writer about Japan of his generation.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I?m not aware of that film travelling abroad before, and that may be sofor several others, like - Daibosatut?ge, Great Buddha Pass, 1935, partly directed by Yamanaka Sadao, supervised byInagaki Hiroshi; Inagaki?s1931 Mabuta no haha; Sengoku kitan: Kimagure kanja, Capricious Young Man, 1935, directedby Itami Mansaku; the 1938 Ch?shingura directed by Makino Masahiro and IkedaTomiyasu; Yamamoto Satsuo?s Tsubasa no gaika, Winged Victory, 1942, to a script ofKurosawa Akira. There?s plenty more. Frenchsubtitles, of course. Roger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: