[KineJapan] New Hara Kazuo film

[Markus Nornes]

Hi Roger.

That long!?!?  Too bad.....

TIFF has dedicated screenings for press. Contact their press office and
they'll send an application.

Markus




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*Markus Nornes*
*Professor of Asian Cinema*
Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and
Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design

*Department of Film, Television and Media*
*6348 North Quad*
*105 S. State Street*
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On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 12:55 PM Roger Macy via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Thanks for this, Markus.
> The TIFF schedule is now posted
> https://2019.tiff-jp.net/en/schedule/list/day02
> which tells us that 'Reiwa Uprising' is 270 minutes long, and has one
> screening starting at midnight.
>
> Can someone tell me/us how TIFF works for accredited professionals?  The
> 'press' page mentions P&I screenings. Do they tend to be in the mornings a
> couple of days before, or some other scheme ?   Is there a viewing room ?
>
> Roger
>
> On Sunday, 29 September 2019, 02:20:05 BST, Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Tokyo Film Festival announced their schedule and a notable film is a new
> work by Hara Kazuo. It's called Reiwa Uprising (れいわ一揆), a title that evokes
> one of Tsuchimoto's films. It's about the new political party Reiwa
> Shinsengumi. I've always found Japanese elections depressingly dull, but
> this past one had me riveted to Youtube thanks to Yamamoto Taro. He started
> his career as a tarento, and also acted in movies (notably Battle Royale,
> Izo and Princess Raccoon). But he ran as an independent for the Diet after
> 3/11 and became a politician who spoke his mind and was openly critical of
> status quo politics. He notoriously passed a letter complaining about the
> handling of Fukushima to the emperor some years back. This year he
> established this new party and I have to say it was impressive.
>
> First of all, Yamamoto know how to give good speech. If you've never seen
> him, check this out (especially the halfway point):
>
> https://youtu.be/V6jbn9Ye670
>
> His party put up an amazing lineup for election this year. It included an
> Okinawan, two people with disabilities, a cross-dressing professor from
> Tokyo University who sometimes campaigned with a horse, and an obasan that
> was better at public speaking than Yamamoto.
>
> One of the impressive things about the party, from my admitted limited
> understanding, was that Yamamoto shifted his representation from the city
> of Tokyo to the national proportion representational block, this
> fascinating open system where people all over the country can vote for a
> party. This was a big gamble. Moreover, the party gives a ranked list and
> although they expected to pick up at least two seats Yamamoto put himself
> 3rd....behind the two disabled politicians. Who won, and he came up short.
> Both are quite severely disabled, one in the advanced stages of ALS. Seeing
> them win was really moving.
>
> Hara seems to have centered his new film on the professor, Yasutomi Ayumi,
> who is transgender and on the Todai website lists her research subject as
> "Decolonization of the soul." She also campaigned with a horse and a
> Thriller flash mob. I recall watching this Youtube video, where she has a
> backup band and one of the zombies is carrying a baby:
>
> https://youtu.be/ett8o0u1fdI
>
> It's hardly surprising Hara chose Yasutomi and not Yamamoto. Judging from
> his asbestos film, he really doesn't know how to deal with people who
> aren't edgy.  This could be really interesting. Here's the trailer:
>
> https://youtu.be/_b-Wieqk6Gk
>
> Back in the summer, Hara did some live streaming documentary on election
> night. I only heard about it afterwards, so if anyone saw it I'd love to
> hear what was it was like.
>
> Mori Tatsuya also has a new film at TIFF. In recent years, Mori has been
> concentrating on his writing and not filmmaking. I think he identifies more
> strongly with critical journalism than documentary. And this helps explain
> his film's subject, journalist Mochizuki Isoko:
>
> https://youtu.be/YQGF8y1TiA8
>
> I look forward to this as well.
>
> I sure do with these were at Yamagata and not TIFF. I'm wondering what
> this means......
>
> That said, the Japanese entry in the Yamagata main competition is a film I
> am really looking forward to and I'm impressed by its selection: Makino
> Takashi's Memento Stella.
>
> https://www.yidff.jp/2019/ic/19ic08-e.html
>
> I'll be in Yamagata. Hope to see some of you at Komian!
>
> Markus
>
>
>
>
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>
> *Markus Nornes*
> *Professor of Asian Cinema*
> Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages
> and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design
>
> *Department of Film, Television and Media*
> *6348 North Quad*
> *105 S. State Street*
> *Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285*
>
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