[KineJapan] theatrical release of 祇園祭 outside of Japan

William C. Thompson wct1 at columbia.edu
Fri Jul 24 09:41:42 EDT 2020


Roger Greenspun reviewed the film in the New York Times on August 30, 1973,
when the film was opening at the Bijou Theater here.  The Bijou showed
Japanese films almost exclusively at one time.  I had not yet moved to New
York at that time.

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/30/archives/day-the-sun-rose-kyoto-drama.html?searchResultPosition=1

Bill Thompson
wct1 at columbia.edu

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 7:33 AM matteo boscarol via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> thank you Eija
>
> Matteo Boscarol
>
> - Film writer for Il Manifesto
> http://ilmanifesto.it
> Asian Docs
> - Documentary in Japan and Asia
> http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com
>
>
> On Jul 24, 2020, at 20:26, Eija Niskanen via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi!
> I asked Finnish Film Archive, and at least according to their knowledge it
> has not been shown in Finland, if this information helps.
>
> Eija Niskanen
> Programming director
> Helsinki Cine Aasia
> www.helsinkicineaasia.fi
>
>
>
>
> pe 24. heinäk. 2020 klo 11.00 Gerow Aaron via KineJapan (
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu) kirjoitti:
>
>> I was also asked the same question by Ota-san, and showed her this
>> newspaper page from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin from February 18, 1969.
>>
>>
>> https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/271234104/?fbclid=IwAR1cdXOghW8_yVBRaeS4sLTSz0K8NpwZGNpYnjy5dKYCMtCqF94i01U3gJc
>>
>> Even without getting the full view, you can see there is an ad for the
>> film showing at the Nippon theater.
>>
>> More needs to be done to figure out where else it showed and what
>> happened to the print(s).
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>> 2020/07/24 午後4:43、matteo boscarol via KineJapan <
>> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>のメール:
>>
>> Dear members,
>>
>> The おもちゃ映画ミュージアム in Kyoto is trying to gather information on the
>> theatrical release of 祇園祭 The Day the Sun Rose, aka Gion Festival
>> (Yamanouchi Tetsuya, 1968) outside of Japan. We know that it was shown in
>> USA in February of 1969 (in Hawaii in 1973), but they couldn’t get anything
>> about other parts of the world.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Matteo Boscarol
>>
>> - Film writer for Il Manifesto
>> http://ilmanifesto.it
>>
>> Asian Docs
>> - Documentary in Japan and Asia
>> http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com
>>
>>
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