From aaron.gerow at yale.edu Thu Jun 3 21:22:35 2021 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Gerow Aaron) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 21:22:35 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] Obayashi Nobuhiko: Call for Papers Message-ID: <46D9E514-43CD-43CD-813D-351168169650@yale.edu> OBAYASHI NOBUHIKO Call for Papers For nearly 60 years until his death in 2020, Obayashi Nobuhiko continued to challenge and expand the many fields of moving image production he engaged in, from experimental films to commercials, from idol movies to anti-war digital cinema. While justly celebrated in Japan, Obayashi remained largely unknown abroad until Hausu, his 1977 commercial feature debut, was finally released on DVD in English-language markets in 2010 to cult success. Even then, no serious and critical engagement with his work has been published in book form either in Japan or abroad. Obayashi is worthy of such deep study not only because his own work, with its interrogations of cinema and modern Japanese history, of youth and gender, of genre and the possibilities of the moving image, is profoundly rich. It is also because, with a career of involvement in experimental film, TV commercials and movies, major studio productions, genre cinema, independent film, and digital cinema, Obayashi is an extremely fruitful avenue for exploring different but interrelated aspects of postwar Japan?s history and media ecology. Just as Obayashi used media to explore modern Japanese history, so we can use Obayashi to explore modern Japanese media. We are preparing an anthology on Obayashi Nobuhiko and are calling for proposals to contribute to this volume. Those selected will be invited to workshop their papers at a colloquium at Yale University in spring 2022 before final drafts are submitted. The book proposal will be submitted after contributions have been selected. Given the great diversity of Obayashi?s work, we welcome proposals from a variety of perspectives, not limited to academics, though we have listed some possible topics: Obayashi?s 8mm films Film Independent and 1960s experimental cinema Obayashi?s career in TV commercials Obayashi and television (TV movies, etc.) Kadokawa and idol films in the 1980s The shojo and gender in Obayashi Producer Kyoko Obayashi Obayashi and film music Obayashi and film acting Digital filmmaking Obayashi and film style Study/analysis of a particular film Obayashi and genre Obayashi and modern Japanese history Obayashi narrating film history Obayashi?s war movies Hiroshima and Obayashi Post-311 filmmaking Obayashi and locality: Onomichi and beyond Literature and Obayashi films Chuya Nakahara poetry in Obayashi films Obayashi?s writings on cinema Obayashi and American cinema Obayashi fandom at home and abroad Proposals will be selected both for their quality and for how well they help produce a book that represents the diversity of Obayashi?s cinematic endeavors. Potential authors are welcome to inquire beforehand about possible topics. The book will also contain some translations of Obayashi?s own writings. Contributions to the refereed anthology will be approximately 6,000 to 8,000 words in length, referenced in Chicago style. Proposals should be between 300 and 400 words, and accompanied by a short bio and contact information. Submit by e-mail to Aiko Masubuchi (aiko.masubuchi at gmail.com ) and Aaron Gerow (aaron.gerow at yale.edu ) by August 1, 2021. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nornes at umich.edu Sat Jun 5 10:37:17 2021 From: nornes at umich.edu (Markus Nornes) Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2021 08:37:17 -0600 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch Message-ID: Kawase Naomi has been making news recently. Appearing on a talk show called *Sukkiri *to talk about the Olympics*,* she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket. In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan. Markus --- *Markus Nornes* *Professor of Asian Cinema* *Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture* Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design *Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ * *Department of Film, Television and Media* *6348 North Quad* *105 S. State Street**Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aaron.gerow at yale.edu Sat Jun 5 12:19:49 2021 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Gerow Aaron) Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2021 12:19:49 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <39C63776-E25B-48CE-A28A-C283B659883D@yale.edu> I did not see the show, but I did read the articles about it. My reading was a little different, perhaps. I think she cited the crowded Ginza as much to blame Japanese for not doing what they should to control the pandemic. But the clear implication was that everyone should be staying at home so that the Olympics can take place and all the athletes can perform, as if all Japanese should be united in making the Olympics happen. Her problematic stance became clear from the start when she said that Japanese should separate their unease over the pandemic from dissatisfaction over the Olympics. Given that the Japanese government?s pandemic policy has likely been significantly influenced by the desire to hold the Olympics, this seems like a poor understanding of the situation. Aaron Gerow -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From earljac at gmail.com Sat Jun 5 20:03:01 2021 From: earljac at gmail.com (Earl Jackson) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 08:03:01 +0800 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip. best ej Earl Jackson Chair Professor Foreign Languages and Literatures Asia University Professor Emeritus National Chiao Tung University Associate Professor Emeritus University of California, Santa Cruz On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > Kawase Naomi has been making news recently. > > Appearing on a talk show called *Sukkiri *to talk about the Olympics*,* she > said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a > crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion > seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a > crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or > another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if > you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal > with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket. > > In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball > association in Japan. > > Markus > > > > --- > > *Markus Nornes* > *Professor of Asian Cinema* > *Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture* > > Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages > and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design > > > > > *Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ > * > *Department of Film, Television and Media* > *6348 North Quad* > *105 S. State Street**Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tkarsavina at yahoo.com Sat Jun 5 23:07:56 2021 From: tkarsavina at yahoo.com (Maria Jose Gonzalez) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 03:07:56 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1227605235.2753020.1622948876286@mail.yahoo.com> Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her.I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking.?In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation.Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's not forget.A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lezKwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya, Japan On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip.bestej Earl JacksonChair ProfessorForeign Languages and LiteraturesAsia UniversityProfessor EmeritusNational Chiao Tung UniversityAssociate Professor EmeritusUniversity of California, Santa Cruz On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan wrote: Kawase Naomi has been making news recently.? Appearing on a talk show called Sukkiri to talk about the Olympics,?she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket.? In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan.? Markus ---? Markus NornesProfessor of Asian CinemaInterim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps?School of Art & Design ? Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ Department of Film, Television and Media 6348 North Quad 105 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 _______________________________________________ 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... URL: From desser at illinois.edu Sat Jun 5 23:46:23 2021 From: desser at illinois.edu (Desser, David M) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 03:46:23 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: <1227605235.2753020.1622948876286@mail.yahoo.com> References: , <1227605235.2753020.1622948876286@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar. She was gracious, charming, modest and sweet. Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good pal, Earl. David ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Maria Jose Gonzalez Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her. I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking. In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation. Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's not forget. A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez Kwansei Gakuin University Nishinomiya, Japan On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip. best ej Earl Jackson Chair Professor Foreign Languages and Literatures Asia University Professor Emeritus National Chiao Tung University Associate Professor Emeritus University of California, Santa Cruz On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan > wrote: Kawase Naomi has been making news recently. Appearing on a talk show called Sukkiri to talk about the Olympics, she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket. In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan. Markus --- [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1YYQZdrswh1HD_xCKXSzMs3lLalKxLVgs&revid=0By9QGX7UmiKRSEdLZ0xoVDNEM2xLclB3R0pDbk93ek8yeEtVPQ] Markus Nornes Professor of Asian Cinema Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ Department of Film, Television and Media 6348 North Quad 105 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 _______________________________________________ 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... URL: From tkarsavina at yahoo.com Sat Jun 5 23:50:58 2021 From: tkarsavina at yahoo.com (Maria Jose Gonzalez) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 03:50:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: <1227605235.2753020.1622948876286@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <314530397.2753116.1622951458353@mail.yahoo.com> "gracious, charming, modest and sweet"...The nadeshiko portrait so well loved abroad.;-) On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 12:46:33 PM GMT+9, Desser, David M via KineJapan wrote: #yiv5323613104 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar.? She was gracious, charming, modest and sweet.??Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good pal, Earl. David From: KineJapan on behalf of Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Maria Jose Gonzalez Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch?Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her.I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking.?In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation.Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's not forget.A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lezKwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya, JapanOn Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip.bestej Earl JacksonChair ProfessorForeign Languages and LiteraturesAsia UniversityProfessor EmeritusNational Chiao Tung UniversityAssociate Professor EmeritusUniversity of California, Santa Cruz On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan wrote: Kawase Naomi has been making news recently.? Appearing on a talk show called Sukkiri to talk about the Olympics,?she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket.? In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan.? Markus ---? Markus NornesProfessor of Asian CinemaInterim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps?School of Art & Design ? Homepage:http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ Department of Film, Television and Media 6348 North Quad 105 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From earljac at gmail.com Sun Jun 6 00:05:33 2021 From: earljac at gmail.com (Earl Jackson) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 12:05:33 +0800 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: <1227605235.2753020.1622948876286@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Dear David, I am glad that Kawase was gracious with you, David, and again - I don't detail what I observed in Seoul publicly. Moreover, I believe everyone can grow, mature, and change and perhaps Kawase has done that. The behavior I mention was not hearsay or an unfortunately encounter with one person or a small group. It was extensive and in front of a packed audience there to see her and a respected feminist film maker and scholar on stage to engage in a conversation. In any event, I hope that she has progressed beyond what she did in Korea that time. I also never intended to bring this up in a forum like this, the reports of what she did now triggered me, but in retrospect I think I should have been more restrained here. I definitely also do not want to be piling up on anyone. Earl Jackson Chair Professor Foreign Languages and Literatures Asia University Professor Emeritus National Chiao Tung University Associate Professor Emeritus University of California, Santa Cruz On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 11:46 AM Desser, David M via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar. She > was gracious, charming, modest and sweet. > Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good > pal, Earl. > > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* KineJapan on behalf of Maria > Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan > *Sent:* Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM > *To:* Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > *Cc:* Maria Jose Gonzalez > *Subject:* Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch > > Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... > > When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some > interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for > me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I > know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time > with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her. > I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her > total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking. > In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation. > Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and > the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat > together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for > the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's not > forget. > A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. > > Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez > Kwansei Gakuin University > Nishinomiya, Japan > On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan < > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > > > I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about > Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish > care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films > thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics > during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip. > best > ej > Earl Jackson > Chair Professor > Foreign Languages and Literatures > Asia University > Professor Emeritus > National Chiao Tung University > Associate Professor Emeritus > University of California, Santa Cruz > > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan < > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > > Kawase Naomi has been making news recently. > > Appearing on a talk show called *Sukkiri *to talk about the Olympics*,* she > said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a > crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion > seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a > crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or > another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if > you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal > with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket. > > In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball > association in Japan. > > Markus > > > > --- > > *Markus Nornes* > *Professor of Asian Cinema* > *Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture* > > Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages > and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design > > > > > *Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ > > * > *Department of Film, Television and Media * > *6348 North Quad * > *105 S. State Street **Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tkarsavina at yahoo.com Sun Jun 6 00:31:10 2021 From: tkarsavina at yahoo.com (Maria Jose Gonzalez) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 04:31:10 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: <1227605235.2753020.1622948876286@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <638114440.2759089.1622953870968@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Earl, It is your reply that is truly gracious, unlike some insulting others that I have received privately to a comment made in an honest jocular manner.The thing is, I don't believe she has "progressed" in any way, I have occassionally seen her on telly, and this last episode further proves it.As a long-term resident in Japan, I have been/ am very concerned about the situation here, which I am positive you are all also well aware of in other countries.To have a prominent cinema person like herself make statements of this sort feels like a slap on the face, a total disregard for all the issues the pandemic has created and continues to create.Faced with this kind of behaviour, it is only natural to reflect and express (negative) opinions on Kawase, especially when, in my case, it feels so close to home.One would think she is upset the pandemic has messed up her original documentary plans and is now campaigning to have public at the venues, very much following the government and the respective olympic committees, trampling on whatever might stand on the way to hold the event ...Best wishes, Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lezKwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya, Japan On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 01:05:52 PM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: Dear David,? I am glad that Kawase was gracious with you, David, and again - I don't detail what I observed in Seoul publicly. Moreover, I believe everyone can grow, mature, and change and perhaps Kawase has done that. The behavior I mention was not hearsay or an unfortunately encounter with one person or a small group. It was extensive and in front of a packed audience there to see her and a respected feminist film maker and? scholar on stage to engage in a conversation. In any event, I hope that she has progressed beyond what she did in Korea that time. I also never intended to bring this up in a forum like this, the reports of what she did now triggered me, but in retrospect I think I should have been more restrained here. I definitely also do not want to be piling up on anyone.Earl JacksonChair ProfessorForeign Languages and LiteraturesAsia UniversityProfessor EmeritusNational Chiao Tung UniversityAssociate Professor EmeritusUniversity of California, Santa Cruz On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 11:46 AM Desser, David M via KineJapan wrote: I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar.? She was gracious, charming, modest and sweet.??Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good pal, Earl. David From: KineJapan on behalf of Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Maria Jose Gonzalez Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch?Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her.I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking.?In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation.Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's not forget.A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lezKwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya, JapanOn Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip.bestej Earl JacksonChair ProfessorForeign Languages and LiteraturesAsia UniversityProfessor EmeritusNational Chiao Tung UniversityAssociate Professor EmeritusUniversity of California, Santa Cruz On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan wrote: Kawase Naomi has been making news recently.? Appearing on a talk show called Sukkiri to talk about the Olympics,?she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket.? In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan.? Markus ---? Markus NornesProfessor of Asian CinemaInterim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps?School of Art & Design ? Homepage:http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ Department of Film, Television and Media 6348 North Quad 105 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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... URL: From naguib_razak at yahoo.com Sun Jun 6 11:08:52 2021 From: naguib_razak at yahoo.com (Naguib Razak) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 00:08:52 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: <638114440.2759089.1622953870968@mail.yahoo.com> References: <638114440.2759089.1622953870968@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3E26ED8E-6E42-40C5-A7A5-D9013C48AA1B@yahoo.com> I feel I have to speak up and add my perspective. Let?s just discuss the statements she made within the context of the pandemic and the Olympics, and leave personal attacks out of it. However public some of the events Earl described (and I remember reading it) does not make that version of the story complete nor accurate, however earnestly/honestly intended. Until I hear her own version, I?m just gonna treat that as one collection of views about her. Perhaps accurate, perhaps not. I too have directly received harsh accounts of her previously from friends and I too have had some unpleasant moments of disagreement with her over a project nearly 20 years ago. But all I can say now is that I?ve seen a lot of change in Kawase-san in the past 10 or so years compared to much of what?s been said of her over the years, especially early and middle of her career. She has become a lot more gracious, humble, giving and committed to nurturing careers of others and retaining a space for creative, personal documentaries to flourish at a time when such documentaries and their filmmakers alike are losing a space to thrive and be seen or heard. She has also tried to engage important dialogue and discourse over the diminishing spaces for this art form within government policy and international cultural agencies. Personally I think it?s great that the role of documenting the Tokyo Olympics went to her and not another faceless Dentsu privileged set. Not just her, but filmmakers like her can bring so much more to our global dialogue and narrative. I think she?s playing an important role. She?s stepping up and has matured really well into that role. Now unless this is a gossip room, please stop all this personal, judgmental, bitter attacks on her or anyone else for that matter unless they are factual and thoroughly analyzed with balanced consideration of both sides perspective. Naguib Razak Sent from my iPhone > On 6 Jun 2021, at 1:31 PM, Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan wrote: > > ? > Dear Earl, > > It is your reply that is truly gracious, unlike some insulting others that I have received privately to a comment made in an honest jocular manner. > The thing is, I don't believe she has "progressed" in any way, I have occassionally seen her on telly, and this last episode further proves it. > As a long-term resident in Japan, I have been/ am very concerned about the situation here, which I am positive you are all also well aware of in other countries. > To have a prominent cinema person like herself make statements of this sort feels like a slap on the face, a total disregard for all the issues the pandemic has created and continues to create. > Faced with this kind of behaviour, it is only natural to reflect and express (negative) opinions on Kawase, especially when, in my case, it feels so close to home. > One would think she is upset the pandemic has messed up her original documentary plans and is now campaigning to have public at the venues, very much following the government and the respective olympic committees, trampling on whatever might stand on the way to hold the event ... > Best wishes, > > Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez > Kwansei Gakuin University > Nishinomiya, Japan > > > On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 01:05:52 PM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: > > > Dear David, > I am glad that Kawase was gracious with you, David, and again - I don't detail what I observed in Seoul publicly. Moreover, I believe everyone can grow, mature, and change and perhaps Kawase has done that. The behavior I mention was not hearsay or an unfortunately encounter with one person or a small group. It was extensive and in front of a packed audience there to see her and a respected feminist film maker and scholar on stage to engage in a conversation. In any event, I hope that she has progressed beyond what she did in Korea that time. I also never intended to bring this up in a forum like this, the reports of what she did now triggered me, but in retrospect I think I should have been more restrained here. I definitely also do not want to be piling up on anyone. > Earl Jackson > Chair Professor > Foreign Languages and Literatures > Asia University > Professor Emeritus > National Chiao Tung University > Associate Professor Emeritus > University of California, Santa Cruz > > > On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 11:46 AM Desser, David M via KineJapan wrote: > I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar. She was gracious, charming, modest and sweet. > Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good pal, Earl. > > David > > From: KineJapan on behalf of Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan > Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM > To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Cc: Maria Jose Gonzalez > Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch > > Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... > > When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her. > I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking. > In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation. > Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's not forget. > A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. > > Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez > Kwansei Gakuin University > Nishinomiya, Japan > On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: > > > I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip. > best > ej > Earl Jackson > Chair Professor > Foreign Languages and Literatures > Asia University > Professor Emeritus > National Chiao Tung University > Associate Professor Emeritus > University of California, Santa Cruz > > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan wrote: > Kawase Naomi has been making news recently. > > Appearing on a talk show called Sukkiri to talk about the Olympics, she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket. > > In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan. > > Markus > > > > --- > > Markus Nornes > Professor of Asian Cinema > Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture > Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design > > Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ > Department of Film, Television and Media > 6348 North Quad > 105 S. State Street > Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From odoriko21 at gmail.com Sun Jun 6 11:40:43 2021 From: odoriko21 at gmail.com (Linda Ehrlich) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 11:40:43 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: <3E26ED8E-6E42-40C5-A7A5-D9013C48AA1B@yahoo.com> References: <3E26ED8E-6E42-40C5-A7A5-D9013C48AA1B@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <9F079B3B-4400-4483-85BA-1460C47EECF8@gmail.com> In 2011 (March 10, the day before the earthquake), I had a very cordial meeting with Kawase Naomi in her office in Nara. We discussed her videocartas with Catalan filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta. Just want to add this comment Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:09 AM, Naguib Razak via KineJapan wrote: > > ?I feel I have to speak up and add my perspective. Let?s just discuss the statements she made within the context of the pandemic and the Olympics, and leave personal attacks out of it. > > However public some of the events Earl described (and I remember reading it) does not make that version of the story complete nor accurate, however earnestly/honestly intended. Until I hear her own version, I?m just gonna treat that as one collection of views about her. Perhaps accurate, perhaps not. > > I too have directly received harsh accounts of her previously from friends and I too have had some unpleasant moments of disagreement with her over a project nearly 20 years ago. > > But all I can say now is that I?ve seen a lot of change in Kawase-san in the past 10 or so years compared to much of what?s been said of her over the years, especially early and middle of her career. > > She has become a lot more gracious, humble, giving and committed to nurturing careers of others and retaining a space for creative, personal documentaries to flourish at a time when such documentaries and their filmmakers alike are losing a space to thrive and be seen or heard. > > She has also tried to engage important dialogue and discourse over the diminishing spaces for this art form within government policy and international cultural agencies. > > Personally I think it?s great that the role of documenting the Tokyo Olympics went to her and not another faceless Dentsu privileged set. Not just her, but filmmakers like her can bring so much more to our global dialogue and narrative. > > I think she?s playing an important role. She?s stepping up and has matured really well into that role. > > Now unless this is a gossip room, please stop all this personal, judgmental, bitter attacks on her or anyone else for that matter unless they are factual and thoroughly analyzed with balanced consideration of both sides perspective. > > Naguib Razak > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On 6 Jun 2021, at 1:31 PM, Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan wrote: >>> >> ? >> Dear Earl, >> >> It is your reply that is truly gracious, unlike some insulting others that I have received privately to a comment made in an honest jocular manner. >> The thing is, I don't believe she has "progressed" in any way, I have occassionally seen her on telly, and this last episode further proves it. >> As a long-term resident in Japan, I have been/ am very concerned about the situation here, which I am positive you are all also well aware of in other countries. >> To have a prominent cinema person like herself make statements of this sort feels like a slap on the face, a total disregard for all the issues the pandemic has created and continues to create. >> Faced with this kind of behaviour, it is only natural to reflect and express (negative) opinions on Kawase, especially when, in my case, it feels so close to home. >> One would think she is upset the pandemic has messed up her original documentary plans and is now campaigning to have public at the venues, very much following the government and the respective olympic committees, trampling on whatever might stand on the way to hold the event ... >> Best wishes, >> >> Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez >> Kwansei Gakuin University >> Nishinomiya, Japan >> >> >> On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 01:05:52 PM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: >> >> >> Dear David, >> I am glad that Kawase was gracious with you, David, and again - I don't detail what I observed in Seoul publicly. Moreover, I believe everyone can grow, mature, and change and perhaps Kawase has done that. The behavior I mention was not hearsay or an unfortunately encounter with one person or a small group. It was extensive and in front of a packed audience there to see her and a respected feminist film maker and scholar on stage to engage in a conversation. In any event, I hope that she has progressed beyond what she did in Korea that time. I also never intended to bring this up in a forum like this, the reports of what she did now triggered me, but in retrospect I think I should have been more restrained here. I definitely also do not want to be piling up on anyone. >> Earl Jackson >> Chair Professor >> Foreign Languages and Literatures >> Asia University >> Professor Emeritus >> National Chiao Tung University >> Associate Professor Emeritus >> University of California, Santa Cruz >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 11:46 AM Desser, David M via KineJapan wrote: >> I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar. She was gracious, charming, modest and sweet. >> Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good pal, Earl. >> >> David >> >> From: KineJapan on behalf of Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan >> Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM >> To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum >> Cc: Maria Jose Gonzalez >> Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch >> >> Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... >> >> When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her. >> I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking. >> In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation. >> Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's not forget. >> A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. >> >> Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez >> Kwansei Gakuin University >> Nishinomiya, Japan >> On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: >> >> >> I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip. >> best >> ej >> Earl Jackson >> Chair Professor >> Foreign Languages and Literatures >> Asia University >> Professor Emeritus >> National Chiao Tung University >> Associate Professor Emeritus >> University of California, Santa Cruz >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan wrote: >> Kawase Naomi has been making news recently. >> >> Appearing on a talk show called Sukkiri to talk about the Olympics, she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket. >> >> In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan. >> >> Markus >> >> >> >> --- >> >> Markus Nornes >> Professor of Asian Cinema >> Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture >> Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design >> >> Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ >> Department of Film, Television and Media >> 6348 North Quad >> 105 S. State Street >> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... URL: From jeusebio at wesleyan.edu Sun Jun 6 15:56:26 2021 From: jeusebio at wesleyan.edu (Joseph Eusebio) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 15:56:26 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] (no subject) Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bhartzheim at gmail.com Sun Jun 6 18:44:55 2021 From: bhartzheim at gmail.com (Bryan Hartzheim) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 22:44:55 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: <9F079B3B-4400-4483-85BA-1460C47EECF8@gmail.com> References: <3E26ED8E-6E42-40C5-A7A5-D9013C48AA1B@yahoo.com> <9F079B3B-4400-4483-85BA-1460C47EECF8@gmail.com> Message-ID: I watched that Sukkiri segment. Aaron and Markus aren't misrepresenting what she said; they are in fact much more succinct in getting to her point. It's actually instructive to watch it, because it gives a stronger indication as to how she wants the discourse to be framed: her segment begins with her talking about how she's shot over 400 hours of footage for her doc, of the supreme mental discipline exhibited by the athletes, of how the Olympics are an "athlete's first" event. She continues on with entreaties for "debate," suggesting that the public does not understand the situation. The implication is that bureaucrats, with the assistance of the media, must do a better job of telling the public how safe the Olympics will be and, importantly, to feature more stories from athletes who want to compete in order to appeal to emotion and shift public opinion. Finally, despite stating she is not taking a side, she is asked point blank by the host whether she thinks the Olympics should go forward with crowds in attendance, and she says that as a former athlete, crowds are essential. Her stance is unequivocally for the games to be hosted and for the government to create the appropriate backdrop for a post-pandemic Japan to be shown to the world (this last point was reiterated several times, this global image of Japan being of central importance). All in all, I thought she was quite cynical and condescending towards the Japanese public, who she assumes to be lost, low-info sheep in need of direction and propaganda. Judging from comments on social media, however, her TV appearance might have done her cause more harm than good, as viewers seemed to be confused and frustrated by her often rambling appeals. Bryan On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:40 AM Linda Ehrlich via KineJapan > wrote: In 2011 (March 10, the day before the earthquake), I had a very cordial meeting with Kawase Naomi in her office in Nara. We discussed her videocartas with Catalan filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta. Just want to add this comment Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:09 AM, Naguib Razak via KineJapan > wrote: ?I feel I have to speak up and add my perspective. Let?s just discuss the statements she made within the context of the pandemic and the Olympics, and leave personal attacks out of it. However public some of the events Earl described (and I remember reading it) does not make that version of the story complete nor accurate, however earnestly/honestly intended. Until I hear her own version, I?m just gonna treat that as one collection of views about her. Perhaps accurate, perhaps not. I too have directly received harsh accounts of her previously from friends and I too have had some unpleasant moments of disagreement with her over a project nearly 20 years ago. But all I can say now is that I?ve seen a lot of change in Kawase-san in the past 10 or so years compared to much of what?s been said of her over the years, especially early and middle of her career. She has become a lot more gracious, humble, giving and committed to nurturing careers of others and retaining a space for creative, personal documentaries to flourish at a time when such documentaries and their filmmakers alike are losing a space to thrive and be seen or heard. She has also tried to engage important dialogue and discourse over the diminishing spaces for this art form within government policy and international cultural agencies. Personally I think it?s great that the role of documenting the Tokyo Olympics went to her and not another faceless Dentsu privileged set. Not just her, but filmmakers like her can bring so much more to our global dialogue and narrative. I think she?s playing an important role. She?s stepping up and has matured really well into that role. Now unless this is a gossip room, please stop all this personal, judgmental, bitter attacks on her or anyone else for that matter unless they are factual and thoroughly analyzed with balanced consideration of both sides perspective. Naguib Razak Sent from my iPhone On 6 Jun 2021, at 1:31 PM, Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan > wrote: ? Dear Earl, It is your reply that is truly gracious, unlike some insulting others that I have received privately to a comment made in an honest jocular manner. The thing is, I don't believe she has "progressed" in any way, I have occassionally seen her on telly, and this last episode further proves it. As a long-term resident in Japan, I have been/ am very concerned about the situation here, which I am positive you are all also well aware of in other countries. To have a prominent cinema person like herself make statements of this sort feels like a slap on the face, a total disregard for all the issues the pandemic has created and continues to create. Faced with this kind of behaviour, it is only natural to reflect and express (negative) opinions on Kawase, especially when, in my case, it feels so close to home. One would think she is upset the pandemic has messed up her original documentary plans and is now campaigning to have public at the venues, very much following the government and the respective olympic committees, trampling on whatever might stand on the way to hold the event ... Best wishes, Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez Kwansei Gakuin University Nishinomiya, Japan On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 01:05:52 PM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan > wrote: Dear David, I am glad that Kawase was gracious with you, David, and again - I don't detail what I observed in Seoul publicly. Moreover, I believe everyone can grow, mature, and change and perhaps Kawase has done that. The behavior I mention was not hearsay or an unfortunately encounter with one person or a small group. It was extensive and in front of a packed audience there to see her and a respected feminist film maker and scholar on stage to engage in a conversation. In any event, I hope that she has progressed beyond what she did in Korea that time. I also never intended to bring this up in a forum like this, the reports of what she did now triggered me, but in retrospect I think I should have been more restrained here. I definitely also do not want to be piling up on anyone. Earl Jackson Chair Professor Foreign Languages and Literatures Asia University Professor Emeritus National Chiao Tung University Associate Professor Emeritus University of California, Santa Cruz On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 11:46 AM Desser, David M via KineJapan > wrote: I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar. She was gracious, charming, modest and sweet. Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good pal, Earl. David ________________________________ From: KineJapan > on behalf of Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan > Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Cc: Maria Jose Gonzalez > Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her. I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking. In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation. Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's not forget. A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez Kwansei Gakuin University Nishinomiya, Japan On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan > wrote: I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip. best ej Earl Jackson Chair Professor Foreign Languages and Literatures Asia University Professor Emeritus National Chiao Tung University Associate Professor Emeritus University of California, Santa Cruz On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan > wrote: Kawase Naomi has been making news recently. Appearing on a talk show called Sukkiri to talk about the Olympics, she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket. In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan. Markus --- [https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/gaSZMXlF1TS9k5HOJZ8LoJyIZDKp7PpBgrWtF34xbqplSWI57rXpe_0aQxJ0NyQlxBjb0RftTVvivGg-0fw6AiKMegahXe8NK-vZldRENYkOjCtl0Kv_v9NWbySoVC2hqvWFyqkBxD8eWhKCJGC-oPP7S_gSb4_TxL_QFVTBqS81HZ9yE-tJQyjYYHmwPqsV3dZ-jJFIciL06DUCpg=s0-d-e1-ft#https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1YYQZdrswh1HD_xCKXSzMs3lLalKxLVgs&revid=0By9QGX7UmiKRSEdLZ0xoVDNEM2xLclB3R0pDbk93ek8yeEtVPQ] Markus Nornes Professor of Asian Cinema Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ Department of Film, Television and Media 6348 North Quad 105 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nornes at umich.edu Sun Jun 6 18:56:21 2021 From: nornes at umich.edu (Markus Nornes) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 16:56:21 -0600 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: <3E26ED8E-6E42-40C5-A7A5-D9013C48AA1B@yahoo.com> <9F079B3B-4400-4483-85BA-1460C47EECF8@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks Bryan! All this is about athletes and audiences. I am curious if there was any mention of volunteers, staff, drivers, medical staff and the like? And, being interested in the ethical conundrums of the documentary, I'd include her film crew in that list (tho I would be thrilled if she shot this alone on Super-8!). In most risky films I can think of, the stakes of the "anything-for-the-sake-of-the-film" approach to dangerous situations are individual or very limited; the pandemic amplifies this, as it does everything. Markus --- *Markus Nornes* *Professor of Asian Cinema* *Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture* Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design *Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ * *Department of Film, Television and Media* *6348 North Quad* *105 S. State Street**Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 4:45 PM Bryan Hartzheim via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > I watched that Sukkiri segment. Aaron and Markus aren't misrepresenting > what she said; they are in fact much more succinct in getting to her point. > It's actually instructive to watch it, because it gives a stronger > indication as to how she wants the discourse to be framed: her segment > begins with her talking about how she's shot over 400 hours of footage for > her doc, of the supreme mental discipline exhibited by the athletes, of how > the Olympics are an "athlete's first" event. She continues on with > entreaties for "debate," suggesting that the public does not understand the > situation. The implication is that bureaucrats, with the assistance of the > media, must do a better job of telling the public how safe the Olympics > will be and, importantly, to feature more stories from athletes who want to > compete in order to appeal to emotion and shift public opinion. Finally, > despite stating she is not taking a side, she is asked point blank by the > host whether she thinks the Olympics should go forward with crowds in > attendance, and she says that as a former athlete, crowds are essential. > Her stance is unequivocally for the games to be hosted and for the > government to create the appropriate backdrop for a post-pandemic Japan to > be shown to the world (this last point was reiterated several times, this > global image of Japan being of central importance). All in all, I thought > she was quite cynical and condescending towards the Japanese public, who > she assumes to be lost, low-info sheep in need of direction and propaganda. > Judging from comments on social media, however, her TV appearance might > have done her cause more harm than good, as viewers seemed to be confused > and frustrated by her often rambling appeals. > > Bryan > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:40 AM Linda Ehrlich via KineJapan < > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > >> In 2011 (March 10, the day before the earthquake), I had a very cordial >> meeting with Kawase Naomi in her office in Nara. We discussed her >> videocartas with Catalan filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta. >> Just want to add this comment >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:09 AM, Naguib Razak via KineJapan < >> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >> >> ?I feel I have to speak up and add my perspective. Let?s just discuss the >> statements she made within the context of the pandemic and the Olympics, >> and leave personal attacks out of it. >> >> However public some of the events Earl described (and I remember reading >> it) does not make that version of the story complete nor accurate, however >> earnestly/honestly intended. Until I hear her own version, I?m just gonna >> treat that as one collection of views about her. Perhaps accurate, perhaps >> not. >> >> I too have directly received harsh accounts of her previously from >> friends and I too have had some unpleasant moments of disagreement with her >> over a project nearly 20 years ago. >> >> But all I can say now is that I?ve seen a lot of change in Kawase-san in >> the past 10 or so years compared to much of what?s been said of her over >> the years, especially early and middle of her career. >> >> She has become a lot more gracious, humble, giving and committed to >> nurturing careers of others and retaining a space for creative, personal >> documentaries to flourish at a time when such documentaries and their >> filmmakers alike are losing a space to thrive and be seen or heard. >> >> She has also tried to engage important dialogue and discourse over the >> diminishing spaces for this art form within government policy and >> international cultural agencies. >> >> Personally I think it?s great that the role of documenting the Tokyo >> Olympics went to her and not another faceless Dentsu privileged set. Not >> just her, but filmmakers like her can bring so much more to our global >> dialogue and narrative. >> >> I think she?s playing an important role. She?s stepping up and has >> matured really well into that role. >> >> Now unless this is a gossip room, please stop all this personal, >> judgmental, bitter attacks on her or anyone else for that matter unless >> they are factual and thoroughly analyzed with balanced consideration of >> both sides perspective. >> >> Naguib Razak >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 6 Jun 2021, at 1:31 PM, Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan < >> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >> >> ? >> Dear Earl, >> >> It is your reply that is truly gracious, unlike some insulting others >> that I have received privately to a comment made in an honest jocular >> manner. >> The thing is, I don't believe she has "progressed" in any way, I have >> occassionally seen her on telly, and this last episode further proves it. >> As a long-term resident in Japan, I have been/ am very concerned about >> the situation here, which I am positive you are all also well aware of in >> other countries. >> To have a prominent cinema person like herself make statements of this >> sort feels like a slap on the face, a total disregard for all the issues >> the pandemic has created and continues to create. >> Faced with this kind of behaviour, it is only natural to reflect and >> express (negative) opinions on Kawase, especially when, in my case, it >> feels so close to home. >> One would think she is upset the pandemic has messed up her original >> documentary plans and is now campaigning to have public at the venues, very >> much following the government and the respective olympic committees, >> trampling on whatever might stand on the way to hold the event ... >> Best wishes, >> >> Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez >> Kwansei Gakuin University >> Nishinomiya, Japan >> >> >> On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 01:05:52 PM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan < >> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >> >> >> Dear David, >> I am glad that Kawase was gracious with you, David, and again - I don't >> detail what I observed in Seoul publicly. Moreover, I believe everyone can >> grow, mature, and change and perhaps Kawase has done that. The behavior I >> mention was not hearsay or an unfortunately encounter with one person or a >> small group. It was extensive and in front of a packed audience there to >> see her and a respected feminist film maker and scholar on stage to engage >> in a conversation. In any event, I hope that she has progressed beyond what >> she did in Korea that time. I also never intended to bring this up in a >> forum like this, the reports of what she did now triggered me, but in >> retrospect I think I should have been more restrained here. I definitely >> also do not want to be piling up on anyone. >> Earl Jackson >> Chair Professor >> Foreign Languages and Literatures >> Asia University >> Professor Emeritus >> National Chiao Tung University >> Associate Professor Emeritus >> University of California, Santa Cruz >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 11:46 AM Desser, David M via KineJapan < >> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >> >> I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar. She >> was gracious, charming, modest and sweet. >> Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good >> pal, Earl. >> >> David >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* KineJapan on behalf of >> Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan >> *Sent:* Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM >> *To:* Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum >> *Cc:* Maria Jose Gonzalez >> *Subject:* Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch >> >> Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... >> >> When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some >> interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for >> me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I >> know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time >> with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her. >> I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her >> total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking. >> In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation. >> Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza >> and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare >> afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions >> for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's >> not forget. >> A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. >> >> Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez >> Kwansei Gakuin University >> Nishinomiya, Japan >> On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan < >> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >> >> >> I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about >> Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish >> care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films >> thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics >> during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip. >> best >> ej >> Earl Jackson >> Chair Professor >> Foreign Languages and Literatures >> Asia University >> Professor Emeritus >> National Chiao Tung University >> Associate Professor Emeritus >> University of California, Santa Cruz >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan < >> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >> >> Kawase Naomi has been making news recently. >> >> Appearing on a talk show called *Sukkiri *to talk about the Olympics*,* she >> said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a >> crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion >> seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a >> crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or >> another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if >> you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal >> with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket. >> >> In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball >> association in Japan. >> >> Markus >> >> >> >> --- >> >> *Markus Nornes* >> *Professor of Asian Cinema* >> *Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture* >> >> Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages >> and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design >> >> >> >> >> *Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ >> >> * >> *Department of Film, Television and Media * >> *6348 North Quad * >> *105 S. State Street **Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... URL: From bhartzheim at gmail.com Sun Jun 6 23:00:02 2021 From: bhartzheim at gmail.com (Bryan Hartzheim) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 12:00:02 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: <3E26ED8E-6E42-40C5-A7A5-D9013C48AA1B@yahoo.com> <9F079B3B-4400-4483-85BA-1460C47EECF8@gmail.com> Message-ID: "All this is about athletes and audiences. I am curious if there was any mention of volunteers, staff, drivers, medical staff and the like?" This is exactly right. I'm going off of memory, but in the entire segment, I don't think anyone mentioned the risks the many volunteers and staff would be taking by hosting the Olympics (there might have been a comment from someone on the panel about the 10k volunteers who recently quit, but that was it). In Kawase's defense, she's spent a lot of time with these athletes and I get the sense she wants to advocate for them. Focusing on their struggles and achievements was probably a relatively "safe" approach to making a doc about the Olympics, but the politics of that decision are now magnified with the public opposing them in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. She's essentially aligned herself with ministers who say they're proceeding with the games because "they believe in the power of sports." Bryan On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 7:56 AM Markus Nornes via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > Thanks Bryan! > > All this is about athletes and audiences. I am curious if there was any > mention of volunteers, staff, drivers, medical staff and the like? > > And, being interested in the ethical conundrums of the documentary, I'd > include her film crew in that list (tho I would be thrilled if she shot > this alone on Super-8!). In most risky films I can think of, the stakes of > the "anything-for-the-sake-of-the-film" approach to dangerous situations > are individual or very limited; the pandemic amplifies this, as it does > everything. > > Markus > > > --- > > *Markus Nornes* > *Professor of Asian Cinema* > *Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture* > > Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages > and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design > > > > > *Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ > * > *Department of Film, Television and Media* > *6348 North Quad* > *105 S. State Street**Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* > > > > > On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 4:45 PM Bryan Hartzheim via KineJapan < > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > >> I watched that Sukkiri segment. Aaron and Markus aren't misrepresenting >> what she said; they are in fact much more succinct in getting to her point. >> It's actually instructive to watch it, because it gives a stronger >> indication as to how she wants the discourse to be framed: her segment >> begins with her talking about how she's shot over 400 hours of footage for >> her doc, of the supreme mental discipline exhibited by the athletes, of how >> the Olympics are an "athlete's first" event. She continues on with >> entreaties for "debate," suggesting that the public does not understand the >> situation. The implication is that bureaucrats, with the assistance of the >> media, must do a better job of telling the public how safe the Olympics >> will be and, importantly, to feature more stories from athletes who want to >> compete in order to appeal to emotion and shift public opinion. Finally, >> despite stating she is not taking a side, she is asked point blank by the >> host whether she thinks the Olympics should go forward with crowds in >> attendance, and she says that as a former athlete, crowds are essential. >> Her stance is unequivocally for the games to be hosted and for the >> government to create the appropriate backdrop for a post-pandemic Japan to >> be shown to the world (this last point was reiterated several times, this >> global image of Japan being of central importance). All in all, I thought >> she was quite cynical and condescending towards the Japanese public, who >> she assumes to be lost, low-info sheep in need of direction and propaganda. >> Judging from comments on social media, however, her TV appearance might >> have done her cause more harm than good, as viewers seemed to be confused >> and frustrated by her often rambling appeals. >> >> Bryan >> >> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:40 AM Linda Ehrlich via KineJapan < >> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >> >>> In 2011 (March 10, the day before the earthquake), I had a very cordial >>> meeting with Kawase Naomi in her office in Nara. We discussed her >>> videocartas with Catalan filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta. >>> Just want to add this comment >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:09 AM, Naguib Razak via KineJapan < >>> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >>> >>> ?I feel I have to speak up and add my perspective. Let?s just discuss >>> the statements she made within the context of the pandemic and the >>> Olympics, and leave personal attacks out of it. >>> >>> However public some of the events Earl described (and I remember reading >>> it) does not make that version of the story complete nor accurate, however >>> earnestly/honestly intended. Until I hear her own version, I?m just gonna >>> treat that as one collection of views about her. Perhaps accurate, perhaps >>> not. >>> >>> I too have directly received harsh accounts of her previously from >>> friends and I too have had some unpleasant moments of disagreement with her >>> over a project nearly 20 years ago. >>> >>> But all I can say now is that I?ve seen a lot of change in Kawase-san in >>> the past 10 or so years compared to much of what?s been said of her over >>> the years, especially early and middle of her career. >>> >>> She has become a lot more gracious, humble, giving and committed to >>> nurturing careers of others and retaining a space for creative, personal >>> documentaries to flourish at a time when such documentaries and their >>> filmmakers alike are losing a space to thrive and be seen or heard. >>> >>> She has also tried to engage important dialogue and discourse over the >>> diminishing spaces for this art form within government policy and >>> international cultural agencies. >>> >>> Personally I think it?s great that the role of documenting the Tokyo >>> Olympics went to her and not another faceless Dentsu privileged set. Not >>> just her, but filmmakers like her can bring so much more to our global >>> dialogue and narrative. >>> >>> I think she?s playing an important role. She?s stepping up and has >>> matured really well into that role. >>> >>> Now unless this is a gossip room, please stop all this personal, >>> judgmental, bitter attacks on her or anyone else for that matter unless >>> they are factual and thoroughly analyzed with balanced consideration of >>> both sides perspective. >>> >>> Naguib Razak >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 6 Jun 2021, at 1:31 PM, Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan < >>> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >>> >>> ? >>> Dear Earl, >>> >>> It is your reply that is truly gracious, unlike some insulting others >>> that I have received privately to a comment made in an honest jocular >>> manner. >>> The thing is, I don't believe she has "progressed" in any way, I have >>> occassionally seen her on telly, and this last episode further proves it. >>> As a long-term resident in Japan, I have been/ am very concerned about >>> the situation here, which I am positive you are all also well aware of in >>> other countries. >>> To have a prominent cinema person like herself make statements of this >>> sort feels like a slap on the face, a total disregard for all the issues >>> the pandemic has created and continues to create. >>> Faced with this kind of behaviour, it is only natural to reflect and >>> express (negative) opinions on Kawase, especially when, in my case, it >>> feels so close to home. >>> One would think she is upset the pandemic has messed up her original >>> documentary plans and is now campaigning to have public at the venues, very >>> much following the government and the respective olympic committees, >>> trampling on whatever might stand on the way to hold the event ... >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez >>> Kwansei Gakuin University >>> Nishinomiya, Japan >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 01:05:52 PM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan < >>> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Dear David, >>> I am glad that Kawase was gracious with you, David, and again - I >>> don't detail what I observed in Seoul publicly. Moreover, I believe >>> everyone can grow, mature, and change and perhaps Kawase has done that. The >>> behavior I mention was not hearsay or an unfortunately encounter with one >>> person or a small group. It was extensive and in front of a packed audience >>> there to see her and a respected feminist film maker and scholar on stage >>> to engage in a conversation. In any event, I hope that she has progressed >>> beyond what she did in Korea that time. I also never intended to bring this >>> up in a forum like this, the reports of what she did now triggered me, but >>> in retrospect I think I should have been more restrained here. I definitely >>> also do not want to be piling up on anyone. >>> Earl Jackson >>> Chair Professor >>> Foreign Languages and Literatures >>> Asia University >>> Professor Emeritus >>> National Chiao Tung University >>> Associate Professor Emeritus >>> University of California, Santa Cruz >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 11:46 AM Desser, David M via KineJapan < >>> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >>> >>> I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar. She >>> was gracious, charming, modest and sweet. >>> Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good >>> pal, Earl. >>> >>> David >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* KineJapan on behalf of >>> Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan >>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM >>> *To:* Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum >>> *Cc:* Maria Jose Gonzalez >>> *Subject:* Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch >>> >>> Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... >>> >>> When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some >>> interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for >>> me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I >>> know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time >>> with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her. >>> I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her >>> total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking. >>> In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic >>> situation. >>> Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza >>> and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare >>> afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions >>> for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's >>> not forget. >>> A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. >>> >>> Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lez >>> Kwansei Gakuin University >>> Nishinomiya, Japan >>> On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan < >>> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about >>> Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish >>> care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films >>> thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics >>> during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip. >>> best >>> ej >>> Earl Jackson >>> Chair Professor >>> Foreign Languages and Literatures >>> Asia University >>> Professor Emeritus >>> National Chiao Tung University >>> Associate Professor Emeritus >>> University of California, Santa Cruz >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan < >>> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Kawase Naomi has been making news recently. >>> >>> Appearing on a talk show called *Sukkiri *to talk about the Olympics*,* she >>> said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a >>> crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion >>> seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a >>> crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or >>> another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if >>> you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal >>> with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket. >>> >>> In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball >>> association in Japan. >>> >>> Markus >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> >>> *Markus Nornes* >>> *Professor of Asian Cinema* >>> *Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture* >>> >>> Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages >>> and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ >>> >>> * >>> *Department of Film, Television and Media * >>> *6348 North Quad * >>> *105 S. State Street **Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From notreconciled at gmail.com Sun Jun 6 23:13:24 2021 From: notreconciled at gmail.com (Frederick Veith) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 12:13:24 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: <3E26ED8E-6E42-40C5-A7A5-D9013C48AA1B@yahoo.com> <9F079B3B-4400-4483-85BA-1460C47EECF8@gmail.com> Message-ID: Kawase ventriloquizing for athletes, who are specifically and contractually enjoined from political expression, in a manner which magically aligns with the interests of her patrons is? I?m going to go back to biting my tongue on all of this. On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:00 PM Bryan Hartzheim via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > > In Kawase's defense, she's spent a lot of time with these athletes and I > get the sense she wants to advocate for them. Focusing on their struggles > and achievements was probably a relatively "safe" approach to making a doc > about the Olympics, but the politics of that decision are now magnified > with the public opposing them in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. She's > essentially aligned herself with ministers who say they're proceeding with > the games because "they believe in the power of sports." > > Bryan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tkarsavina at yahoo.com Sun Jun 6 23:30:18 2021 From: tkarsavina at yahoo.com (Maria Jose Gonzalez) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 03:30:18 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: <3E26ED8E-6E42-40C5-A7A5-D9013C48AA1B@yahoo.com> <9F079B3B-4400-4483-85BA-1460C47EECF8@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1371187425.2924163.1623036619007@mail.yahoo.com> Thank you Bryan for the insightful comment.I ended up watching the segment myself and was rather shocked.Kawase has become quite the businesswoman and when she is not in Nara or shooting her documentary, she is posing with TV celebrities, giving interviews to corporate magazines (Dentsu included), appearing in commercials, etc.She has certainly made the most of the government connections she built when appealing for official support to the Japanese cinema industry and some of her comments so fitted the Abe national discourse (and the current Suga administration) that even Abe's wife, Abe Akie, praised her in one AERA magazine interview asking to be introduced to her. This is around the time when all the Abe scandals were being played out, let's just remember Moritomo Gakuen and Abe Akie's role in it.?It was only natural that a few (sadly, just a few) eyebrows were raised when, shortly after, Kawase was appointed to direct the documentary.The lack of transparency in the Japanese Olympic Committee and their decisions is certainly an issue.Likewise, her recent appointment as chairperson of the basketball women's league is somewhat surprising.In the Sukkiri programme, she said that as former athlete she could understand what some Olympians were going through.I thought this comment to be very rich as she was putting her high school league basketball playing - at which she was apparently very good, granted - on a par with professional medal-winning Olympians.To make her point about athletes excellence in the programe, she excitedly showed some footage of gymnast Kohei Uchimura she had filmed, which frankly looked like any television news report, insisting on how ??? it was.Although she has become a sort of (establishment) spokesperson for the professional working mother, the core of her filming crew, called the "Kawase Team", doesn't feature any woman.After former chairman Mori resigned due to his sexist comments about women talking too much in public, it became known that Kawase had actually filmed this meeting. When asked about Mori, if I recall correctly, she just said he was actually very kind and considerate.?Some people asked to have this footage disclosed but for all the information opacity she mentioned in the Sukkiri programme, she has closely followed official guidelines and done exactly the same.I wonder how different it would have been if she had kept a public diary or channel about the making of the documentary, something simple, other than her occasional tweet or Instagramm, without disclosing too much.It was possible and would have been a great opportunity to connect with the public and promote that Olympic spirit she seemed to obsess about, something that in Japan has been labelled as ?????, because it feels like a religious sect and is what the current government promotes.In the programme, she stated that the film would also include opinions against holding the Games this summer.I wonder how she can objectively portray these opinions whilst expressing such strong- albeit rambling- comments in the programme.Incidentally, she has been blocking Tweeter users for simple questions/ respectful negative comments in the past few days while retweeting good positive comments about her work on the documentary and the opinions expressed in the programme.I wasn't sure whether to post these comments but I think it is important we consider the current background of her documentary work. Mar?a-Jos? On Monday, 7 June 2021, 07:45:06 AM GMT+9, Bryan Hartzheim via KineJapan wrote: I watched that Sukkiri segment. Aaron and Markus aren't misrepresenting what she said; they are in fact much more succinct in getting to her point. It's actually instructive to watch it, because it gives a stronger indication as to how she wants the discourse to be framed: her segment begins with her talking about how she's shot over 400 hours of footage for her doc, of the supreme mental discipline exhibited by the athletes, of how the Olympics are an "athlete's first" event. She continues on with entreaties for "debate," suggesting that the public does not understand the situation. The implication is that bureaucrats, with the assistance of the media, must do a better job of telling the public how safe the Olympics will be and, importantly, to feature more stories from athletes who want to compete in order to appeal to emotion and shift public opinion. Finally, despite?stating she is not taking a side, she is asked point blank by the host whether she thinks the Olympics should go forward with crowds in attendance, and she says that as a former athlete, crowds are essential. Her stance is unequivocally for the games to be hosted and for the government to create the appropriate backdrop for a post-pandemic Japan to be shown to the world (this last point was reiterated several times, this global image of Japan being of central importance). All in all, I thought she was quite cynical and condescending towards the Japanese public, who she assumes to be lost, low-info sheep in need of direction and propaganda. Judging from comments on social media, however, her TV appearance might have done her cause more harm than good, as viewers seemed to be confused and frustrated by her often rambling appeals. Bryan On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:40 AM Linda Ehrlich via KineJapan wrote: In 2011 (March 10, the day before the earthquake), I had a very cordial meeting with Kawase Naomi in her office in Nara. We discussed her videocartas with Catalan filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta.?Just want to add this comment Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:09 AM, Naguib Razak via KineJapan wrote: ?I feel I have to speak up and add my perspective. Let?s just discuss the statements she made within the context of the pandemic and the Olympics, and leave personal attacks out of it.? However public some of the events Earl described (and I remember reading it) does not make that version of the story complete nor accurate, however earnestly/honestly intended. Until I hear her own version, I?m just gonna treat that as one collection of views about her. Perhaps accurate, perhaps not. I too have directly received harsh accounts of her previously from friends and I too have had some unpleasant moments of disagreement with her over a project nearly 20 years ago. ? But all I can say now is that I?ve seen a lot of change in Kawase-san in the past 10 or so years compared to much of what?s been said of her over the years, especially early and middle of her career. She has become a lot more gracious, humble, giving and committed to nurturing careers of others and retaining a space for creative, personal documentaries to flourish at a time when such documentaries and their filmmakers alike are losing a space to thrive and be seen or heard.? She has also tried to engage important dialogue and discourse over the diminishing spaces for this art form within government policy and international cultural agencies.? Personally I think it?s great that the role of documenting the Tokyo Olympics went to her and not another faceless Dentsu privileged set. Not just her, but filmmakers like her can bring so much more to our global dialogue and narrative. I think she?s playing an important role. She?s stepping up and has matured really well into that role.? Now unless this is a gossip room, please stop all this personal, judgmental, bitter attacks on her or anyone else for that matter unless they are factual and thoroughly analyzed with balanced consideration of both sides perspective.? Naguib Razak Sent from my iPhone On 6 Jun 2021, at 1:31 PM, Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan wrote: ?Dear Earl, It is your reply that is truly gracious, unlike some insulting others that I have received privately to a comment made in an honest jocular manner.The thing is, I don't believe she has "progressed" in any way, I have occassionally seen her on telly, and this last episode further proves it.As a long-term resident in Japan, I have been/ am very concerned about the situation here, which I am positive you are all also well aware of in other countries.To have a prominent cinema person like herself make statements of this sort feels like a slap on the face, a total disregard for all the issues the pandemic has created and continues to create.Faced with this kind of behaviour, it is only natural to reflect and express (negative) opinions on Kawase, especially when, in my case, it feels so close to home.One would think she is upset the pandemic has messed up her original documentary plans and is now campaigning to have public at the venues, very much following the government and the respective olympic committees, trampling on whatever might stand on the way to hold the event ...Best wishes, Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lezKwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya, Japan On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 01:05:52 PM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: Dear David,? I am glad that Kawase was gracious with you, David, and again - I don't detail what I observed in Seoul publicly. Moreover, I believe everyone can grow, mature, and change and perhaps Kawase has done that. The behavior I mention was not hearsay or an unfortunately encounter with one person or a small group. It was extensive and in front of a packed audience there to see her and a respected feminist film maker and? scholar on stage to engage in a conversation. In any event, I hope that she has progressed beyond what she did in Korea that time. I also never intended to bring this up in a forum like this, the reports of what she did now triggered me, but in retrospect I think I should have been more restrained here. I definitely also do not want to be piling up on anyone.Earl JacksonChair ProfessorForeign Languages and LiteraturesAsia UniversityProfessor EmeritusNational Chiao Tung UniversityAssociate Professor EmeritusUniversity of California, Santa Cruz On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 11:46 AM Desser, David M via KineJapan wrote: I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar.? She was gracious, charming, modest and sweet.??Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good pal, Earl. David From: KineJapan on behalf of Maria Jose Gonzalez via KineJapan Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Maria Jose Gonzalez Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch?Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public... When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her.I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking.?In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation.Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's not forget.A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago. Mar?a Jos? Gonz?lezKwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya, JapanOn Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan wrote: I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip.bestej Earl JacksonChair ProfessorForeign Languages and LiteraturesAsia UniversityProfessor EmeritusNational Chiao Tung UniversityAssociate Professor EmeritusUniversity of California, Santa Cruz On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan wrote: Kawase Naomi has been making news recently.? Appearing on a talk show called Sukkiri to talk about the Olympics,?she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket.? In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan.? Markus ---? Markus NornesProfessor of Asian CinemaInterim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps?School of Art & Design ? Homepage:http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/ Department of Film, Television and Media 6348 North Quad 105 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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... URL: From annekmcknight at gmail.com Sun Jun 6 23:38:35 2021 From: annekmcknight at gmail.com (Anne McKnight) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 20:38:35 -0700 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: References: <3E26ED8E-6E42-40C5-A7A5-D9013C48AA1B@yahoo.com> <9F079B3B-4400-4483-85BA-1460C47EECF8@gmail.com> Message-ID: <32925892-88C7-4CA2-954C-E9C053869214@gmail.com> I started following Kawase's Twitter (https://twitter.com/KawaseNAOMI) a couple weeks ago, anticipating she would make some sort of pronouncement. But it?s been just a string of fan tweets, her fans weighing in on her strength of purpose, coolness. Her role as emissary of culture is quite strong, and she tweets from places around the country, and regarding the Nara film fest. It struck me as a bit off for her to say: ????????????? ?????? It?s going to be another ?hot? summer (meaning, I suppose, energetic and awesome)! Unless you are a marathoner in the dead of Tokyo summer, in which case it is going to be a REALLy hot summer. In lieu of tweeting her own position in, say, a thread, she has instead retweeted defenses about how it is important to divorce the Olympics from politics, the need to leave a ?true record? of the events (???????????????), and the universalism of the event in Banpaku-like catch copy (?????????????????????????????????????.). Given the precedent of Ichikawa Kon?s profligate and committee-enraging Tokyo Olympiad, I am disappointed that it seems to have conceded to the status of PR film. ?Everydayness? will have such a different status, even if athletes are at the center of the stories? Anne > On Jun 6, 2021, at 8:13 PM, Frederick Veith via KineJapan wrote: > > Kawase ventriloquizing for athletes, who are specifically and contractually enjoined from political expression, in a manner which magically aligns with the interests of her patrons is? > > I?m going to go back to biting my tongue on all of this. > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:00 PM Bryan Hartzheim via KineJapan > wrote: > > In Kawase's defense, she's spent a lot of time with these athletes and I get the sense she wants to advocate for them. Focusing on their struggles and achievements was probably a relatively "safe" approach to making a doc about the Olympics, but the politics of that decision are now magnified with the public opposing them in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. She's essentially aligned herself with ministers who say they're proceeding with the games because "they believe in the power of sports." > > Bryan > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mon Jun 7 21:42:08 2021 From: jeremyharley at gmail.com (Jeremy Harley) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 10:42:08 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch In-Reply-To: <32925892-88C7-4CA2-954C-E9C053869214@gmail.com> References: <3E26ED8E-6E42-40C5-A7A5-D9013C48AA1B@yahoo.com> <9F079B3B-4400-4483-85BA-1460C47EECF8@gmail.com> <32925892-88C7-4CA2-954C-E9C053869214@gmail.com> Message-ID: Apologies for bringing up the "Unity in Diversity" slogan again, but seeing the cosmetic changes at the top after Mori went down, it feels to me as if in making their choice of Kawase, they just Googled "female documentary film director" and went with the top hit. At the very least the photos of her Tosca production look bizarrely and excessively (Japanese shrin-ishness + Mt. Fuji + rising sun) nationalistic, which would seem to make her perfectly suited for the Olympic project (using jingoism as lever to advance neo-liberal aims), unless this work is some kind of aberration. Jeremy Harley Mabashi Movie Festival On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:38 PM Anne McKnight via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > I started following Kawase's Twitter (https://twitter.com/KawaseNAOMI) a > couple weeks ago, anticipating she would make some sort of pronouncement. > But it?s been just a string of fan tweets, her fans weighing in on her > strength of purpose, coolness. Her role as emissary of culture is quite > strong, and she tweets from places around the country, and regarding the > Nara film fest. It struck me as a bit off for her to say: > > ????????????? ?????? > It?s going to be another ?hot? summer (meaning, I suppose, energetic and > awesome)! Unless you are a marathoner in the dead of Tokyo summer, in which > case it is going to be a REALLy hot summer. > > In lieu of tweeting her own position in, say, a thread, she has instead > retweeted defenses about how it is important to divorce the Olympics from > politics, the need to leave a ?true record? of the events (???????????????), > and the universalism of the event in Banpaku-like catch copy (?????????????????????????????????????.). > > > Given the precedent of Ichikawa Kon?s profligate and committee-enraging *Tokyo > Olympiad*, I am disappointed that it seems to have conceded to the status > of PR film. ?Everydayness? will have such a different status, even if > athletes are at the center of the stories? > > Anne > > On Jun 6, 2021, at 8:13 PM, Frederick Veith via KineJapan < > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > > Kawase ventriloquizing for athletes, who are specifically and > contractually enjoined from political expression, in a manner which > magically aligns with the interests of her patrons is? > > I?m going to go back to biting my tongue on all of this. > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:00 PM Bryan Hartzheim via KineJapan < > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > >> >> In Kawase's defense, she's spent a lot of time with these athletes and I >> get the sense she wants to advocate for them. Focusing on their struggles >> and achievements was probably a relatively "safe" approach to making a doc >> about the Olympics, but the politics of that decision are now magnified >> with the public opposing them in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. She's >> essentially aligned herself with ministers who say they're proceeding with >> the games because "they believe in the power of sports." >> >> Bryan >> > _______________________________________________ > 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... URL: From macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Tue Jun 8 08:19:52 2021 From: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk (Roger Macy) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 12:19:52 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Fw: Award Winners of the 21st Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection In-Reply-To: <20210607222712.40023.7746748.5199@bounce-eu1.crsend.com> References: <20210607222712.40023.7746748.5199@bounce-eu1.crsend.com> Message-ID: <1524748412.6935870.1623154792694@mail.yahoo.com> Although Nippon Connection 21 has formally finished and theprizes announced (below), accredited?visitors have until Friday to continue viewing films and for whom, I wasagreeably surprised, country restrictions were lifted. The extra time is appreciated since, from home in high summer, I cannotmanage to be the de dicated 12 hour a day film viewer that I might be in Frankfurt. Yesterday evening I buckled down and finished ?Me and the Cult Leader / AGANAI-???????????. Spoiler warning ahead but we at least heard thefilmmaker Sakahara express his disappointment to his subject that he, thesubject, had essentially not changed his mind after a year making this two-hourfilm. That slightly eased my lack of reward for listening for two hours to aviolently closed mind that wouldn?t listen. My listening, of course, wasthrough the subtitles, which added to the work. The ?Plot? on the film?sen.wiki page has quite a number of informative details that I didn?t get fromthe subtitled film. I can?t now think of any gems in the film that are not inthat ?Plot?, as it also gives the late reveal that Sakahara had been doublydamaged by the sarin attack through a failed marriage to an Aum member. I?m notone of the champions of jibun-eiga, regarding them, with a few honourableexceptions, as the best that that can be made of the bad job of a historicallack of money in Japan for independent script development. However, in thiscase, I found Sakahara himself a more interesting subject and would rather hehad turned earlier upon himself, if he could have born the pain. So I was ready after that for the lively lower roadof Les sorci?res del'Orient. The title card bears also the title ?????, which, by definition is a back-translation and I tookas simply calligraphic adornment and, I hope, a self criticizing orientalism. Iwas a teenager at the time of the Tokyo Olympics and presumably knew at thetime of the outcome of the women?s volleyball final but had long-since forgottenand appreciated Faraut?s classic construction with this as the finale. Farautuses and re-edits archive footage intelligently with much use of subsequentanimations of the team. It?s a compliment to the film that I now want to knowwhat happened next.? Did the team membersnot have a view on their bodies being idealized and coyly sexualized in thesesubsequent animations ? Did they get any material benefit from the profits thatothers made from them ? And I have all sorts of questions about their drivenmanager, Daimatsu, who is voiceless in the film (save for one animation clip).But, given the fame of this team in Japan,perhaps these subjects have been explored previously in Japan? Roger ----- Forwarded message ----- From: Nippon Connection Presse To: "macyroger at yahoo.co.uk" Sent: Monday, 7 June 2021, 21:27:13 BSTSubject: Award Winners of the 21st Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection | | | Wird diese Nachricht nicht richtig dargestellt, klicken Sie bitte hier. | | | | | | | PRESS CONTACT Isabelle Mathes Phone: +49 69 8477 6567 Presse at NipponConnection.com NipponConnection.com | | | Press Release, June 7, 2021 Award Winners of the 21st Nippon Connection Film Festival Audience awards for queer film, time travel comedy and documentary about immigration center / Jury award for social drama about migrant workers Download press pictures Password: NC21AwardBilder Download press kits for the films Password: NC21AwardMaterial After six days packed with films, workshops, lectures and film talks, the 21st Nippon Connection Film Festival ended on Sunday, June 6, 2021 with an online award ceremony. Due to the pandemic, the world?s biggest festival for Japanese cinema once more took place entirely online. The closing ceremony was broadcast via livestream from the festival center at K?nstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt. All four award winners tuned in live from Japan. The numerous positive reactions of the audience via social media proved that the atmosphere of the Nippon Connection Festival, characterized by a lively exchange and encounters, also worked in the digital space. The audience could vote online for three audience awards. The sixteenth Nippon Cinema Award, sponsored by Bankhaus Metzler in Frankfurt and endowed with a prize money of 2,000 euros, went to the queer film his. Director Rikiya Imaizumi offers a hopeful story about the revision of traditional gender roles and the meaning of family. The film was part of this year?s thematic focus Family Matters ? The Japanese Family Between Tradition And Modernity, supported by Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain. Per audience vote, the Nippon Docs Award went to the documentary Ushiku by Thomas Ash, dealing with a current, highly controversial political issue. The film accuses human rights violations in the eponymous immigrantion center near Tokyo, as well as Japan?s current immigration policies. The award, endowed with a prize money of 1,000 euros, was given out for the second time this year. The fast-paced time travel comedy Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes by Junta Yamaguchi received the seventh Nippon Visions Audience Award. The film was shot almost entirely in one take by the theater troupe Europe Kikaku. The award, donated by the Japanisches Kultur- und Sprachzentrum in Frankfurt, is endowed with a prize money of 1,000 euros. The Nippon Visions Jury Award went to Along The Sea by Akio Fujimoto. The drama explores the experiences of three young female technical trainees who are exploited after coming to Japan from Vietnam. The international jury, consisting of Ellen Harrington (director of DFF ? Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum), Thomas Ash (filmmaker) and Toshiyuki Hasegawa (curator of SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL) stated: ?The director does so in a compassionate and sensitive way, working with non-professional actors and painting a beautiful cinematic landscape.? The award, a subtitling for the director?s next film, is sponsored for the eleventh time by Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA) from Tokyo. Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes by Junta Yamaguchi received a special mention. The jury emphasized the ?the creativity, the well-written script and the big heart? of the film. Festival director Marion Klomfass expressed her gratitude to the numerous supporters, sponsors and cooperation partners of the festival, as well as to the many volunteers. The organizers hope to welcome the audience on location again for the next edition of the Nippon Connection Film Festival in Frankfurt am Main. The 22nd Nippon Connection Film Festival will take place from May 24 to 29, 2022. Until June 30, 2021, film fans can watch the films A Town And A Tall Chimney, Festival Of Shadows (German subtitles), as well as Fukushima Monologue and Kiyo in Kyoto: From The Maiko House (in cooperation with NHK WORLD-JAPAN) online and for free. In addition, the Nippon Retro section will be held at the cinema of the DFF ? Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in August 2021, showcasing nine films by or with Kinuyo TANAKA (1909?1977). She became one of the greatest classic star actresses and the first successful female film director in Japan. The retrospective takes place in cooperation with Japanisches Kulturinstitut K?ln (The Japan Foundation). Screening dates will be announced on the website NipponConnection.com. In the virtual Nippon Online Market on NipponConnection.com, exhibitors are still presenting a variety of Japan-related offers. Visitors can extend the festival feeling with Japanese delicacies, DVDs, books, handmade jewelry or tips for the next journey to Japan. The festival The Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection is organized by the 70-member, largely voluntary, team of the non-profit association Nippon Connection e.V. It is under the patronage of Angela Dorn, Hessian Minister for Science and Art, Peter Feldmann, Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main, and the Consulate General of Japan in Frankfurt am Main. Nippon Connection is one of the most popular film festivals in Hesse. A fundraising campaign is currently running on the online platform betterplace.org: betterplace.org/en/projects/88584. Download press pictures tinyurl.com/nc21-awardbilder Password: NC21AwardBilder Download press kits for the films tinyurl.com/nc21-awardpressinfos Password: NC21AwardMaterial To find further information on our festival, please visit these sites: NipponConnection.com facebook.com/NipponConnection twitter.com/NipponFilmfest instagram.com/NipponConnection blog.NipponConnection.com Press contact Isabelle Mathes Phone: +49 69 8477 6567 Presse at NipponConnection.com NipponConnection.com | | | | | Wenn Sie diese E-Mail (an: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk) nicht mehr empfangen m?chten, k?nnen Sie diese hier?abbestellen. Nippon Connection e.V. Schwedlerstrasse 1-5, c/o Atelierfrankfurt 60314 Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)69 847 76 565, E-Mail: info at nipponconnection.com NipponConnection.com | | | -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Mon Jun 14 07:24:10 2021 From: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk (Roger Macy) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:24:10 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Fw: Award Winners of the 21st Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection In-Reply-To: <1524748412.6935870.1623154792694@mail.yahoo.com> References: <20210607222712.40023.7746748.5199@bounce-eu1.crsend.com> <1524748412.6935870.1623154792694@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1786555238.9970176.1623669850809@mail.yahoo.com> It would be nice to hear from other members on the list on theirreactions to Nippon Connection and/or to a comparable range of films from New York. I just wanted to conclude by saying that I really enjoyed ??????? / Wonderful Paradise. The publicity still had pushedit down my list but at least that meant that I had forgotten that by the time Igot to it and approached it, as the film does, with an art film, or realiststart. After too many films starting with a senseless act of violence beforecharacter had been established, this had an exemplary exposition, establishingcredibility through place and character, before letting rip through all thegenres. I though it funnier than Parasite and without any self-indulgentend. Roger On Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 13:21:23 BST, Roger Macy via KineJapan wrote: Although Nippon Connection 21 has formally finished and theprizes announced (below), accredited?visitors have until Friday to continue viewing films and for whom, I wasagreeably surprised, country restrictions were lifted. The extra time is appreciated since, from home in high summer, I cannotmanage to be the de dicated 12 hour a day film viewer that I might be in Frankfurt. Yesterday evening I buckled down and finished ?Me and the Cult Leader / AGANAI-???????????. Spoiler warning ahead but we at least heard thefilmmaker Sakahara express his disappointment to his subject that he, thesubject, had essentially not changed his mind after a year making this two-hourfilm. That slightly eased my lack of reward for listening for two hours to aviolently closed mind that wouldn?t listen. My listening, of course, wasthrough the subtitles, which added to the work. The ?Plot? on the film?sen.wiki page has quite a number of informative details that I didn?t get fromthe subtitled film. I can?t now think of any gems in the film that are not inthat ?Plot?, as it also gives the late reveal that Sakahara had been doublydamaged by the sarin attack through a failed marriage to an Aum member. I?m notone of the champions of jibun-eiga, regarding them, with a few honourableexceptions, as the best that that can be made of the bad job of a historicallack of money in Japan for independent script development. However, in thiscase, I found Sakahara himself a more interesting subject and would rather hehad turned earlier upon himself, if he could have born the pain. So I was ready after that for the lively lower roadof Les sorci?res del'Orient. The title card bears also the title ?????, which, by definition is a back-translation and I tookas simply calligraphic adornment and, I hope, a self criticizing orientalism. Iwas a teenager at the time of the Tokyo Olympics and presumably knew at thetime of the outcome of the women?s volleyball final but had long-since forgottenand appreciated Faraut?s classic construction with this as the finale. Farautuses and re-edits archive footage intelligently with much use of subsequentanimations of the team. It?s a compliment to the film that I now want to knowwhat happened next.? Did the team membersnot have a view on their bodies being idealized and coyly sexualized in thesesubsequent animations ? Did they get any material benefit from the profits thatothers made from them ? And I have all sorts of questions about their drivenmanager, Daimatsu, who is voiceless in the film (save for one animation clip).But, given the fame of this team in Japan,perhaps these subjects have been explored previously in Japan? Roger ----- Forwarded message ----- From: Nippon Connection Presse To: "macyroger at yahoo.co.uk" Sent: Monday, 7 June 2021, 21:27:13 BSTSubject: Award Winners of the 21st Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection | | | Wird diese Nachricht nicht richtig dargestellt, klicken Sie bitte hier. | | | | | | | PRESS CONTACT Isabelle Mathes Phone: +49 69 8477 6567 Presse at NipponConnection.com NipponConnection.com | | | Press Release, June 7, 2021 Award Winners of the 21st Nippon Connection Film Festival Audience awards for queer film, time travel comedy and documentary about immigration center / Jury award for social drama about migrant workers Download press pictures Password: NC21AwardBilder Download press kits for the films Password: NC21AwardMaterial After six days packed with films, workshops, lectures and film talks, the 21st Nippon Connection Film Festival ended on Sunday, June 6, 2021 with an online award ceremony. Due to the pandemic, the world?s biggest festival for Japanese cinema once more took place entirely online. The closing ceremony was broadcast via livestream from the festival center at K?nstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt. All four award winners tuned in live from Japan. The numerous positive reactions of the audience via social media proved that the atmosphere of the Nippon Connection Festival, characterized by a lively exchange and encounters, also worked in the digital space. The audience could vote online for three audience awards. The sixteenth Nippon Cinema Award, sponsored by Bankhaus Metzler in Frankfurt and endowed with a prize money of 2,000 euros, went to the queer film his. Director Rikiya Imaizumi offers a hopeful story about the revision of traditional gender roles and the meaning of family. The film was part of this year?s thematic focus Family Matters ? The Japanese Family Between Tradition And Modernity, supported by Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain. Per audience vote, the Nippon Docs Award went to the documentary Ushiku by Thomas Ash, dealing with a current, highly controversial political issue. The film accuses human rights violations in the eponymous immigrantion center near Tokyo, as well as Japan?s current immigration policies. The award, endowed with a prize money of 1,000 euros, was given out for the second time this year. The fast-paced time travel comedy Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes by Junta Yamaguchi received the seventh Nippon Visions Audience Award. The film was shot almost entirely in one take by the theater troupe Europe Kikaku. The award, donated by the Japanisches Kultur- und Sprachzentrum in Frankfurt, is endowed with a prize money of 1,000 euros. The Nippon Visions Jury Award went to Along The Sea by Akio Fujimoto. The drama explores the experiences of three young female technical trainees who are exploited after coming to Japan from Vietnam. The international jury, consisting of Ellen Harrington (director of DFF ? Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum), Thomas Ash (filmmaker) and Toshiyuki Hasegawa (curator of SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL) stated: ?The director does so in a compassionate and sensitive way, working with non-professional actors and painting a beautiful cinematic landscape.? The award, a subtitling for the director?s next film, is sponsored for the eleventh time by Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA) from Tokyo. Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes by Junta Yamaguchi received a special mention. The jury emphasized the ?the creativity, the well-written script and the big heart? of the film. Festival director Marion Klomfass expressed her gratitude to the numerous supporters, sponsors and cooperation partners of the festival, as well as to the many volunteers. The organizers hope to welcome the audience on location again for the next edition of the Nippon Connection Film Festival in Frankfurt am Main. The 22nd Nippon Connection Film Festival will take place from May 24 to 29, 2022. Until June 30, 2021, film fans can watch the films A Town And A Tall Chimney, Festival Of Shadows (German subtitles), as well as Fukushima Monologue and Kiyo in Kyoto: From The Maiko House (in cooperation with NHK WORLD-JAPAN) online and for free. In addition, the Nippon Retro section will be held at the cinema of the DFF ? Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in August 2021, showcasing nine films by or with Kinuyo TANAKA (1909?1977). She became one of the greatest classic star actresses and the first successful female film director in Japan. The retrospective takes place in cooperation with Japanisches Kulturinstitut K?ln (The Japan Foundation). Screening dates will be announced on the website NipponConnection.com. In the virtual Nippon Online Market on NipponConnection.com, exhibitors are still presenting a variety of Japan-related offers. Visitors can extend the festival feeling with Japanese delicacies, DVDs, books, handmade jewelry or tips for the next journey to Japan. The festival The Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection is organized by the 70-member, largely voluntary, team of the non-profit association Nippon Connection e.V. It is under the patronage of Angela Dorn, Hessian Minister for Science and Art, Peter Feldmann, Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main, and the Consulate General of Japan in Frankfurt am Main. Nippon Connection is one of the most popular film festivals in Hesse. A fundraising campaign is currently running on the online platform betterplace.org: betterplace.org/en/projects/88584. Download press pictures tinyurl.com/nc21-awardbilder Password: NC21AwardBilder Download press kits for the films tinyurl.com/nc21-awardpressinfos Password: NC21AwardMaterial To find further information on our festival, please visit these sites: NipponConnection.com facebook.com/NipponConnection twitter.com/NipponFilmfest instagram.com/NipponConnection blog.NipponConnection.com Press contact Isabelle Mathes Phone: +49 69 8477 6567 Presse at NipponConnection.com NipponConnection.com | | | | | Wenn Sie diese E-Mail (an: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk) nicht mehr empfangen m?chten, k?nnen Sie diese hier?abbestellen. Nippon Connection e.V. Schwedlerstrasse 1-5, c/o Atelierfrankfurt 60314 Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)69 847 76 565, E-Mail: info at nipponconnection.com NipponConnection.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 macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Mon Jun 14 07:52:58 2021 From: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk (Roger Macy) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:52:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] - Minamata Mandala In-Reply-To: References: <303402116.5648400.1621815988478.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <303402116.5648400.1621815988478@mail.yahoo.com> <536186683.5993190.1621867914551@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <335215385.10008676.1623671578711@mail.yahoo.com> Just to say that already know I made the right decision to watch MinamataMandala online. A dash up there would have had me miss an exemplaryexposition (again). The disease, the complex science, the entangled law hidingvested interests, the people, were all introduced with unrivalled clarity. Ifind myself surprised to be looking forward to the next four hours witheagerness. It?s still bookable on both sides of the Atlantic. Roger On Monday, 24 May 2021, 16:33:54 BST, William C. Thompson wrote: Roger, For a mad filmmaker like Kazuo Hara, doesn't a mad dash to a seemingly distant place seem more appropriate even if it is less desirable. Anyway, those of us stateside will be able to view the film through the Japan Society's virtual screenings from June 4 - July 2.? Its series "Cinema as Struggle: The Films of Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi" will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Shissho Productions, Hara and Kobayashi's independent film company, with a complete retrospective of their work. https://film.japansociety.org/page/cinema-as-struggle-the-films-of-kazuo-hara-and-sachiko-kobayashi/?_ga=2.237149059.227708904.1621869021-1905340514.1570111325 The Japan Society is currently screening three sports films in honor of the anticipated (?) Olympics thru May 28th, and will also stream Obayashi's War Trilogy from July 9 - August 6. https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film I believe all these streamings are restricted to the United States. Bill Thompsonwct1 at columbia.edu On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 10:52 AM Roger Macy via KineJapan wrote: To answer my own question, I can also book to watch online (?5).The viewing conditions then are :- ?Available until 16 Jun 2021. You will not be able to view the contentafter this. ? ?Once selected, your film will become availablefor viewing following its cinema screening in Sheffield and remain available in your library for 10days. Once you press play, the watch window begins and you have 30 hours towatch the film.? ... you must be located within the UK to watch films on Selects. If you are notlocated within the UK, you will not see a watch or play button onSelects. Roger On Monday, 24 May 2021, 01:27:26 BST, Roger Macy via KineJapan wrote: Dear All, The programme for SheffieldDocfest has been announced https://sheffdocfest.com/festival/2021/explore/film-programme?page=0. Considering one of the curators is now Japanese, I can?t find as manyJapanese films as I hoped. There is:- DoubleLayered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions ?https://sheffdocfest.com/film/double-layered-town-making-song-replace-our-positions by Haruka Komori + Natsumi Seo, whichsounds like it might be called a fictional film, and Hara Kazuo?s MinamataMandala https://sheffdocfest.com/film/minamata-mandala,running at 6 hours, 12 minutes on the final non-competition day, 13th June.As it?s a Sunday, the first train from London would get me there an hour late. Doesanyone have the experience to say whether watching a mere five and a quarterhours at the end would make a rational viewing experience ? Roger _______________________________________________ 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... URL: From kfooken2 at gmail.com Mon Jun 14 23:42:16 2021 From: kfooken2 at gmail.com (Kerstin Fooken) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:42:16 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Call for Papers: Performing Intermediality (online symposium) Message-ID: Hello everyone, I?m currently based at Waseda University as a JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow and we are organising an online symposium on women and intermediality in pre-war Japanese film culture to take place in December. With this we are of course also building on the invaluable work of other KineJapaners and hope it might be of interest to some of you. I am sending the Call for Papers attached in English and Japanese and will paste it below. It is also available online here, deadline for proposals is 05 Sep 2021. http://www.engekieizo.com/?p=1281 Please feel free to pass this on to anybody who might be interested and don?t hesitate to get in touch with questions or comments! With best wishes, Kerstin *CALL FOR PAPERS* *Performing Intermediality * * New Perspectives on Women?s Creative Contributions to Pre-War Japanese Film Culture* Online Symposium Saturday 11 December 2021 Society for Studies of Theatre and Film Arts, Waseda University, Tokyo This symposium aims to cast new perspectives on women?s creative contributions to the increasingly intermedial filmmaking landscape as the Japanese film industry transitioned from silent to sound film. Since during the 1920s and 1930s women in Japan hardly had any opportunity to take up established filmmaking occupations such as directors, editors or scriptwriters, conventional media-historical approaches often struggle to acknowledge forms of women?s creative work in the industry, apart from appearing on screen. Through which methods and what kind of sources then can we recognise the work of women and how can Japanese film history better attest to their contributions? In this symposium we seek to explore how approaching the concept of intermediality not only as object but rather, as suggested by scholars such as L?cia Nagib, as method of study might present a way forward. Understanding intermediality as a method of study de-privileges films themselves and the mostly male-dominated established filmmaking occupations as analytical focal points by rejecting hierarchical relations between the different artforms involved. Such an understanding could facilitate access to a broader sense of film culture and its film-related creative practices in which the range of women?s creative work becomes more obvious while diversifying our understanding of the pre-war Japanese filmmaking landscape in general. Building onto indispensable existing research, we seek to bring together a broad range of case studies of women primarily in a contextualised performer-centred approach who worked across different media in relation to film production inside but also outside of the established studio and exhibition structures, of work that is extant or not. Our focus is on the long transition from silent to sound film but there is flexibility on both ends of this period. Equally, we are interested in women who worked in Japan as well as those who might have been active in Japan?s colonies at the time. *Case studies could involve but are certainly not limited to:* -Female actors who were active across different media, focussing on their work with SP records or radio plays etc. -Female singers who performed theme songs for *kouta*/ballad- and other films -Female dancers who appeared or were featured in films popularising related dances -Female performers who performed live in cinema interval attractions -Female *benshi* *For a broad range of insights into women?s contributions, we also welcome more established approaches to:* -Female-led film production companies -Female writers on film and cinema culture -New perspectives on the work of Sakane Tazuko We are also open to critical discussions of methodologies and sources; problematising the notion of searching for female creative agency within the industry etc. *Submissions: * We invite proposals for papers of 20-30 minutes to be given in English or Japanese. Please submit paper titles and abstracts of ca. 300 words, along with a short bio *by 5 September 2021* to: *performing.intermediality at gmail.com* *Organised by the Seminar for Film History of Prof. Hiroshi Komatsu at Waseda University, Tokyo* *Co-Organised by the Society for Studies of Theatre and Film Arts, Waseda University, Tokyo* Dr Kerstin Fooken, JSPS International Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Principal Organiser) Yuki Irikura, PhD Candidate, JSPS Research Fellow DC1 (Co-Organiser) -- Dr Kerstin Fooken JSPS International Postdoctoral Research Fellow Waseda University, Tokyo kfooken2 at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Performing Intermediality - Call for Papers_Engl:???_final.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 318695 bytes Desc: not available URL: From raine.michael.j at gmail.com Wed Jun 23 16:38:41 2021 From: raine.michael.j at gmail.com (Michael Raine) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 15:38:41 -0500 Subject: [KineJapan] Announcement: Developments in the Japanese Documentary Mode Message-ID: The special issue of *Arts *that Marcos Centeno and I edited, now titled *Developments in the Japanese Documentary Mode*, has been published as a book by MDPI. The book is open access and available as a free PDF download from this page: https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3845 We'd like to thank the authors again for their contributions, which we think are valuable contributions to the field. We'd be very grateful if people in a position to do so would recommend the book to their libraries: the paper version isn't free but perhaps it will catch the eye of students who still explore the library stacks. I've pasted the table of contents below: Marcos P. Centeno-Mart?n and Michael Raine Tracing Tendencies in the Japanese Documentary Mode Jinshi Fujii Yanagita Kunio and the Culture Film: Discovering Everydayness and Creating/Imagining a National Community, 1935?1945 Daisuke Miyao What?s the Use of Culture? Cinematographers and the Culture Film in Japan in the Early 1940s Koji Toba On the Relationship between Documentary Films and Magic Lanterns in 1950s Japan Marcos P. Centeno Mart?n Legacies of Hani Susumu?s Documentary School Justin Jesty Image Pragmatics and Film as a Lived Practice in the Documentary Work of Hani Susumu and Tsuchimoto Noriaki Miyo Inoue The Ethics of Representation in Light of Minamata Disease: Tsuchimoto Noriaki and His Minamata Documentaries Lauri Kitsnik Record. Reenact. Recycle. Notes on Shindo Kaneto?s Documentary Styles Bill Mihalopoulos Documenting a People yet to Be Named: History of a Bar Hostess Jennifer Coates Blurred Boundaries: Ethnofiction and Its Impact on Postwar Japanese Cinema best, Michael Michael Raine, Department of English and Writing Studies Western University, Canada co-editor, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema co-editor, The Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan (Amsterdam UP, 2020) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From daisyyandu at uwalumni.com Fri Jun 25 11:31:47 2021 From: daisyyandu at uwalumni.com (Daisy Yan Du) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 23:31:47 +0800 Subject: [KineJapan] rescreening schedule of the inaugural conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies, 9am & 4pm, July 12-August 4, 2021, Hong Kong time Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I am very sorry to bother those who are not interested. We will rescreen the ACAS inaugural conference panels at different time zones between July 12 and August 4. There are quite a few papers about Japanese animation and China. For the trailer of the conference, please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVvQqoCATVA For the Zoom links and other details, see http://acas.ust.hk/2021/06/16/acas-inaugural-conference-rescreening-schedule-july-12-august-4-2021/ Please feel free to forward the information to anyone who may be interested. Thank you very much and enjoy the summer! Best, Daisy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aarmher at yahoo.es Mon Jun 28 13:26:18 2021 From: aarmher at yahoo.es (Alejandra Armendariz) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:26:18 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Haneda Sumiko -Online Symposium & Screenings References: <546859079.1222368.1624901178197.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <546859079.1222368.1624901178197@mail.yahoo.com> DearKinejapaners, Hope youall are keeping well. Just wantedto let you know and invite you to an upcoming virtual event on the work of documentaryfilmmaker Haneda Sumiko, which includes an online symposium on Thursday 22 July2021 and film screenings of her films Ode to Mt. Hayachine (1982) (16-17July) and Into the Picture Scroll-The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa (2004)(23-24 July). Both thesymposium and the films are free and open to all, but registration is required.The time of the presentations might be inconvenient for some of you, sorry forthat, but the films should be region-free. You canfind all the details and how to register here: https://www.soas.ac.uk/jrc/events/22jul2021-japanese-documentary-filmmaker-haneda-sumiko-authorship-and-gender-discourses.html We lookforward to e-meeting you in July. Best, Alejandra Armend?riz-Hern?ndez, Marcos Centeno, IreneGonz?lez-L?pez and Ricardo Matos. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raine.michael.j at gmail.com Tue Jun 29 14:34:44 2021 From: raine.michael.j at gmail.com (Michael Raine) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 13:34:44 -0500 Subject: [KineJapan] Latest issue of the Journal of Japanese and Korean cinema Message-ID: The latest issue of the Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema is now available through the various online subscription services. There's a special section, edited by Ran Ma and Kosuke Fujiki, on "In/Visibility in Post-War Okinawan Images" that will be completed in the Fall. Also standalone articles by Kelly Jeong, Daisuke Miyao, and Luke Cromer. I've pasted the table of contents below: Special section: In/visibility in Post-war Okinawan Images 1 Introduction In/visibility in Post-war Okinawan Images 1 Ran Ma and Kosuke Fujiki Article Reminiscences of a Journey to Okinawa: Landscape Film as Essay, and Takamine G??s *Okinawan Dream Show* (1974) Ran Ma Article Landscape and the Crisis of Representation in Nakae Y?ji?s *Panari nite* (1986) Kosuke Fujiki Translation * Continuing as an ?Open Incompleteness?: Motoshinkakarann? and Uncanny Okinawa* Nakazato Isao (Translated by Kosuke Fujiki) *Regular Articles:* Article *On the Margins: Action Heroines in Coin-Locker Girl and The Villainess* Kelly Jeong Article *The Melodrama of Ozu: Tokyo Story and Its Time* Daisuke Miyao Article *The Elegant Beast**: Kawashima Y?z??s modernist stage* Luke Stephen Cromer Best, Michael Michael Raine, Department of English and Writing Studies Western University, Canada co-editor, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema co-editor, The Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan (Amsterdam UP, 2020) co-editor, Developments in the Japanese Documentary Mode (MDPI, 2020) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: