[KineJapan] Wartime archive uncovering at Amsterdam

[Roger Macy]

There’s only one Japanese film at IDFA this year but it’s agem for film historians - いまは むかし.Documentarist ISE Shin’ichi uncovers the wartime output of his father ISE Chōnosukein Indonesia,which turns out to be preserved well in Amsterdam.Son, granddaughter and team visit the studio in Java where the films wereedited and get glimmers of survivor’s tales. The son confesses he was estrangedfrom his father, so I’m left curious how Shin’ichi got into films. We end witha summarized filmography of father. From A.D. on Village without a Doctor,1940, and propaganda films for Nichi’ei Java, he had a substantial post-warcareer as editor on films like Sakuma Dam, and director of many more.
https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/ab281077-a2a1-4f58-87bf-553c1a15a39b/now-is-the-past-my-father-java-the-phantom-films#tickets
Roger
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