[KineJapan] Mini theatres and independent movies

John Junkerman jtj53213 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 20 02:58:27 EDT 2022


Motohashi Seiichi is the owner of (now) Pole-pole Higashinakano, made
several films around Chornobyl, and has produced several others (Hanabusa
Aya's documentaries), through Pole Pole Times-sha.
Didn't Eurospace produce Sato Makoto's Self and Others?

Best,
John Junkerman


On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 3:49 AM Dimitri Ianni via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Picking up this thread. What comes to mind in recent times is Cinema Iris
> in Hakodate with the series of Satō Yasushi adaptations :
> http://www.cinemairis.com/hakodate.html
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> Wamrly,
> Dimitri Ianni
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> Le 19/04/2022 à 20:12, Zahlten, Alexander via KineJapan a écrit :
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> Hi Matteo,
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> In the late 1970s the Shinbungeiza in Ikebukuro co-funded some jishu films
> (basically, but not quite accurately, “amateur” films), as did some other
> theaters in Tokyo that (usually) wouldn’t strictly qualify as arthouse
> theaters.
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> In the 1980s many minitheaters teamed up with video distribution companies
> to purchase foreign films’ full-package rights for Japan; that way the
> minitheater could afford the exclusive rights for screenings, and the video
> company would get the distribution rights for home video (with the added
> bonus of pre-advertising via the minitheater run). Since many of the films
> purchased in this way relied heavily on pre-sales to finance the production
> of the film you could say that the minitheaters in some way contributed to
> their production, though they didn’t really “make” the film.
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> In the 1990s and 2000s a number of small theater chains were involved in
> film production, often (but not always) via the production committee
> system; Theatre Shinjuku’s parent company is one of these.
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> This is a fascinating history, thanks for kicking off this thread-
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> *From: *KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>
> <kinejapan-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Rea Amit via KineJapan
> <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Date: *Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 10:22
> *To: *Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
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> I believe Jennifer Coates has done some work on a theater in Kyoto that
> participated in documentary film production. You might want to check more
> information with her.
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> Best of luck,
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> Rea
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> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 7:28 AM Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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> This is an interesting question. I look forward to hearing what people can
> think of.
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> A few things come to mind. There are mini-theater operators who were
> making films alongside their work in exhibition. Daishima Haruhiko was
> producing Pineapple Tours (currently in revival) when he was running Box
> Higashi Nakano, and the guy that owned (?) it was a photographer who also
> made a few documentaries (Hashiguchi? Can't quite remember his name
> off-hand).
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> Before that, I think you could think of ATG as a kind of precursor, no?
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> And before that, Jieiso—the outfit behind pre-1968 Ogawa films—was
> specifically creating an interface between exhibition and production that
> directly led to the establishment of many of the first mini-theaters (an
> example is the Forum in Yamagata).
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> Just off the top of my head.....
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> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 6:56 AM matteoB via KineJapan <
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> Dear All,
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> Researching about how Haneda Sumiko's Ode to Mt Hayachine came into being,
> that is through the help and support of Equipe de Cinema, Iwanami Hall, and
> Takano Etsuko, made me wonder whether there are other examples of Japanese
> independent cinemas or mini theatres helping a movie being produced.
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> Any help would be appreciated.
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> Thank you
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