[KineJapan] Iwanami Hall closing

[Markus Nornes]

Incredible. Has anyone heard if it's Covid related?

Markus
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*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/
<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 Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 10:21 PM Gerow Aaron via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> That is a shock. Thanks for letting us know, Matteo.
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> Iwanami Hall was a groundbreaking cinema, often discussed as a precursor
> to the mini theater and crucial in screening art films other theaters would
> not touch. It was Iwanami that screened the rediscovered print of
> Kinugasa’s Page of Madness (about which I wrote a book).
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> Crucial in its history is Takano Etsuko, who ran it for much of its
> history.
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> Aaron Gerow
> A. Whitney Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures and
> Film and Media Studies
> Chair, East Asian Languages and Literatures
> Yale University
> 320 York Street, Room 108
> PO Box 208201
> New Haven, CT 06520-8201
> USA
> Phone: 1-203-432-7082
> Fax: 1-203-432-6729
> e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu
> website: www.aarongerow.com
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