[KineJapan] Special Program on Okinawa films

[Michael Raine]

This looks like a terrific series on cinematic visions of Okinawa. And
that's a terrific deal to see three hard-to-see films online!

If anyone is interested in reading more about the films before or after
watching them:

Alex published a great essay on *Asia is One* and NDU in the *Journal of
Japanese and Korean Cinema* 10.2 (2018)

We also published two "special sections" on Okinawan Images last year
(volume 13.1-2, 2021), co-edited by Ran Ma and Kosuke Fujiki. I'll paste
the table of contents here:

*Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema* 13.1:

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 Gō’s *Okinawan Dream Show* (1974)

Ran Ma



Article

Landscape and the Crisis of Representation in Nakae Yūji’s *Panari nite*
(1986)

Kosuke Fujiki



Translation
* Continuing as an ‘Open Incompleteness’: Motoshinkakarannū and Uncanny
Okinawa*

Nakazato Isao (Translated by Kosuke Fujiki)


*Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema* 13. 2:

Special section: In/visibility in Post-war Okinawan Images 2

Introduction

In/visibility in Post-war Okinawan Images 2

Ran Ma and Kosuke Fujiki



Article

The Living Sea: Okinawa, 1958, and the Postwar Media *Dispositif*

Takuya Tsunoda



Article

Visualizing (Im)mobility in Post-Reversion Okinawa: A Comparative Study of
NDU’s *Asia is One* (1973) and Chinen Seishin’s *The Human Pavilion* (1976)

Patrick Chimenti



Interview

*Re-emerging voices and re-imagined landscapes: an interview with Chikako
Yamashiro*

Ran Ma, Kosuke Fujiki & translated by Christopher M. Cabrera

The journal is available at all good libraries -- if it isn't, please
request it! We also welcome article submissions and proposals for special
sections in upcoming issues.

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)


On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:28 AM Hilson Reidpath via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Thanks for sending this out Alex.
>
> I meant to share it as well. I really recommend to anyone remotely
> interested in post-war/occupation area Okinawa to check out *Motoshinkakarannu
> *at the very least. My understanding is it is *very* difficult to see. It
> was also filmed towards the tail-end of the US occupation, which was a
> tumultuous time for a number of reasons, but is of particular note (and
> controversy) because of its depiction of the extant yakuza gangs at the
> time.
>
> Best,
>
> Hilson Reidpath
>
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 3:10 AM Zahlten, Alexander via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Apologies, I forgot to edit the subject line when I just sent out the
>> email. Sorry about that! See the original message below.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> This is just to point you to an interesting special of films on Okinawa
>> taking place at the Japan Society New York due to the efforts of Alexander
>> Fee. It features a really nice span of types of films, from a Nakajima
>> Sadao-directed Yakuza film to two usually very difficult to access films by
>> the legendary documentary film collective NDU. Here is the link:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/films/okinawa-cinematic-reflections
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Furldefense.proofpoint.com-252Fv2-252Furl-253Fu-253Dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fwww.japansociety.org-5Farts-2D2Dand-2D2Dculture-5Ffilms-5Fokinawa-2D2Dcinematic-2D2Dreflections-2526d-253DDwMGaQ-2526c-253DWO-2DRGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ-2526r-253D-5F-5FROkypPMfBMMPVia3CjGrxSJryXbwjGyfBDGhCKd68-2526m-253DJzxkb94x7hSI11G1-2DorapqU5kXAOOYgVrpTAboXiVNte35HNYC3Ao7r93nbN2Skw-2526s-253DkFhI5vBBoODw1ibZ4p-5FTcxHKlx7MqGdnfhfFgP8V2Vk-2526e-253D-26data-3D05-257C01-257CAFee-2540japansociety.org-257Ce12310fad91744e6e2ed08da22658d64-257Ccc53eb7cef7740a39c5e5649d505a427-257C0-257C0-257C637860116816235264-257CUnknown-257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0-253D-257C3000-257C-257C-257C-26sdata-3DUCcs-252BP7pnpwENob-252FU1Zx7uJXcLH-252FP7XHNOclKg2ShJk-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=__ROkypPMfBMMPVia3CjGrxSJryXbwjGyfBDGhCKd68&m=fXin2X1CFLiRfownoKEctVLxVa6Cq9Ynz32TKWlssv8CA50BNmfd5iTlxIYmlxCc&s=yTj0Y_VeNM7JnQ8FMt3cMuip47EoA-IMVvNsFIegC_8&e=>
>>
>>
>>
>> Some films are being streamed as well, though the majority is for
>> in-person screenings.
>>
>>
>>
>> All best,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------
>>
>> Alexander Zahlten
>>
>> Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
>>
>> Chair, Regional Studies East Asia (RSEA) Program
>>
>> Harvard University
>>
>> (He / him / his)
>>
>>
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> --
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> Hilson Reidpath
>
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>
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>
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