From macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Mon Oct 2 10:31:22 2023 From: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk (Roger Macy) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 14:31:22 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] London screening of 'Ode to Mount Hayachine' References: <2007752675.6841554.1696257082229.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2007752675.6841554.1696257082229@mail.yahoo.com> As it's a one-off screening that people might not have noticed, I thought I'd mention that Haneda Sumiko's 'Ode to Mount Hayachine' 1982, is showing at the ICA on the 18th at 18.15.https://www.ica.art/films/tmtkbp-ode-un-vent-leger Roger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eija.niskanen at gmail.com Sun Oct 8 10:33:02 2023 From: eija.niskanen at gmail.com (Eija Niskanen) Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2023 23:33:02 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Looking for temporary accommodation/Tokyo area Message-ID: <5A1A2447-5486-4072-A163-295FB210D20D@gmail.com> Hi all, if you know of any tenporary accommodations in Tokyo from Oct 20 to Dec 5 or a shorter stretch within this period, please let me know. Can also cat sit! Best, Eija Sent from my iPhone From ferranidus at gmail.com Thu Oct 12 10:51:41 2023 From: ferranidus at gmail.com (Ferran de Vargas) Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:51:41 +0200 Subject: [KineJapan] =?utf-8?q?New_article_=22Rituals_Within_Walls=3A_Thi?= =?utf-8?q?nking_Post-War_Japan=E2=80=99s_History_through_Cinematic?= =?utf-8?q?_Allegories_of_Everyday_Life=22?= Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, With apologies for cross-posting. Please allow me to announce the publication in *Film-Philosophy* of my new article "Rituals Within Walls: Thinking Post-War Japan?s History through Cinematic Allegories of Everyday Life". You can find it here (Open Access): https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/film.2023.0244 All the best, Ferran de Vargas (ALTER research group, Open University of Catalonia) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Sun Oct 15 18:38:20 2023 From: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk (Roger Macy) Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 22:38:20 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] =?utf-8?q?Hamaguchi_Ry=C5=ABsuke_wins_at_London_F=2E?= =?utf-8?q?F=2E?= References: <1000444873.13871242.1697409500882.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1000444873.13871242.1697409500882@mail.yahoo.com> Hamaguchi Ry?suke?s Aku wa sonzai shinai / EvilDoes Not Exist has won the main prize of best film in competition, at theLondon Film Festival. Award winners announced at 67th BFI London Film Festival | | | | | | | | | | | Award winners announced at 67th BFI London Film Festival The winning feature films will screen again this evening to close the festival, while the winning short film is ... | | | The Festival announcement said:- DriveMy Car director Ryusuke Hamaguchi?s new drama sees a community fighting topreserve its principles and the integrity of their natural world. A campingsite development that?s under way in the peaceful village of Mizubikiwill forever change the community and surrounding environment. The investorsfeel differently: ?A little pollution won?t affect the water?. Driven byHamaguchi?s sonorous and poetic script, his drama, a microcosm of widerconcerns, burrows deep into the pressing issues of value and survival but neverloses faith in humanity.? TheOfficial Competition jury said: ?The Official Competition jury has chosenEvil Does Not Exist as the LondonFilm Festival Best Film for 2023. Subtle, cinematic and underscored by fully realisedperformances, Hamaguchi?s assured drama supersedes the sum of its parts. It isboth a lyrical portrait of family and community, and a nuanced consideration ofthe ethics of land development. Amidst a strong competition the jury isunanimous in our admiration!?? I saw it at San Sebastian,where it was not in competition but in the ?Perlak? strand, picked pearls fromelsewhere. It is certainly my favourite Hamaguchi film. In the protagonist,when he is teaching tracking skills to his young daughter, I saw something of DersuUzala, not Kurosawa?s film particularly but the historical character depictedby Vladimir Arsenyev. That may be just me, as I read it not so long ago, inenglish translation. Assuming the film was screened using the same, uncredited, englishsubtitles, the award is even more of an achievement as, I thought, thetranslation was sometimes off-register. Memorable strengths for me included the realistically messy publicmeeting that develops the story. Putting the autocrat / CEO of the developmentcompany only in remote meetings was another realistic touch of unaccountability. Did Hamaguchi needto make the development company a talent agency ?? He could have saved that for its own story ?? Anyway, congratulations. Roger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matteo.boscarol at gmail.com Fri Oct 20 02:36:03 2023 From: matteo.boscarol at gmail.com (matteoB) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 15:36:03 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Found footage and archival documentary in Japan Message-ID: Dear all, Are there any good examples of found footage and archival documentaries made in Japan? Maybe it's me, but I really struggle to come up with some titles... Matteo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nornes at umich.edu Fri Oct 20 02:40:38 2023 From: nornes at umich.edu (Markus Nornes) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 15:40:38 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Found footage and archival documentary in Japan In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It's an interesting question. I was just talking to Mark Cousins about this while he was in Japan showing his Hitchcock film. Critics kept asking how it was possible to make films like his. He'd explain how fair use works in the West, and they didn't quite believe him. That this is one of the only films of his distributed in Japan makes me think that Japanese distributors also avoid picking up these films for the same reason. (https://synca.jp/hitchcock/) Markus --- *Markus Nornes* *Professor of Asian Cinema* 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 Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 3:35?PM matteoB via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > Dear all, > > Are there any good examples of found footage and archival documentaries > made in Japan? > Maybe it's me, but I really struggle to come up with some titles... > > Matteo > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kprovenc at gmail.com Fri Oct 20 10:47:24 2023 From: kprovenc at gmail.com (ken provencher) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 07:47:24 -0700 Subject: [KineJapan] Found footage and archival documentary in Japan In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In the early 2000s, NHK made a series of documentaries called "Tokyo Landscapes," which compiled NHK footage of the city from 1945 to 1980. I think some of them might be on YouTube. Ken On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 11:35?PM matteoB via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > Dear all, > > Are there any good examples of found footage and archival documentaries > made in Japan? > Maybe it's me, but I really struggle to come up with some titles... > > Matteo > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aaron.gerow at yale.edu Wed Oct 25 15:24:09 2023 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Gerow Aaron) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:24:09 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] Kinema Club XXI on November 4 Message-ID: Kinema Club XXI, with the support of the Council on East Asian Studies, will take place at Yale University on November 4, 2023. The Kinema Club conferences on Japanese film and media have distinguished themselves over the years for their variety and inventiveness, ranging from workshops to full-fledged conferences, from themed symposia to sidebars of film festivals. This edition will be also be a new endeavor: a workshop focusing on workshopping articles or dissertation chapters by up-and-coming scholars of Japanese film and media. The workshop will basically take place from 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday the 4th at Yale. The basic format will approximate those of previous Kinema Club workshops: ? Papers will be due at least two weeks before the workshop and will be read by all participants beforehand. ? Those who authored the paper will not read it out loud, but will be there as the paper is discussed. ? There will be 6 papers presented during the day. What differs from previous workshops is that presenters will be restricted to early career scholars (ABD or recent PhDs). In addition, 4 senior scholars will participate in the workshop and will offer written comments on all the papers presented. The six presenters will be: Katayama, Rio Kato, Kent Maude, Daryl McKeirnan, Kevin Nakayama, Yuki Wei, Ran The four senior scholars will be Aaron Gerow, Diane Wei Lewis, Markus Nornes, and Alex Zahlten. This is not necessarily a public event, but we can welcome a few others who want to participate, on the condition that they try to read the papers beforehand, attend the entire day, and offer comments. Please write to Aaron Gerow (aaron.gerow at yale.edu) if you want to participate. Aaron Gerow Markus Nornes From seuffedit at gmail.com Thu Oct 26 13:56:43 2023 From: seuffedit at gmail.com (Kirsten Seuffert) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:56:43 -0700 Subject: [KineJapan] Sasaki Michiko contact info? Message-ID: Does anyone happen to have contact information for photographer, experimental filmmaker, etc. Sasaki Michiko (not the actor/dancer)? 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