From earljac at gmail.com Tue Dec 3 08:29:38 2024 From: earljac at gmail.com (Earl Jackson) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 21:29:38 +0800 Subject: [KineJapan] Cinema of Kinoshits Keisuke Message-ID: Dear Everyone, Please forgive the shameles self-promotion. I'm delighted to announce that The Cinema of Kinoshita Keisuke. Films of Joy and Sorrow, Edited by David Desser and myself will be out from Edinburgh University Press in August 2025. I would like to thank David and of course a deep thank you to our authors whose contributions really made this something. The website has more info and the Table of Contents. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-cinema-of-kinoshita-keisuke.html Earl Jackson Professor, Emeritus National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Associate Professor, Emeritus University of California, Santa Cruz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is where I > need your help! > > > > Here is a link to all the tins in the series I currently have. > https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars > > > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Adrian > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 117620 bytes Desc: not available URL: From odoriko21 at gmail.com Tue Dec 3 13:20:09 2024 From: odoriko21 at gmail.com (Linda Ehrlich) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 13:20:09 -0500 Subject: [KineJapan] Can anyone assist with identifying these 1930's-1940's Kinema Stars? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6ED17FE1-FD4C-41DE-9999-F8AC2C2DEA97@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From reeldrew at aol.com Tue Dec 3 14:06:40 2024 From: reeldrew at aol.com (reeldrew at aol.com) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 19:06:40 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Can anyone assist with identifying these 1930's-1940's Kinema Stars? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <791889381.3054863.1733252800736@mail.yahoo.com> ??I believe the last one in this group, no. 11, is Denmei Suzuki (1900-1985). A very popular star who also did some directing, he was a former athlete who was unusually tall (5'10") for a Japanese male of that era. He was often paired with Kinuyo Tanaka and they became a kind of Japanese counterpart of Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor. Suzuki, it should be noted, was a good friend of the legendary Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., an admirer of the prewar Japanese cinema who, in the '30s, attempted to obtain distribution of Japanese films in the West.??William M. Drew?? In a message dated 12/3/2024 7:35:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu writes:? Hi, ? I have a collection of Japanese gramophone needle tins which feature Japanese Kinema Stars from the 30?s & 40?s.??? Each one features their image and signature.?? Here is an example. ? ? ? What I am trying to do is identify who they are so that I can write something about them in a book I am planning to write.?? This is where I need your help! ? Here is a link to all the tins in the series I currently have.?? https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars ? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. ? ? Cheers ? Adrian ? _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Suzuki, it should be noted, was a good friend of the legendary Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., an admirer of the prewar Japanese cinema who, in the '30s, attempted to obtain distribution of Japanese films in the West. > > William M. Drew > > > > In a message dated 12/3/2024 7:35:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu writes: > > Hi, > > > I have a collection of Japanese gramophone needle tins which feature Japanese Kinema Stars from the 30?s & 40?s. Each one features their image and signature. Here is an example. > > > > > > > What I am trying to do is identify who they are so that I can write something about them in a book I am planning to write. This is where I need your help! > > > Here is a link to all the tins in the series I currently have. https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars > > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Cheers > > > Adrian > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From earljac at gmail.com Tue Dec 3 17:55:50 2024 From: earljac at gmail.com (Earl Jackson) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 06:55:50 +0800 Subject: [KineJapan] Can anyone assist with identifying these 1930's-1940's Kinema Stars? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Adrian, These are really gems. I think the ones with the faces on the verge of fading away are really evocative. Earl Jackson Professor, Emeritus National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Associate Professor, Emeritus University of California, Santa Cruz On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 11:34?PM Adrian Ransom via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have a collection of Japanese gramophone needle tins which feature > Japanese Kinema Stars from the 30?s & 40?s. Each one features their > image and signature. Here is an example. > > > > > > > > What I am trying to do is identify who they are so that I can write > something about them in a book I am planning to write. This is where I > need your help! > > > > Here is a link to all the tins in the series I currently have. > https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars > > > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Adrian > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 117620 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mekerpan2 at gmail.com Tue Dec 3 17:56:20 2024 From: mekerpan2 at gmail.com (Michael Kerpan) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 17:56:20 -0500 Subject: [KineJapan] Can anyone assist with identifying these 1930's-1940's Kinema Stars? In-Reply-To: References: <791889381.3054863.1733252800736@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Markus -- My eyesight wasn't good enough to make that face out, much less identify it! I would think Kinuyo Tanaka should have been included -- but none of these pictures seem to match her face. Michael Kerpan Boston, MA On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 5:52?PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > These are amazing. Thank you! On first glance, I see #8 is Takamine > Hideko. Love the modernist katakana signature. > > Markus > > On Dec 3, 2024, at 2:06?PM, William M. Drew via KineJapan < > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > > > > I believe the last one in this group, no. 11, is Denmei Suzuki > (1900-1985). A very popular star who also did some directing, he was a > former athlete who was unusually tall (5'10") for a Japanese male of that > era. He was often paired with Kinuyo Tanaka and they became a kind of > Japanese counterpart of Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor. Suzuki, it should > be noted, was a good friend of the legendary Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., an > admirer of the prewar Japanese cinema who, in the '30s, attempted to obtain > distribution of Japanese films in the West. > > William M. Drew > > > > In a message dated 12/3/2024 7:35:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu writes: > > > Hi, > > > I have a collection of Japanese gramophone needle tins which feature > Japanese Kinema Stars from the 30?s & 40?s. Each one features their > image and signature. Here is an example. > > > > > > > What I am trying to do is identify who they are so that I can write > something about them in a book I am planning to write. This is where I > need your help! > > > Here is a link to all the tins in the series I currently have. > https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars > > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Cheers > > > Adrian > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Wed Dec 4 17:55:11 2024 From: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk (Roger Macy) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 22:55:11 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Can anyone assist with identifying these 1930's-1940's Kinema Stars? In-Reply-To: References: <791889381.3054863.1733252800736@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1012929019.10809116.1733352911917@mail.yahoo.com> Thank you, Adrianfor posting this. What struck me was the prominentbi-lingual character of this marketing, despite the very limited penetration ofstar-led Japanese film in the 30s into the english-speaking world. Have you anything on theprovenance of these tins ? Have any been found outside Japan ? Roger On Tuesday, 3 December 2024 at 22:52:44 GMT, Markus Nornes via KineJapan wrote: These are amazing. Thank you! On first glance, I see #8 is Takamine Hideko. Love the modernist katakana signature.? Markus On Dec 3, 2024, at 2:06?PM, William M. Drew via KineJapan wrote: ??I believe the last one in this group, no. 11, is Denmei Suzuki (1900-1985). A very popular star who also did some directing, he was a former athlete who was unusually tall (5'10") for a Japanese male of that era. He was often paired with Kinuyo Tanaka and they became a kind of Japanese counterpart of Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor. Suzuki, it should be noted, was a good friend of the legendary Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., an admirer of the prewar Japanese cinema who, in the '30s, attempted to obtain distribution of Japanese films in the West.??William M. Drew?? In a message dated 12/3/2024 7:35:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu writes:? Hi, ? I have a collection of Japanese gramophone needle tins which feature Japanese Kinema Stars from the 30?s & 40?s.??? Each one features their image and signature.?? Here is an example. ? ? ? What I am trying to do is identify who they are so that I can write something about them in a book I am planning to write.?? This is where I need your help! ? Here is a link to all the tins in the series I currently have.?? https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars ? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. ? ? Cheers ? Adrian ? _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Yamagiwa was active in his last years in protesting the death penalty and cases of wrongful conviction. https://www.sanspo.com/article/20241204-A5DI4AEC2FKQ5KAV5YDYSWFB4E/ This is the recent book on him: https://www.maruzenjunkudo.co.jp/products/9784864051842 Aaron Gerow -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Thu Dec 12 07:23:51 2024 From: lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es (Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:23:51 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa In-Reply-To: <56323445-0886-4232-946E-9999E252FC6E@yale.edu> References: <56323445-0886-4232-946E-9999E252FC6E@yale.edu> Message-ID: This is a quote from B?la Bal?zs: Early Film Theory. Visible Man and The Spirit of Film, B?la Bal?zs, Edited by Erica Carter, Berghahn Books, 2010: An example from one otherwise simple-minded old adventure film. The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife. He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him. Nevertheless ? and this is what is so marvellous ? we see clearly from his expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present, but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103). Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? Thanks! [cid:a4086c85-66b4-4376-a5f7-7e91f09ac67a] Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife. He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him. Nevertheless ? and this is what is so marvellous ? we see clearly from his expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present, but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103). Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? Thanks! [cid:a4086c85-66b4-4376-a5f7-7e91f09ac67a] Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ De: KineJapan en nombre de Desser, David M via KineJapan Enviado: jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024 18:28 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Desser, David M Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Ask Daisuke Miyao of the U of San Diego. Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:23:51 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa This is a quote from B?la Bal?zs: Early Film Theory. Visible Man and The Spirit of Film, B?la Bal?zs, Edited by Erica Carter, Berghahn Books, 2010: An example from one otherwise simple-minded old adventure film. The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife. He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him. Nevertheless ? and this is what is so marvellous ? we see clearly from his expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present, but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103). Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? Thanks! [cid:a4086c85-66b4-4376-a5f7-7e91f09ac67a] Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-p3zuqz02.png Type: image/png Size: 69856 bytes Desc: Outlook-p3zuqz02.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-vnpvgfy2.png Type: image/png Size: 69856 bytes Desc: Outlook-vnpvgfy2.png URL: From dmiyao at ucsd.edu Thu Dec 12 17:10:54 2024 From: dmiyao at ucsd.edu (Miyao, Daisuke) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:10:54 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa In-Reply-To: References: <56323445-0886-4232-946E-9999E252FC6E@yale.edu> Message-ID: Dear Lorenzo and David, Thank you for your inquiry. I am not 100% sure, but I think the film Bal?zs discussed is Black Roses (Colin Campbell, 1921). Tsuru Aoki plays Hayakawa's "long-lost" wife in this crime film. The film was released in France (Les Roses noires) in the same year. Because "The Face of Man" by Bal?zs was published in 1924, the timing seems correct. I am afraid I have never had a chance to watch the film even though Wikipedia says the Cinematheque francaise owns the print of the film (I hope it's true!). Best, Daisuke Daisuke Miyao Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature Chair, Department of Literature University of California, San Diego **I respectfully acknowledge that UCSD is located on the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation.** ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 10:31 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Thank you, David. I'll do that. [cid:af302a0c-f581-4c5a-8ad6-8f74eb3ef1ae] Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ De: KineJapan en nombre de Desser, David M via KineJapan Enviado: jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024 18:28 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Desser, David M Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Ask Daisuke Miyao of the U of San Diego. Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:23:51 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa This is a quote from B?la Bal?zs: Early Film Theory. Visible Man and The Spirit of Film, B?la Bal?zs, Edited by Erica Carter, Berghahn Books, 2010: An example from one otherwise simple-minded old adventure film. The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife. He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him. Nevertheless ? and this is what is so marvellous ? we see clearly from his expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present, but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103). Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? Thanks! [cid:a4086c85-66b4-4376-a5f7-7e91f09ac67a] Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. 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I am not 100% sure, but I think the film Bal?zs discussed is Black Roses (Colin Campbell, 1921). Tsuru Aoki plays Hayakawa's "long-lost" wife in this crime film. The film was released in France (Les Roses noires) in the same year. Because "The Face of Man" by Bal?zs was published in 1924, the timing seems correct. I am afraid I have never had a chance to watch the film even though Wikipedia says the Cinematheque francaise owns the print of the film (I hope it's true!). Best, Daisuke Daisuke Miyao Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature Chair, Department of Literature University of California, San Diego **I respectfully acknowledge that UCSD is located on the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation.** ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 10:31 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Thank you, David. I'll do that. Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ De: KineJapan en nombre de Desser, David M via KineJapan Enviado: jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024 18:28 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Desser, David M Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Ask Daisuke Miyao of the U of San Diego. Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:23:51 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa This is a quote from B?la Bal?zs: Early Film Theory. Visible Man and The Spirit of Film, B?la Bal?zs, Edited by Erica Carter, Berghahn Books, 2010: An example from one otherwise simple-minded old adventure film. The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife. He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him. Nevertheless ? and this is what is so marvellous ? we see clearly from his expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present, but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103). Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? Thanks! Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. 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URL: From lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Fri Dec 13 04:08:00 2024 From: lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es (Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:08:00 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] [EXTERNAL] Sessue Hayakawa In-Reply-To: <7B35218E-EEF9-4EDA-8788-0898028E12C5@unige.ch> References: <56323445-0886-4232-946E-9999E252FC6E@yale.edu> <7B35218E-EEF9-4EDA-8788-0898028E12C5@unige.ch> Message-ID: Thank you, Daisuke, it could indeed be that one. Please, Claire-Akiko, let's us know you inquiry at Cin?math?que Fran?aise. Best, ________________________________ De: KineJapan en nombre de Claire-Akiko Brisset via KineJapan Enviado: viernes, 13 de diciembre de 2024 09:05 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Claire-Akiko Brisset Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] [EXTERNAL] Sessue Hayakawa Dear Prof. Miyao, I can easily check if the Cin?math?que fran?aise owns the print of the film. I will ask them and let you know. Best wishes, Claire-Akiko Brisset professeure ordinaire en histoire culturelle du Japon Facult? des lettres Universit? de Gen?ve Derni?re parution : https://www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/sciences-politiques-et-sociologie/l-enfer-du-regard/ Le 12 d?c. 2024 ? 23:10, Miyao, Daisuke via KineJapan a ?crit : Dear Lorenzo and David, Thank you for your inquiry. I am not 100% sure, but I think the film Bal?zs discussed is Black Roses (Colin Campbell, 1921). Tsuru Aoki plays Hayakawa's "long-lost" wife in this crime film. The film was released in France (Les Roses noires) in the same year. Because "The Face of Man" by Bal?zs was published in 1924, the timing seems correct. I am afraid I have never had a chance to watch the film even though Wikipedia says the Cinematheque francaise owns the print of the film (I hope it's true!). Best, Daisuke Daisuke Miyao Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature Chair, Department of Literature University of California, San Diego **I respectfully acknowledge that UCSD is located on the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation.** ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 10:31 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Thank you, David. I'll do that. Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ De: KineJapan en nombre de Desser, David M via KineJapan Enviado: jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024 18:28 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Desser, David M Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Ask Daisuke Miyao of the U of San Diego. Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:23:51 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa This is a quote from B?la Bal?zs: Early Film Theory. Visible Man and The Spirit of Film, B?la Bal?zs, Edited by Erica Carter, Berghahn Books, 2010: An example from one otherwise simple-minded old adventure film. The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife. He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him. Nevertheless ? and this is what is so marvellous ? we see clearly from his expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present, but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103). Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? Thanks! Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. 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URL: From Claire-Akiko.Brisset at unige.ch Fri Dec 13 07:24:54 2024 From: Claire-Akiko.Brisset at unige.ch (Claire-Akiko Brisset) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:24:54 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] [EXTERNAL] Sessue Hayakawa In-Reply-To: References: <56323445-0886-4232-946E-9999E252FC6E@yale.edu> <7B35218E-EEF9-4EDA-8788-0898028E12C5@unige.ch> Message-ID: <6CC07289-1354-404A-BC68-67A4B4D58A1C@unige.ch> Dear all, The Cin?math?que fran?aise does own the print of Les Roses noires. Best wishes, Claire-Akiko Brisset professeure ordinaire en histoire culturelle du Japon Facult? des lettres Universit? de Gen?ve Derni?re parution : https://www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/sciences-politiques-et-sociologie/l-enfer-du-regard/ Le 13 d?c. 2024 ? 10:08, Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan a ?crit : Thank you, Daisuke, it could indeed be that one. Please, Claire-Akiko, let's us know you inquiry at Cin?math?que Fran?aise. Best, ________________________________ De: KineJapan > en nombre de Claire-Akiko Brisset via KineJapan > Enviado: viernes, 13 de diciembre de 2024 09:05 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Claire-Akiko Brisset Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] [EXTERNAL] Sessue Hayakawa Dear Prof. Miyao, I can easily check if the Cin?math?que fran?aise owns the print of the film. I will ask them and let you know. Best wishes, Claire-Akiko Brisset professeure ordinaire en histoire culturelle du Japon Facult? des lettres Universit? de Gen?ve Derni?re parution : https://www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/sciences-politiques-et-sociologie/l-enfer-du-regard/ Le 12 d?c. 2024 ? 23:10, Miyao, Daisuke via KineJapan a ?crit : Dear Lorenzo and David, Thank you for your inquiry. I am not 100% sure, but I think the film Bal?zs discussed is Black Roses (Colin Campbell, 1921). Tsuru Aoki plays Hayakawa's "long-lost" wife in this crime film. The film was released in France (Les Roses noires) in the same year. Because "The Face of Man" by Bal?zs was published in 1924, the timing seems correct. I am afraid I have never had a chance to watch the film even though Wikipedia says the Cinematheque francaise owns the print of the film (I hope it's true!). Best, Daisuke Daisuke Miyao Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature Chair, Department of Literature University of California, San Diego **I respectfully acknowledge that UCSD is located on the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation.** ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 10:31 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Thank you, David. I'll do that. Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ De: KineJapan en nombre de Desser, David M via KineJapan Enviado: jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024 18:28 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Desser, David M Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Ask Daisuke Miyao of the U of San Diego. Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:23:51 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa This is a quote from B?la Bal?zs: Early Film Theory. Visible Man and The Spirit of Film, B?la Bal?zs, Edited by Erica Carter, Berghahn Books, 2010: An example from one otherwise simple-minded old adventure film. The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife. He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him. Nevertheless ? and this is what is so marvellous ? we see clearly from his expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present, but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103). Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? Thanks! Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. 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Best, Daisuke Daisuke Miyao Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature Chair, Department of Literature University of California, San Diego **I respectfully acknowledge that UCSD is located on the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation.** ________________________________ From: Claire-Akiko Brisset Sent: Friday, December 13, 2024 12:05 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Miyao, Daisuke Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Dear Prof. Miyao, I can easily check if the Cin?math?que fran?aise owns the print of the film. I will ask them and let you know. Best wishes, Claire-Akiko Brisset professeure ordinaire en histoire culturelle du Japon Facult? des lettres Universit? de Gen?ve Derni?re parution : https://www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/sciences-politiques-et-sociologie/l-enfer-du-regard/ Le 12 d?c. 2024 ? 23:10, Miyao, Daisuke via KineJapan a ?crit : Dear Lorenzo and David, Thank you for your inquiry. I am not 100% sure, but I think the film Bal?zs discussed is Black Roses (Colin Campbell, 1921). Tsuru Aoki plays Hayakawa's "long-lost" wife in this crime film. The film was released in France (Les Roses noires) in the same year. Because "The Face of Man" by Bal?zs was published in 1924, the timing seems correct. I am afraid I have never had a chance to watch the film even though Wikipedia says the Cinematheque francaise owns the print of the film (I hope it's true!). Best, Daisuke Daisuke Miyao Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature Chair, Department of Literature University of California, San Diego **I respectfully acknowledge that UCSD is located on the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation.** ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 10:31 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Thank you, David. I'll do that. Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ De: KineJapan en nombre de Desser, David M via KineJapan Enviado: jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024 18:28 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Desser, David M Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Ask Daisuke Miyao of the U of San Diego. Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:23:51 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa This is a quote from B?la Bal?zs: Early Film Theory. Visible Man and The Spirit of Film, B?la Bal?zs, Edited by Erica Carter, Berghahn Books, 2010: An example from one otherwise simple-minded old adventure film. The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife. He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him. Nevertheless ? and this is what is so marvellous ? we see clearly from his expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present, but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103). Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? Thanks! Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. 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URL: From lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Fri Dec 13 12:44:27 2024 From: lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es (Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:44:27 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] [EXTERNAL] Sessue Hayakawa In-Reply-To: References: <56323445-0886-4232-946E-9999E252FC6E@yale.edu> <7B35218E-EEF9-4EDA-8788-0898028E12C5@unige.ch> Message-ID: Thank you very much, Claire-Akiko. Next time I'm in Paris, I'll try to have a look. Do you know if it is easy to arrange a research projection there? Best, [cid:cfc0d622-6608-4107-81fd-b6d0f228de91] Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ De: KineJapan en nombre de Miyao, Daisuke via KineJapan Enviado: viernes, 13 de diciembre de 2024 18:40 Para: Claire-Akiko Brisset ; Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Miyao, Daisuke Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] [EXTERNAL] Sessue Hayakawa Dear Claire-Akiko, That would be fabulous. Thank you! Best, Daisuke Daisuke Miyao Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature Chair, Department of Literature University of California, San Diego **I respectfully acknowledge that UCSD is located on the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation.** ________________________________ From: Claire-Akiko Brisset Sent: Friday, December 13, 2024 12:05 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Miyao, Daisuke Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Dear Prof. Miyao, I can easily check if the Cin?math?que fran?aise owns the print of the film. I will ask them and let you know. Best wishes, Claire-Akiko Brisset professeure ordinaire en histoire culturelle du Japon Facult? des lettres Universit? de Gen?ve Derni?re parution : https://www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/sciences-politiques-et-sociologie/l-enfer-du-regard/ Le 12 d?c. 2024 ? 23:10, Miyao, Daisuke via KineJapan a ?crit : Dear Lorenzo and David, Thank you for your inquiry. I am not 100% sure, but I think the film Bal?zs discussed is Black Roses (Colin Campbell, 1921). Tsuru Aoki plays Hayakawa's "long-lost" wife in this crime film. The film was released in France (Les Roses noires) in the same year. Because "The Face of Man" by Bal?zs was published in 1924, the timing seems correct. I am afraid I have never had a chance to watch the film even though Wikipedia says the Cinematheque francaise owns the print of the film (I hope it's true!). Best, Daisuke Daisuke Miyao Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature Chair, Department of Literature University of California, San Diego **I respectfully acknowledge that UCSD is located on the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation.** ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 10:31 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Thank you, David. I'll do that. Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ De: KineJapan en nombre de Desser, David M via KineJapan Enviado: jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024 18:28 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Desser, David M Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Ask Daisuke Miyao of the U of San Diego. Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:23:51 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa This is a quote from B?la Bal?zs: Early Film Theory. Visible Man and The Spirit of Film, B?la Bal?zs, Edited by Erica Carter, Berghahn Books, 2010: An example from one otherwise simple-minded old adventure film. The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife. He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him. Nevertheless ? and this is what is so marvellous ? we see clearly from his expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present, but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103). Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? Thanks! Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. 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Name: Outlook-213oosvi.png Type: image/png Size: 69856 bytes Desc: Outlook-213oosvi.png URL: From Claire-Akiko.Brisset at unige.ch Sat Dec 14 13:06:21 2024 From: Claire-Akiko.Brisset at unige.ch (Claire-Akiko Brisset) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 18:06:21 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] [EXTERNAL] Sessue Hayakawa In-Reply-To: References: <56323445-0886-4232-946E-9999E252FC6E@yale.edu> <7B35218E-EEF9-4EDA-8788-0898028E12C5@unige.ch> Message-ID: <53826FBB-0B52-4617-8D07-70868EF1A833@unige.ch> Dear colleagues, Since the film s owned by the Cin?math?que fran?aise, it is quite easy to arrange a screening. I will send you the contact address off list in a minute. Best wishes, Claire -- Claire-Akiko Brisset professeure ordinaire en histoire culturelle du Japon Facult? des lettres Universit? de Gen?ve Derni?re parution : https://www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/sciences-politiques-et-sociologie/l-enfer-du-regard/ Le 13 d?c. 2024 ? 18:44, Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan a ?crit : Thank you very much, Claire-Akiko. Next time I'm in Paris, I'll try to have a look. Do you know if it is easy to arrange a research projection there? Best, [Outlook-213oosvi.png] Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ De: KineJapan > en nombre de Miyao, Daisuke via KineJapan > Enviado: viernes, 13 de diciembre de 2024 18:40 Para: Claire-Akiko Brisset >; Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Cc: Miyao, Daisuke > Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] [EXTERNAL] Sessue Hayakawa Dear Claire-Akiko, That would be fabulous. Thank you! Best, Daisuke Daisuke Miyao Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature Chair, Department of Literature University of California, San Diego **I respectfully acknowledge that UCSD is located on the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation.** ________________________________ From: Claire-Akiko Brisset > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2024 12:05 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Cc: Miyao, Daisuke > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Dear Prof. Miyao, I can easily check if the Cin?math?que fran?aise owns the print of the film. I will ask them and let you know. Best wishes, Claire-Akiko Brisset professeure ordinaire en histoire culturelle du Japon Facult? des lettres Universit? de Gen?ve Derni?re parution : https://www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/sciences-politiques-et-sociologie/l-enfer-du-regard/ Le 12 d?c. 2024 ? 23:10, Miyao, Daisuke via KineJapan > a ?crit : Dear Lorenzo and David, Thank you for your inquiry. I am not 100% sure, but I think the film Bal?zs discussed is Black Roses (Colin Campbell, 1921). Tsuru Aoki plays Hayakawa's "long-lost" wife in this crime film. The film was released in France (Les Roses noires) in the same year. Because "The Face of Man" by Bal?zs was published in 1924, the timing seems correct. I am afraid I have never had a chance to watch the film even though Wikipedia says the Cinematheque francaise owns the print of the film (I hope it's true!). Best, Daisuke Daisuke Miyao Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature Chair, Department of Literature University of California, San Diego **I respectfully acknowledge that UCSD is located on the unceded territory of the Kumeyaay Nation.** ________________________________ From: KineJapan > on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 10:31 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano > Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Thank you, David. I'll do that. Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. Lectura y Teor?a del Texto https://materscreen.udl.cat/es/ https://tramayfondo.com/congreso_12_La-Ley.html? ________________________________ De: KineJapan > en nombre de Desser, David M via KineJapan > Enviado: jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024 18:28 Para: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Cc: Desser, David M > Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa Ask Daisuke Miyao of the U of San Diego. Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: KineJapan > on behalf of Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:23:51 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano > Subject: [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa This is a quote from B?la Bal?zs: Early Film Theory. Visible Man and The Spirit of Film, B?la Bal?zs, Edited by Erica Carter, Berghahn Books, 2010: An example from one otherwise simple-minded old adventure film. The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife. He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him. Nevertheless ? and this is what is so marvellous ? we see clearly from his expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present, but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103). Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? Thanks! Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano Vicedecano de Investigaci?n y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of Research and International Relations Catedr?tico de Comunicaci?n Audiovisual Professor of Audiovisual Communication ??????????????????????????? ?? (????? Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicaci?n Departamento de Comunicaci?n y Publicidad Edificio de Gesti?n - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada comunicacion.investigacionrrii at urjc.es lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es Director Trama&Fondo. 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Over 20 years ago I corresponded with Najib El-Khash, a prominent Syrian journalist long resident in Tokyo who is still active but may no longer be a member of this group. I got in touch with him when he was an active participant on KineJapan and I was seeking information on early cinema production in the Middle East. In early March of 2003, he sent me a VHS copy of Taht sama'a Dimashq (Under Damascus Skies), an outstanding Syrian silent feature film directed in 1932 by Ismail Anzour. It is one of the few surviving Arab silent features. For example, all of the first Egyptian features from 1927-29 seem to be lost. The copy he sent me was a dupe of a video reproduction of the original that he had received from the National Film Organization of Syria. This was toward the end of the VHS era and before DVD became the norm. The copy Najib sent me was incomplete, lacking the film's ending due to the carelessness of the people at NFO who let the tape run out and then rewind as they were copying it. Even so, it was apparent to me that Anzour's film was a work of high quality. Najib said he would try to get a better copy for me, but preoccupied as I was with other projects, I never got around to contacting him about it again.?Flash forward to December 14, 2024. As everyone knows, after years of a brutal war pursued by the US and a deceptive lull for the last four years or so, Syria including its capital, Damascus, has fallen to insurgents who, despite considerable whitewashing by the US media and government, are the same kind of reactionary fundamentalist fanatics who have wreaked havoc in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan. Even if the new rulers in Damascus were sensitive to cultural history, there would still be the problems posed by the breakdown of society and the constant aerial attacks from the Israelis. For this reason, I am concerned about whether?Taht sama'a Dimashq?will survive this widespread carnage.??Due to my concerns, I have written both FIAF and the Arab Film and Media Institute in San Francisco about Anzour's film but have received no reply. I know that Taht sama'a Dimashq?has been shown in other countries including France's Festival de 3 Continents. Perhaps an archive in the West or elsewhere in the Middle East has obtained a copy. Perhaps Anzour's family have safeguarded a print. One would hope at least that there is a DVD or better quality VHS of the film available somewhere outside Syria.?I would therefore very much appreciate it if anyone here who has been in contact with Najib El-Khash and has his current e-mail address could put me in touch with him. He may have some information about this film and how to best preserve it amidst the present tumultuous situation in Syria. Also, if anyone here has information of their own about the current status of?Taht sama'a Dimashq, I would very much appreciate it.?William M. Drew -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nornes at umich.edu Sun Dec 15 00:29:29 2024 From: nornes at umich.edu (Markus Nornes) Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:29:29 -0500 Subject: [KineJapan] seeking information on a Syrian silent film from a former KineJapan member In-Reply-To: <127197633.1928291.1734237985734@mail.yahoo.com> References: <127197633.1928291.1734237985734.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <127197633.1928291.1734237985734@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hi William. Najib remembers you. I?ll send his address directly. 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 Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 11:46?PM William M. Drew via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > > I would appreciate possible assistance from anyone at KineJapan in > providing me with some possibly urgent information. Over 20 years ago I > corresponded with Najib El-Khash, a prominent Syrian journalist long > resident in Tokyo who is still active but may no longer be a member of this > group. I got in touch with him when he was an active participant on > KineJapan and I was seeking information on early cinema production in the > Middle East. In early March of 2003, he sent me a VHS copy of *Taht > sama'a Dimashq *(*Under Damascus Skies*), an outstanding Syrian silent > feature film directed in 1932 by Ismail Anzour. It is one of the few > surviving Arab silent features. For example, all of the first Egyptian > features from 1927-29 seem to be lost. The copy he sent me was a dupe of a > video reproduction of the original that he had received from the National > Film Organization of Syria. This was toward the end of the VHS era and > before DVD became the norm. The copy Najib sent me was incomplete, lacking > the film's ending due to the carelessness of the people at NFO who let the > tape run out and then rewind as they were copying it. Even so, it was > apparent to me that Anzour's film was a work of high quality. Najib said he > would try to get a better copy for me, but preoccupied as I was with other > projects, I never got around to contacting him about it again. > > Flash forward to December 14, 2024. As everyone knows, after years of a > brutal war pursued by the US and a deceptive lull for the last four years > or so, Syria including its capital, Damascus, has fallen to insurgents who, > despite considerable whitewashing by the US media and government, are the > same kind of reactionary fundamentalist fanatics who have wreaked havoc in > Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan. Even if the new rulers in Damascus were > sensitive to cultural history, there would still be the problems posed by > the breakdown of society and the constant aerial attacks from the Israelis. > For this reason, I am concerned about whether *Taht sama'a Dimashq *will > survive this widespread carnage. > > Due to my concerns, I have written both FIAF and the Arab Film and Media > Institute in San Francisco about Anzour's film but have received no reply. > I know that *Taht sama'a Dimashq *has been shown in other countries > including France's Festival de 3 Continents. Perhaps an archive in the West > or elsewhere in the Middle East has obtained a copy. Perhaps Anzour's > family have safeguarded a print. One would hope at least that there is a > DVD or better quality VHS of the film available somewhere outside Syria. > > I would therefore very much appreciate it if anyone here who has been in > contact with Najib El-Khash and has his current e-mail address could put me > in touch with him. He may have some information about this film and how to > best preserve it amidst the present tumultuous situation in Syria. Also, if > anyone here has information of their own about the current status of *Taht > sama'a Dimashq*, I would very much appreciate it. > > William M. Drew > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From unkleque at yahoo.com.au Sun Dec 15 03:43:55 2024 From: unkleque at yahoo.com.au (quentin turnour) Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 08:43:55 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] seeking information on a Syrian silent film from a former KineJapan member In-Reply-To: References: <127197633.1928291.1734237985734.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <127197633.1928291.1734237985734@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1699314812.3509855.1734252235919@mail.yahoo.com> Hi William, Have you also posted about this on the AMIA list serv about this? Apologies if you have, and I've missed it. If not, AMIAnet has the deepest international reach into the global AV archiving professional community, which has been active in similar emergency situations in the past.?Christophe Dupin and the FIAF? office team in Brussels are great, but they are overwhelmed in keeping its institutional membership obligations ticking over.? Quentin Turnour National Archives of Australia and various other things... On Sunday, 15 December 2024 at 04:29:49 pm AEDT, Markus Nornes via KineJapan wrote: Hi William. Najib remembers you. I?ll send his address directly.? Markus ---? Markus NornesProfessor 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 Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 11:46?PM William M. Drew via KineJapan wrote: ?I would appreciate possible assistance from anyone at KineJapan in providing me with some possibly urgent information. Over 20 years ago I corresponded with Najib El-Khash, a prominent Syrian journalist long resident in Tokyo who is still active but may no longer be a member of this group. I got in touch with him when he was an active participant on KineJapan and I was seeking information on early cinema production in the Middle East. In early March of 2003, he sent me a VHS copy of Taht sama'a Dimashq (Under Damascus Skies), an outstanding Syrian silent feature film directed in 1932 by Ismail Anzour. It is one of the few surviving Arab silent features. For example, all of the first Egyptian features from 1927-29 seem to be lost. The copy he sent me was a dupe of a video reproduction of the original that he had received from the National Film Organization of Syria. This was toward the end of the VHS era and before DVD became the norm. The copy Najib sent me was incomplete, lacking the film's ending due to the carelessness of the people at NFO who let the tape run out and then rewind as they were copying it. Even so, it was apparent to me that Anzour's film was a work of high quality. Najib said he would try to get a better copy for me, but preoccupied as I was with other projects, I never got around to contacting him about it again.?Flash forward to December 14, 2024. As everyone knows, after years of a brutal war pursued by the US and a deceptive lull for the last four years or so, Syria including its capital, Damascus, has fallen to insurgents who, despite considerable whitewashing by the US media and government, are the same kind of reactionary fundamentalist fanatics who have wreaked havoc in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan. Even if the new rulers in Damascus were sensitive to cultural history, there would still be the problems posed by the breakdown of society and the constant aerial attacks from the Israelis. For this reason, I am concerned about whether?Taht sama'a Dimashq?will survive this widespread carnage.??Due to my concerns, I have written both FIAF and the Arab Film and Media Institute in San Francisco about Anzour's film but have received no reply. I know that Taht sama'a Dimashq?has been shown in other countries including France's Festival de 3 Continents. Perhaps an archive in the West or elsewhere in the Middle East has obtained a copy. Perhaps Anzour's family have safeguarded a print. One would hope at least that there is a DVD or better quality VHS of the film available somewhere outside Syria.?I would therefore very much appreciate it if anyone here who has been in contact with Najib El-Khash and has his current e-mail address could put me in touch with him. He may have some information about this film and how to best preserve it amidst the present tumultuous situation in Syria. Also, if anyone here has information of their own about the current status of?Taht sama'a Dimashq, I would very much appreciate it.?William M. Drew_______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tom at midnighteye.com Sun Dec 15 08:02:00 2024 From: tom at midnighteye.com (tom at midnighteye.com) Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:02:00 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Unagi running times In-Reply-To: <7B35218E-EEF9-4EDA-8788-0898028E12C5@unige.ch> References: <56323445-0886-4232-946E-9999E252FC6E@yale.edu> <7B35218E-EEF9-4EDA-8788-0898028E12C5@unige.ch> Message-ID: Dear Kinejapaners, I have a query about Shohei Imamura's The Eel. Two versions of the film exist, one running 117 minutes and the other, released on DVD in Japan as ?????????, at 135 minutes. Shochiku say it was the longer version that played in Cannes in 1997 when it won the Palme d'or, but two sources suggest otherwise: the Cannes festival website lists it as 117 mins and the film's Japanese wikipedia mentions the long version only as a dvd release. The surest way to verify would be to check the festival catalogue from that year. I wonder if any Kinejapan member might have access to it and can confirm? With thanks, Tom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macyroger at yahoo.co.uk Sun Dec 15 10:49:24 2024 From: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk (Roger Macy) Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:49:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Unagi running times In-Reply-To: References: <56323445-0886-4232-946E-9999E252FC6E@yale.edu> <7B35218E-EEF9-4EDA-8788-0898028E12C5@unige.ch> Message-ID: <51954048.5647861.1734277764358@mail.yahoo.com> Hi, Tom. I'm not sure whether a printed festival catalogue is going to be a better authority than the website, which may have got corrected. But, not clarifying anything, I've glanced at a 2003 'Radio Times' film guide. It generally has the broadcast times, and says 111 minutes. Roger On Sunday, 15 December 2024 at 13:02:11 GMT, Tom Mes via KineJapan wrote: Dear Kinejapaners, I have a query about Shohei Imamura's The Eel.?Two versions of the film exist, one running 117 minutes and the other, released on DVD in Japan as ?????????, at 135 minutes. Shochiku say it was the longer version that played in Cannes in 1997 when it won the Palme d'or, but two sources suggest otherwise: the Cannes festival website lists it as 117 mins and the film's Japanese wikipedia mentions the long version only as a dvd release. The surest way to verify would be to check the festival catalogue from that year.?I wonder if any Kinejapan member might have access to it and can confirm? With thanks, Tom _______________________________________________ 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 Mon Dec 16 09:38:09 2024 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Aaron Gerow) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:38:09 -0500 Subject: [KineJapan] Kuri Yoji Message-ID: It was announced in the news that Kuri Yoji, the great Japanese animator, passed away on November 24 at age 96. Starting out as an illustrator and manga artist, he began doing animation at the end of the fifties and was a member of the Animation Association of Three with Yanagihara Ryohei and Manabe Hiroshi, who helped lay the path for experimental, art animation. He became known worldwide for his black humor animated shorts and for a while was arguably the most famous Japanese animator globally. He was active well into his nineties and I fondly remember his playful posts on Facebook. RIP. https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/802699 Aaron Gerow Alfred W. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbsas at berkeley.edu Mon Dec 16 15:11:23 2024 From: mbsas at berkeley.edu (Miryam Sas) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:11:23 -0800 Subject: [KineJapan] Kuri Yoji In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Aaron, That is sad news. Thanks for letting us know and enjoy remembering his squishy sproingy spaces and detached body parts. For people who want to include early 1960s experimental animation in your classes, his works are easy to stream on Youtube--such as 1964 "Aos " with Yoko Ono's voice. They lead to some interesting conversations. Best, Miryam On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 6:38?AM Aaron Gerow via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > It was announced in the news that Kuri Yoji, the great Japanese animator, > passed away on November 24 at age 96. Starting out as an illustrator and > manga artist, he began doing animation at the end of the fifties and was a > member of the Animation Association of Three with Yanagihara Ryohei and > Manabe Hiroshi, who helped lay the path for experimental, art animation. He > became known worldwide for his black humor animated shorts and for a while > was arguably the most famous Japanese animator globally. He was active well > into his nineties and I fondly remember his playful posts on Facebook. RIP. > > https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/802699 > > > > Aaron Gerow > Alfred W. 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -- *Miryam Sas* Bernie H. Williams Chair in Comparative Literature Chair, Department of Film & Media Professor of Comparative Literature, Film & Media, and Japanese Arts University of California, Berkeley *Feeling Media: Potentiality and the Afterlife of Art *(Duke University Press, 2022). Intro here . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From reeldrew at aol.com Thu Dec 19 17:23:47 2024 From: reeldrew at aol.com (reeldrew at aol.com) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:23:47 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] trying to post Syrian film concerns on AMIA-list References: <1062425940.2978325.1734647027930.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1062425940.2978325.1734647027930@mail.yahoo.com> ?Following a suggestion here, I posted--or rather tried to post on the AMIA List last evening my concerns about the possible dangers of preserving Syrian films, in particular Ismail Anzour's silent film, Taht sama'a Dimashq. Some hours later, I got back a standard message that my post had been submitted to the moderators for consideration. At this writing, however, it has not been posted. Considering the urgency of this matter, I felt it should reach the archival community as soon as possible. Have the moderators at AMIA decided to not post it? I am all too aware of the heated controversial politics of anything having to do with the Syrian situation so I tried to walk a fine line in stating my concerns. In any case, here follows the message I attempted to post on AMIA. If anyone here wishes to post a revised version of this message, whether on AMIA or anywhere else, feel free to post it under your own name. I am not seeking any personal recognition or credit for this but am simply trying to raise public awareness in order to safeguard Syria's moving image heritage before it is too late.--William M. Drew ???I am writing to express my concern about the need to preserve Syria's film and television heritage in the wake of the dramatic changes in that country this month. As a specialist in silent cinema and the sound films of the 1930s and '40s worldwide, my particular interest is in preserving Ismail Anzour's?Taht sama'a Dimashq?(Under Damascus Skies), an outstanding silent film produced in 1932 and one of the few surviving Arab silent feature films. Many surviving Syrian films and TV programs from later decades should also be secured as soon as possible.?Given the often fierce controversy surrounding the fallen Assad regime and the uncertainty about the new ruling group currently headed by Al-Jolani, let me state at the outset that, as an American devoted to preserving all cinema history throughout the world, my concern is not motivated by partisan bias respecting one side or another in contemporary Syria. However, it is a matter of record that drastic collapses of governments in the global South have sometimes been calamitous for the country's moving image heritage. Many here may be familiar with the destruction of most of Cambodia's more than 400 films of the 1960s and early 1970s by the Khmer Rouge during their genocidal rule of the country. Here is an article from a few days ago about this cultural tragedy:?https://www.aliceguyblache.com/news/remnants-past-filmography-early-cambodian-cinema-linda-saphan-nate-hun? ?Here are two articles about?Golden Slumbers, Davy Chou's 2011 documentary about Cambodia's lost film heritage:?http://2016e.memoryfilmfestival.org/golden-slumbers/? ?https://www.filmlinc.org/films/golden-slumbers/? ?A similar calamity in the preservation of moving images was the destruction of Iraq's television archive in the chaos that followed the US invasion of that country, described in this article:?https://www.newarab.com/analysis/out-sight-iraqs-tv-archive-lost-war? ? ? Those of you at AMIA who have closely followed the dramatic events in Syria may have heard much about the new ruling group in Damascus and their ties to Al-Qaeda and ISIS. If those now in the lead still follow that ideology, then Syria's moving image heritage could be in danger unless rescued by those who believe in its preservation. On the other hand, if Al-Jolani is as moderate as the mainstream news media in the West claims, then archivists around the world should offer to aid in the preservation of Syria's film and TV heritage. ? To the best of my knowledge, Syria has never had a formal film archive that was a member of FIAF. It is possible that the National Film Organization, which has preserved?Taht sama'a Dimashq, has taken on some of the work of an archive in the absence of a formal institution of that kind. I think the international archival community should test the moderation of the new ruling group by helping Syria to finally establish a national film archive along the lines of all the others in the world.? As for myself, I have no contacts in Syria but am hoping that there will be people at AMIA who might either travel to Damascus or at least establish communication with cinephiles in Syria with a common interest in safeguarding the country's moving image heritage. As a devotee of silent cinema, I hope they will endeavor to obtain a very good copy of?Taht sama'a Dimashq?for circulation outside Syria. The time to undertake this effort is now when the whole world is watching Damascus and the new leaders are professing moderation. Due to the urgency of the situation, I will welcome communication from those here who share my interest and concern. My e-mail address is:?ReelDrew at aol.com? ?William M. Drew??? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The matter was discussed ( https://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/simple/detail?minId=111214461X01319880524&spkNum=142#s142) at the 112th Diet, House of Councilors, Committee on Commerce and Industry, No. 13, May 24th, 1988; the film industry is discussed from comments 142-167. An interim report was filed on December 23rd, 1988. "This report proposed the development of human resources, relaxation of legal regulations, diversification of fund-raising routes, and the creation of a multi-purpose film production base." There is little information found online after this time, and it seems that mention of the forum stopped around 1992. I'm trying to find out a few basic details about this forum: 1. Who comprised it? Apparently film industry professionals, but I haven't seen specific names. 2. Did they ever actually enact any new policies, facilitate funding, etc.? 3. Was it disbanded, renamed, or did it maybe morph/merge into a different organization/forum? 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