[KineJapan] Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cinélà

[adrian restorationasia.org]

Resident in Fukuoka for the past seven years I have collaborated with colleagues at the Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive on several occasions, it has been a very rewarding experience.

Last month’s edition of the FIAF BULLETIN ONLINE<https://www.calameo.com/fiaf/read/0009185402f9f755f96fc> contains this news from the Archive:

“Eijun Sugihara is a newly-appointed curator of Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive and Movie Hall Cine-la. After working in programming at Auditorium Shibuya in Tokyo, he served as a film curator at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media and Aichi Triennale 2019. His latest work as a producer is Gama (2023), directed by Kao­ri Oda. Sugihara was involved in various projects and exhibition curations, including the filmmaking group Kuzoku’s “ILHA FORMOSA” (2023) at Sapporo Cultural Arts Community Center (SCARTS).”

For those interested in knowing more about the archive’s Asian film collection, details can be found here<https://toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/files/FilmDetail/FilmDetail_509_file.pdf>.

Adrian Wood
Fukuoka


From: KineJapan On Behalf Of Alexander Jacoby via KineJapan
Sent: 23 January 2024 18:07
To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
Cc: Alexander Jacoby <alexanderjacoby at brookes.ac.uk>; shayne bowden <swb8 at gol.com>
Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cinélà

"Some people might find it difficult to adjust to any film that goes beyond the usual 90 -120 minute conventional cinematic viewing experience."

Yes, I found it pretty tough to adjust to Avengers: Endgame and Avatar: The Way of Water myself!

Sorry for the tongue-in-cheek response... Thanks for the write-up! I haven't seen the Ogawa for many years, but I remember it being captivating.

ALEX


On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 07:31, shayne bowden via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>> wrote:

Hi


I was recently in Fukuoka and visited the Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cine-La. The library movie hall has a 242 seat cinema that runs monthly programs of Japanese and world cinema.  The January program was curated according to the theme of people and nature. I've included some links below.  The library has a film archive and film collections of local and international cinema. I managed to see a screening of Imamura Shohei’s Narayama Bushiko and also Ogawa Shinsuke’s 223-minute film, 1000-nen kizami no hidokei: Maginomura monogatari (1987), which was one of the most remarkable cinematic experiences I’ve had in a while.  On January 20th there was a full day screening of Hara Kazuo’s Minamata Mandara (2021) in three parts, which concluded with a talk by Hara himself.  Unfortunately, I had to leave after the screening of the first part of the 372-minute documentary, but what I saw of it was enthralling and, like Ogawa’s film, challenges one’s understanding of cinema and duration.  Some people might find it difficult to adjust to any film that goes beyond the usual 90 -120 minute conventional cinematic viewing experience.  Anyway, I’m not sure to what extent the Movie Hall is of benefit to researchers, but the monthly film schedule is interesting and at only 500 yen per film, it is worth the visit when in Fukuoka.
https://toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/theater_schedules/
http://www.cinela.com/


shayne bowden BA, MA (USYD)
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PhD Candidate
School of Languages and Cultures
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
The University of Sydney
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