[KineJapan] Stills from Tōhō

[Jasper Sharp]

In defense of Toho, I believe they are more circumspect with publicity materials like stills for the films of Kurosawa and Honda due to issues with the estates of these directors. That aside, as with any of the major studios, if you ask for image production permissions or access, they'll quote some outlandish fee, just because of inhouse bureaucracy and the fact they've got bigger fish to fry. I've no contact myself at Toho, but I suspect if you did try, they'd probably ignore or dismiss your request and you are probably better off asking Kawakita instead- who in my experience have more stills for most films than the studios do themselves.


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From: KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Miyao, Daisuke via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
Sent: 08 May 2024 18:32
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Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Stills from Tōhō

Dear Ann,

I had a similar experience. I decided not to include stills from Neko to Shozo in Cinema Is a Cat. Too bad because they do have wonderful images!  (And the film is not available on DVD, either!) I hope the things will change for the better!

Best,
Daisuke

Daisuke Miyao
Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature
Director of Film Studies
University of California, San Diego


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Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 11:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Stills from Tōhō

Hi Ann,
When Victor Fan and I coedited Nang, we even had a special agent mediate contract with Toho and it was a nightmare of irrationality and
bizarre indifference. I hope you fare better.
best
ej
Earl Jackson
Chair Professor
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Asia University
Professor Emeritus
National Chiao Tung University
Associate Professor Emeritus
University of California, Santa Cruz


On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 12:52 PM Anne McKnight via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>> wrote:
Hi all~

Would anyone have a contact at Tōhō for stills permissions/purchase? I’m nearing the end of a book, a long translation and essay on Kurosawa Akira, and need to get permissions for 2 stills that Kurosawa Pro does not have; they told me to inquire at Tōhō. Stills are from 「まあだだよ」and from 「一番美しく」.  It’s possible Kurosawa Pro might introduce me to the right person, but in the interest of wrapping this up, if anyone has worked with someone lately and would be comfortable with relaying the contact, either here or via personal email, I would be super appreciative.

Thanks!

Anne

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Associate Professor, Dept of Comparative Literature and Languages/Japanese
Mail: 2401 HMNSS Building
UC Riverside, Riverside CA, 92521  USA

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