From jeremyharley at gmail.com Sat Nov 1 00:52:13 2025 From: jeremyharley at gmail.com (Jeremy Harley) Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 13:52:13 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] "Imaizumi Koichi as a Pornographer" retrospective in Asagaya Message-ID: Hello all, For those living nearby, all of Imaizumi Koichi's films will be screened this month in Asagaya! Details here: http://www.shiroari.com/habakari/i6035.html They will also show Tama Asobi by Hiroyuki Oki, which Imazumi was assistant director on. I was so sad to hear of Oki's death last month, as was reported here. He was always so outgoing and sweet. I remember him sitting on the ground just inside Koenji station burning the DVD (at the last minute : ) ) for the movie he made for Mabashi. Imaizumi has never made a movie for Mabashi but his collaborator on his works Iwasa Hiroki, who often goes by the name PEixe-el?ctrico, made us a number of nice movies. Iwasa asked me to help get the word out, please stop by if you get the chance!!! 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Best wishes to all, ALEX Dear friends and members of the Japanese Film Group, It is with great sadness that I write to let you know that my father, *Roger Macy*, passed away recently. Many of you will remember Roger as a passionate, knowledgeable, and generous member of this group, someone who loved nothing more than sharing his deep appreciation for Japanese cinema and engaging in lively and sometimes eccentric discussions. His enthusiasm touched many people, and our family takes great comfort in knowing how much joy this community brought him. Roger?s *funeral will be held on Saturday, 8th November at 11:30 am in the South Chapel of the City of London Crematorium (Manor Park)* followed by a *wake at the Leytonstone Tavern*. We would be honoured if you could join us to celebrate his life and the friendships he cherished through this group. We have also set up an online *Book of Condolences*, where you are welcome to share memories, stories, photos, or videos of Roger: ? https://www.remembr.com/roger.macy For those who are unable to attend in person, the funeral will be streamed online and can be accessed via the link below; Webcast Login PIN 533-4377 https://www.wesleymedia.co.uk/webcast-view Webcast Viewing Instructions are available here . Thank you for being such an important part of my father?s life. Your companionship and shared love of film meant the world to him. With warm regards, *Colin Macy-Malone* (on behalf of the Macy family) On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 at 12:01, Alexander Jacoby < alexanderjacoby at brookes.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear all, > > I thought members of KineJapan might wish to be informed of the death of > Roger Macy, who often posed queries and engaged in discussion about > Japanese film via this mailing list. His son, who I don't know personally, > contacted me the other day by text to share the news. > > Roger was a true enthusiast, whose interest in Japanese film and Japan in > general stemmed in part from family matters; his daughter had settled and > married in the country. He took his enthusiasm seriously and engaged in his > own private research into Japanese cinema. His opinions about the films he > watched and discussed were sometimes eccentric, even at times infuriating, > but always stimulating, and he was a source of entertaining and > knowledgeable conversation. > > Although he had no academic post, he regularly travelled to conferences > and lectures on film and Japan-related themes, and voyaged across Britain, > to Paris and to the Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna to see rare > movies. Alas, this year he was not able to go to Bologna. When I visited > him last month in the nursing home to which his final illness confined him, > he was still lamenting that fact, as well as the failing eyesight which now > prevented him from watching films. > > To many people on this list he will have been a name rather than a face, > and others will have known him only slightly. For anybody who knew him > well, the funeral will be on Saturday 8th November in London; I'm happy to > share details if messaged off-list. > > Best wishes, > > > Alexander Jacoby > (Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Oxford Brookes University) > alexanderjacoby at brookes.ac.uk > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From david at thefilmcollaborative.org Tue Nov 4 08:35:31 2025 From: david at thefilmcollaborative.org (David Averbach) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 08:35:31 -0500 Subject: [KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings Message-ID: <25AA6754-0630-4641-B4C5-32E72094AF15@thefilmcollaborative.org> Hello all, and hisashiburi to some of you, I am Creative Director of The Film Collaborative, a nonprofit independent film distributor. Some very exciting news?we are handling physical exhibitions for Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim?s new film THE OZU DIARIES (2025), which draws from master Yasujir? Ozu?s private journals, letters, photographs, drawings, and never-before-seen home movies to reveal the man behind the legend. Through Ozu's own words, combined with reflections from Kyoko Kagawa, Wim Wenders, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tsai Ming-liang, and Luc Dardenne, the film traces how Ozu transformed personal loss and wartime trauma into enduring masterpieces. Fresh off its recent premieres at International Festivals such as Venice, Busan, Rio de Janeiro, and two weekends ago at AFI FEST in Los Angeles and last weekend at the Tokyo International Film Festival, we are reaching out to offer Universities the chance to show this film as a public Campus Screening or in-Class as part of a film curriculum, during its first film festival window! We are now accepting applications to book the film during this 2025-26 academic year at the discounted educational rate of US $350. Please note that library catalog requests and campus-network educational viewing will be offered at a later date, sometime during the 2026-27 academic year. THE OZU DIARIES was produced in collaboration with Shochiku and Turner Classic Movies, and with incredible access to and blessing from Ozu?s family. Daniel Raim?s previous short featurette, "In Search of Ozu," was commissioned by the Criterion Collection to be on the Criterion channel and as a bonus material in one of the re-released Ozu box Blu-Ray sets. Professors or Administrators: To receive a private screener link to the film, apply to show the film at your institution, or to add your name for catalog requests, please fill out the form below, and we?ll get back to you. Feel free to email me with any questions, although you can also ask questions in the form. (We cannot send screeners to individual students at this time, so if you are a student, please forward this message to one of your professors.) https://airtable.com/app8ALm03YfCjEIMN/pagYCsdFCAjuCREBi/form Sincerely, David Averbach, PhD Creative Director The Film Collaborative 415-948-1789 david at thefilmcollaborative.org thefilmcollaborative.org David Averbach (he/him) Creative Director The Film Collaborative +1 415.948.1789 david at thefilmcollaborative.org thefilmcollaborative.org newsletter signup ? submit your film ? apply for fiscal sponsorship ? distripedia? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dmiyao at ucsd.edu Mon Nov 10 18:32:26 2025 From: dmiyao at ucsd.edu (Miyao, Daisuke) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:32:26 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] My New Book Is Available for Pre-Order In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, Hope all is well. Please allow me to send this self-promotion email to KineJapan. I'm delighted to let you know that my new book, Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy, is now available for pre-order on Duke University Press website. According to the publisher, those who place an order now will receive the book within a few weeks of February 27. The dedicated web link to my book on the Duke UP site is: https://www.dukeupress.edu/ozu-and-the-ethics-of-indeterminacy I am attaching a flier, too. It features a coupon for 30% off the paperback edition. That code is E26MIYAO. This coupon will not expire. I am looking forward to discussing Ozu and cinema studies with you soon! 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.** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Markus From earljac at gmail.com Mon Nov 10 23:19:49 2025 From: earljac at gmail.com (Earl Jackson) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:19:49 +0800 Subject: [KineJapan] Nakadai has passed In-Reply-To: <52DE3CD7-F714-4488-A44B-21D8C49D0B92@umich.edu> References: <52DE3CD7-F714-4488-A44B-21D8C49D0B92@umich.edu> Message-ID: That is very sad news. Nakadai's gift was so profound and sustaining. Earl Jackson Professor, Emeritus National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Associate Professor, Emeritus University of California, Santa Cruz, the US On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 12:18?PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > Nakadai Tatsuya, perhaps my favorite Japanese actor of all time, has > passed. Here?s Variety?s initial report: > > > https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/tatsuya-nakadai-dead-japanese-ran-harakiri-1236574628/ > - Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ?Ran,? ?Harakiri? > and ?The Human Condition? Trilogy, Dies at 92 > > I know Aaron was close, so I look forward to this obit/tribute in > particular. > > Markus > _______________________________________________ > 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 Tue Nov 11 05:33:15 2025 From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu (Aaron Gerow) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:33:15 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Nakadai has passed In-Reply-To: <52DE3CD7-F714-4488-A44B-21D8C49D0B92@umich.edu> References: <52DE3CD7-F714-4488-A44B-21D8C49D0B92@umich.edu> Message-ID: <523A79C2-1A9D-4406-B5D9-21C6723379C5@yale.edu> Thanks Markus for announcing the sad news. I was on the train when Seiko sent me a LINE text saying that Nakadai had died. He was 92, but it was still a shock. Not only was he one of the greatest of Japanese film actors?and one of my all-time favorites?but we had the splendid pleasure of bringing him to Yale in 2016 (which actually became the subject of a Jidaigeki Senmon Channel documentary). I visited his acting school Mumeijuku a couple of times as well as interviewed him for Criterion. I got to know him on screen through Kurosawa?s films, but I maybe I liked him the most in his work for Okamoto, where he could show his supreme comic skill. The entire interview is on the Criterion Channel, but here?s a section of our interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVvx9jQ5FcM At Yale, he talked about Harakiri and The Age of Assassins, but also did an acting workshop. He asked attendees to do portions of the Mumeijuku audition, and then gave a demonstration himself. The difference between him and others was significant. Nakadai never played "Nakadai", in part, as expressed by his nickname "Moya", he had a "fuzzy" identity which enabled directors to use him in such varying ways. He was extremely devoted to pursuing the art of acting, refusing to sign a contract with a studio and instead insisting on devoting half of each year to film and half to stage. He started Mumeijuku with his wife, the actor Miyazaki Yasuko, which didn't charge students a penny and ended up training such great actors as Yakusho Koji, Maki Yoko, and Takito Ken'ichi. With my first visit to Mumeijuku, I quickly sensed that Nakadai-san had mistakenly thought I was associated with the Yale School of Drama, I place he revered since it produced one of his favorites, Paul Newman. He had his students perform sections of plays such as Hamlet and The Seagull for me, and I had to comment on them. I think I didn?t do a bad job, but he remained kind to me even after that! I learned of his devotion to Miyazaki, who passed away in 1996, through several stories, but it was evident at Mumeijuku, where he gave direction to students directly underneath a large portrait of her. I made sure to tell him this, but he is one reason I got into Japanese cinema. He will be sorely missed. Aaron Aaron Gerow Alfred W. Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Film and Media Studies Yale University P.S. We have the transcripts for his talks at Yale. Sometime we have to publish those. > 11/11/25 ??1:18?Markus Nornes via KineJapan ????: > > Nakadai Tatsuya, perhaps my favorite Japanese actor of all time, has passed. Here?s Variety?s initial report: > > https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/tatsuya-nakadai-dead-japanese-ran-harakiri-1236574628/ - Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ?Ran,? ?Harakiri? and ?The Human Condition? Trilogy, Dies at 92 > > I know Aaron was close, so I look forward to this obit/tribute in particular. > > Markus > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jmthfrsa at gmail.com Tue Nov 11 05:54:46 2025 From: jmthfrsa at gmail.com (jacline MORICEAU) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:54:46 +0100 Subject: [KineJapan] Nakadai has passed In-Reply-To: <523A79C2-1A9D-4406-B5D9-21C6723379C5@yale.edu> References: <52DE3CD7-F714-4488-A44B-21D8C49D0B92@umich.edu> <523A79C2-1A9D-4406-B5D9-21C6723379C5@yale.edu> Message-ID: Thanks Markus and Aaron for your writings about Nakadai. It is so sad but at the same time he was such a great person that he will always remain alive for us. Le mar. 11 nov. 2025 ? 11:33, Aaron Gerow via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> a ?crit : > Thanks Markus for announcing the sad news. > > I was on the train when Seiko sent me a LINE text saying that Nakadai had > died. He was 92, but it was still a shock. Not only was he one of the > greatest of Japanese film actors?and one of my all-time favorites?but we > had the splendid pleasure of bringing him to Yale in 2016 (which actually > became the subject of a Jidaigeki Senmon Channel documentary). I visited > his acting school Mumeijuku a couple of times as well as interviewed him > for Criterion. I got to know him on screen through Kurosawa?s films, but I > maybe I liked him the most in his work for Okamoto, where he could show his > supreme comic skill. > > The entire interview is on the Criterion Channel, but here?s a section of > our interview: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVvx9jQ5FcM > > At Yale, he talked about Harakiri and The Age of Assassins, but also did > an acting workshop. He asked attendees to do portions of the Mumeijuku > audition, and then gave a demonstration himself. The difference between him > and others was significant. > > Nakadai never played "Nakadai", in part, as expressed by his nickname > "Moya", he had a "fuzzy" identity which enabled directors to use him in > such varying ways. He was extremely devoted to pursuing the art of acting, > refusing to sign a contract with a studio and instead insisting on devoting > half of each year to film and half to stage. He started Mumeijuku with his > wife, the actor Miyazaki Yasuko, which didn't charge students a penny and > ended up training such great actors as Yakusho Koji, Maki Yoko, and Takito > Ken'ichi. With my first visit to Mumeijuku, I quickly sensed that > Nakadai-san had mistakenly thought I was associated with the Yale School of > Drama, I place he revered since it produced one of his favorites, Paul > Newman. He had his students perform sections of plays such as Hamlet and > The Seagull for me, and I had to comment on them. I think I didn?t do a bad > job, but he remained kind to me even after that! > > I learned of his devotion to Miyazaki, who passed away in 1996, through > several stories, but it was evident at Mumeijuku, where he gave direction > to students directly underneath a large portrait of her. > > I made sure to tell him this, but he is one reason I got into Japanese > cinema. He will be sorely missed. > > Aaron > > Aaron Gerow > Alfred W. Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures > and Film and Media Studies > Yale University > > P.S. We have the transcripts for his talks at Yale. Sometime we have to > publish those. > > > 11/11/25 ??1:18?Markus Nornes via KineJapan >????: > > > Nakadai Tatsuya, perhaps my favorite Japanese actor of all time, has > passed. Here?s Variety?s initial report: > > > https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/tatsuya-nakadai-dead-japanese-ran-harakiri-1236574628/ > - Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ?Ran,? ?Harakiri? > and ?The Human Condition? Trilogy, Dies at 92 > > I know Aaron was close, so I look forward to this obit/tribute in > particular. > > Markus > _______________________________________________ > 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 nornes at umich.edu Tue Nov 11 10:19:39 2025 From: nornes at umich.edu (Markus Nornes) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:19:39 -0500 Subject: [KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings In-Reply-To: <25AA6754-0630-4641-B4C5-32E72094AF15@thefilmcollaborative.org> References: <25AA6754-0630-4641-B4C5-32E72094AF15@thefilmcollaborative.org> Message-ID: I reviewed this for the currently online episode of NHK J-Flix. In the end, nearly everything I had to say about the film was cut! But that might be good because the episode gives a nice sense for the film. I heard about this film and contacted the director..for reasons I?ll explain in a second. It was a lovely conversation and left me all the more excited to see the film. But it was also a puzzling conversation. Here was someone who had plunged into the diaries and had a feature film?s worth of things to say about them. However, he seemed a little guarded and keeping his cards close to his chest. I couldn?t imagine why? But now that I have seen the film, I think I get it. Anyone who has read through the diaries (and everyone should!) might come away disappointed. They are focussed in on his daily life and gleaning information on his approach to cinema is nigh impossible. You do learn a lot about his obsessions and passions, that?s for sure. But for a brick of a book, they are somewhat perplexing. I was wondering how he?d use them in a documentary. He didn?t much at all. The film is titled The Ozu Diaries, but the film is more about Ozu than the diaries. We see them. There are quite a few quotes from them. But this is mainly a bio-pic of Ozu. And definitely the best. Must see. It will be great for teaching! But anyone who loves Ozu will really enjoy this film. The diaries are a curiosity so they provide the hook. But the documentary uses them alongside standard interviews, letters, notes, high-quality clips from the films and other imagery. The latter is really the highlight for anyone who already knows Ozu. The director had the blessing of the studio and family and friends, so this is chock full of never-before-seen photographs. Amazing photographs. And even better: the home movies. Wow. Fantastic. But you won?t learn much about the diaries. However, I?m happy to say that you will soon. I am editing a translation of the entire diary by Adam Kuplowsky. The diaries are compiled in Japan (and French) into a book about 800 pages long. This is quite a feat. It?s a skilled and clever translation, which is called for because Ozu loved word play, poetry, the mixing of English and classical language, a little Chinese here and there, and many entertaining ditties. It should be out in the coming year or two. Keep your eye pealed for this. The diary is strange and wonderful, and we are including annotations to facilitate your read! In the meantime, I recommend the new film for anyone who loves Ozu. Markus > On Nov 4, 2025, at 8:35?AM, David Averbach via KineJapan wrote: > > Hello all, and hisashiburi to some of you, > > I am Creative Director of The Film Collaborative, a nonprofit independent film distributor. > > Some very exciting news?we are handling physical exhibitions for Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim?s new film THE OZU DIARIES (2025), which draws from master Yasujir? Ozu?s private journals, letters, photographs, drawings, and never-before-seen home movies to reveal the man behind the legend. Through Ozu's own words, combined with reflections from Kyoko Kagawa, Wim Wenders, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tsai Ming-liang, and Luc Dardenne, the film traces how Ozu transformed personal loss and wartime trauma into enduring masterpieces. > > Fresh off its recent premieres at International Festivals such as Venice, Busan, Rio de Janeiro, and two weekends ago at AFI FEST in Los Angeles and last weekend at the Tokyo International Film Festival, we are reaching out to offer Universities the chance to show this film as a public Campus Screening or in-Class as part of a film curriculum, during its first film festival window! We are now accepting applications to book the film during this 2025-26 academic year at the discounted educational rate of US $350. > > Please note that library catalog requests and campus-network educational viewing will be offered at a later date, sometime during the 2026-27 academic year. > > THE OZU DIARIES was produced in collaboration with Shochiku and Turner Classic Movies, and with incredible access to and blessing from Ozu?s family. Daniel Raim?s previous short featurette, "In Search of Ozu," was commissioned by the Criterion Collection to be on the Criterion channel and as a bonus material in one of the re-released Ozu box Blu-Ray sets. > > Professors or Administrators: To receive a private screener link to the film, apply to show the film at your institution, or to add your name for catalog requests, please fill out the form below, and we?ll get back to you. Feel free to email me with any questions, although you can also ask questions in the form. (We cannot send screeners to individual students at this time, so if you are a student, please forward this message to one of your professors.) > > https://airtable.com/app8ALm03YfCjEIMN/pagYCsdFCAjuCREBi/form > > Sincerely, > > David Averbach, PhD > Creative Director > The Film Collaborative > 415-948-1789 > david at thefilmcollaborative.org > thefilmcollaborative.org > > David Averbach (he/him) > Creative Director > The Film Collaborative > +1 415.948.1789 > david at thefilmcollaborative.org > thefilmcollaborative.org > > newsletter signup ? submit your film ? apply for fiscal sponsorship ? distripedia? > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Alastair Professor Alastair Phillips (he/him/his) Film and Television Studies School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures Faculty of Arts Building University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7EQ https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/scapvc/film/staff/phillips/ My usual working days are Monday to Wednesday though this may vary in some weeks during termtime ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of kinejapan-request at mailman.yale.edu Sent: 11 November 2025 15:20 To: kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu Subject: KineJapan Digest, Vol 90, Issue 6 Send KineJapan mailing list submissions to kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to kinejapan-request at mailman.yale.edu You can reach the person managing the list at kinejapan-owner at mailman.yale.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of KineJapan digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Nakadai has passed (jacline MORICEAU) 2. Re: New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings (Markus Nornes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:54:46 +0100 From: jacline MORICEAU To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Nakadai has passed Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Thanks Markus and Aaron for your writings about Nakadai. It is so sad but at the same time he was such a great person that he will always remain alive for us. Le mar. 11 nov. 2025 ? 11:33, Aaron Gerow via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> a ?crit : > Thanks Markus for announcing the sad news. > > I was on the train when Seiko sent me a LINE text saying that Nakadai had > died. He was 92, but it was still a shock. Not only was he one of the > greatest of Japanese film actors?and one of my all-time favorites?but we > had the splendid pleasure of bringing him to Yale in 2016 (which actually > became the subject of a Jidaigeki Senmon Channel documentary). I visited > his acting school Mumeijuku a couple of times as well as interviewed him > for Criterion. I got to know him on screen through Kurosawa?s films, but I > maybe I liked him the most in his work for Okamoto, where he could show his > supreme comic skill. > > The entire interview is on the Criterion Channel, but here?s a section of > our interview: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVvx9jQ5FcM > > At Yale, he talked about Harakiri and The Age of Assassins, but also did > an acting workshop. He asked attendees to do portions of the Mumeijuku > audition, and then gave a demonstration himself. The difference between him > and others was significant. > > Nakadai never played "Nakadai", in part, as expressed by his nickname > "Moya", he had a "fuzzy" identity which enabled directors to use him in > such varying ways. He was extremely devoted to pursuing the art of acting, > refusing to sign a contract with a studio and instead insisting on devoting > half of each year to film and half to stage. He started Mumeijuku with his > wife, the actor Miyazaki Yasuko, which didn't charge students a penny and > ended up training such great actors as Yakusho Koji, Maki Yoko, and Takito > Ken'ichi. With my first visit to Mumeijuku, I quickly sensed that > Nakadai-san had mistakenly thought I was associated with the Yale School of > Drama, I place he revered since it produced one of his favorites, Paul > Newman. He had his students perform sections of plays such as Hamlet and > The Seagull for me, and I had to comment on them. I think I didn?t do a bad > job, but he remained kind to me even after that! > > I learned of his devotion to Miyazaki, who passed away in 1996, through > several stories, but it was evident at Mumeijuku, where he gave direction > to students directly underneath a large portrait of her. > > I made sure to tell him this, but he is one reason I got into Japanese > cinema. He will be sorely missed. > > Aaron > > Aaron Gerow > Alfred W. Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures > and Film and Media Studies > Yale University > > P.S. We have the transcripts for his talks at Yale. Sometime we have to > publish those. > > > 11/11/25 ??1:18?Markus Nornes via KineJapan >????: > > > Nakadai Tatsuya, perhaps my favorite Japanese actor of all time, has > passed. Here?s Variety?s initial report: > > > https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/tatsuya-nakadai-dead-japanese-ran-harakiri-1236574628/ > - Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ?Ran,? ?Harakiri? > and ?The Human Condition? Trilogy, Dies at 92 > > I know Aaron was close, so I look forward to this obit/tribute in > particular. > > Markus > _______________________________________________ > 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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Anyone who has read through the diaries (and everyone should!) might come away disappointed. They are focussed in on his daily life and gleaning information on his approach to cinema is nigh impossible. You do learn a lot about his obsessions and passions, that?s for sure. But for a brick of a book, they are somewhat perplexing. I was wondering how he?d use them in a documentary. He didn?t much at all. The film is titled The Ozu Diaries, but the film is more about Ozu than the diaries. We see them. There are quite a few quotes from them. But this is mainly a bio-pic of Ozu. And definitely the best. Must see. It will be great for teaching! But anyone who loves Ozu will really enjoy this film. The diaries are a curiosity so they provide the hook. But the documentary uses them alongside standard interviews, letters, notes, high-quality clips from the films and other imagery. The latter is really the highlight for anyone who already knows Ozu. The director had the blessing of the studio and family and friends, so this is chock full of never-before-seen photographs. Amazing photographs. And even better: the home movies. Wow. Fantastic. But you won?t learn much about the diaries. However, I?m happy to say that you will soon. I am editing a translation of the entire diary by Adam Kuplowsky. The diaries are compiled in Japan (and French) into a book about 800 pages long. This is quite a feat. It?s a skilled and clever translation, which is called for because Ozu loved word play, poetry, the mixing of English and classical language, a little Chinese here and there, and many entertaining ditties. It should be out in the coming year or two. Keep your eye pealed for this. The diary is strange and wonderful, and we are including annotations to facilitate your read! In the meantime, I recommend the new film for anyone who loves Ozu. Markus > On Nov 4, 2025, at 8:35?AM, David Averbach via KineJapan wrote: > > Hello all, and hisashiburi to some of you, > > I am Creative Director of The Film Collaborative, a nonprofit independent film distributor. > > Some very exciting news?we are handling physical exhibitions for Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim?s new film THE OZU DIARIES (2025), which draws from master Yasujir? Ozu?s private journals, letters, photographs, drawings, and never-before-seen home movies to reveal the man behind the legend. Through Ozu's own words, combined with reflections from Kyoko Kagawa, Wim Wenders, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tsai Ming-liang, and Luc Dardenne, the film traces how Ozu transformed personal loss and wartime trauma into enduring masterpieces. > > Fresh off its recent premieres at International Festivals such as Venice, Busan, Rio de Janeiro, and two weekends ago at AFI FEST in Los Angeles and last weekend at the Tokyo International Film Festival, we are reaching out to offer Universities the chance to show this film as a public Campus Screening or in-Class as part of a film curriculum, during its first film festival window! We are now accepting applications to book the film during this 2025-26 academic year at the discounted educational rate of US $350. > > Please note that library catalog requests and campus-network educational viewing will be offered at a later date, sometime during the 2026-27 academic year. > > THE OZU DIARIES was produced in collaboration with Shochiku and Turner Classic Movies, and with incredible access to and blessing from Ozu?s family. Daniel Raim?s previous short featurette, "In Search of Ozu," was commissioned by the Criterion Collection to be on the Criterion channel and as a bonus material in one of the re-released Ozu box Blu-Ray sets. > > Professors or Administrators: To receive a private screener link to the film, apply to show the film at your institution, or to add your name for catalog requests, please fill out the form below, and we?ll get back to you. Feel free to email me with any questions, although you can also ask questions in the form. 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Just one small note: there?s also a selection of Ozu?s diaries available in Spanish, though it?s presented as an anthology ?and unfortunately translated from the French edition: Antologi?a de los diarios de Yasujiro Ozu* . I guess I didn't learn much about his cinema by reading his lovely diaries ?when it was published in year 2000, I was writing my doctoral thesis on Banshun?, but I would say the diaries are Ozu, and Ozu?s cinema is the same thing... I look forward to reading your edition of those diaries soon! And, of course, to watching the film. Best, *By N?ria Pujol and Antonio Santamar?a, 2000, Valencia: Instituto Valenciano de Cinematograf?a Ricardo Mu?oz. [cid:f6b00e1c-06b4-4dfd-9565-4716d57d00dd] 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 Markus Nornes via KineJapan Enviado: martes, 11 de noviembre de 2025 16:19 Para: KineJapan Cc: Markus Nornes Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings I reviewed this for the currently online episode of NHK J-Flix. In the end, nearly everything I had to say about the film was cut! But that might be good because the episode gives a nice sense for the film. I heard about this film and contacted the director..for reasons I?ll explain in a second. It was a lovely conversation and left me all the more excited to see the film. But it was also a puzzling conversation. Here was someone who had plunged into the diaries and had a feature film?s worth of things to say about them. However, he seemed a little guarded and keeping his cards close to his chest. I couldn?t imagine why? But now that I have seen the film, I think I get it. Anyone who has read through the diaries (and everyone should!) might come away disappointed. They are focussed in on his daily life and gleaning information on his approach to cinema is nigh impossible. You do learn a lot about his obsessions and passions, that?s for sure. But for a brick of a book, they are somewhat perplexing. I was wondering how he?d use them in a documentary. He didn?t much at all. The film is titled The Ozu Diaries, but the film is more about Ozu than the diaries. We see them. There are quite a few quotes from them. But this is mainly a bio-pic of Ozu. And definitely the best. Must see. It will be great for teaching! But anyone who loves Ozu will really enjoy this film. The diaries are a curiosity so they provide the hook. But the documentary uses them alongside standard interviews, letters, notes, high-quality clips from the films and other imagery. The latter is really the highlight for anyone who already knows Ozu. The director had the blessing of the studio and family and friends, so this is chock full of never-before-seen photographs. Amazing photographs. And even better: the home movies. Wow. Fantastic. But you won?t learn much about the diaries. However, I?m happy to say that you will soon. I am editing a translation of the entire diary by Adam Kuplowsky. The diaries are compiled in Japan (and French) into a book about 800 pages long. This is quite a feat. It?s a skilled and clever translation, which is called for because Ozu loved word play, poetry, the mixing of English and classical language, a little Chinese here and there, and many entertaining ditties. It should be out in the coming year or two. Keep your eye pealed for this. The diary is strange and wonderful, and we are including annotations to facilitate your read! In the meantime, I recommend the new film for anyone who loves Ozu. Markus On Nov 4, 2025, at 8:35?AM, David Averbach via KineJapan wrote: Hello all, and hisashiburi to some of you, I am Creative Director of The Film Collaborative, a nonprofit independent film distributor. Some very exciting news?we are handling physical exhibitions for Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim?s new film THE OZU DIARIES (2025), which draws from master Yasujir? Ozu?s private journals, letters, photographs, drawings, and never-before-seen home movies to reveal the man behind the legend. Through Ozu's own words, combined with reflections from Kyoko Kagawa, Wim Wenders, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tsai Ming-liang, and Luc Dardenne, the film traces how Ozu transformed personal loss and wartime trauma into enduring masterpieces. Fresh off its recent premieres at International Festivals such as Venice, Busan, Rio de Janeiro, and two weekends ago at AFI FEST in Los Angeles and last weekend at the Tokyo International Film Festival, we are reaching out to offer Universities the chance to show this film as a public Campus Screening or in-Class as part of a film curriculum, during its first film festival window! We are now accepting applications to book the film during this 2025-26 academic year at the discounted educational rate of US $350. Please note that library catalog requests and campus-network educational viewing will be offered at a later date, sometime during the 2026-27 academic year. THE OZU DIARIES was produced in collaboration with Shochiku and Turner Classic Movies, and with incredible access to and blessing from Ozu?s family. Daniel Raim?s previous short featurette, "In Search of Ozu," was commissioned by the Criterion Collection to be on the Criterion channel and as a bonus material in one of the re-released Ozu box Blu-Ray sets. Professors or Administrators: To receive a private screener link to the film, apply to show the film at your institution, or to add your name for catalog requests, please fill out the form below, and we?ll get back to you. Feel free to email me with any questions, although you can also ask questions in the form. (We cannot send screeners to individual students at this time, so if you are a student, please forward this message to one of your professors.) https://airtable.com/app8ALm03YfCjEIMN/pagYCsdFCAjuCREBi/form Sincerely, David Averbach, PhD Creative Director The Film Collaborative 415-948-1789 david at thefilmcollaborative.org thefilmcollaborative.org [moving-logo] David Averbach (he/him) Creative Director The Film Collaborative [mobile] +1 415.948.1789 [email] david at thefilmcollaborative.org [https://cdn.gifo.wisestamp.com/social/rich-field-website-1/B41E8E/30/trans.png] thefilmcollaborative.org [facebook] [twitter] newsletter signup ? submit your film ? apply for fiscal sponsorship ? distripedia? _______________________________________________ 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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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: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 7:59 AM To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Cc: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano Subject: Re: [KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings Wow Markus, what a fantastic hybrid review! Just one small note: there?s also a selection of Ozu?s diaries available in Spanish, though it?s presented as an anthology ?and unfortunately translated from the French edition: Antologi?a de los diarios de Yasujiro Ozu* . I guess I didn't learn much about his cinema by reading his lovely diaries ?when it was published in year 2000, I was writing my doctoral thesis on Banshun?, but I would say the diaries are Ozu, and Ozu?s cinema is the same thing... I look forward to reading your edition of those diaries soon! And, of course, to watching the film. Best, *By N?ria Pujol and Antonio Santamar?a, 2000, Valencia: Instituto Valenciano de Cinematograf?a Ricardo Mu?oz. [cid:f6b00e1c-06b4-4dfd-9565-4716d57d00dd] 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 Markus Nornes via KineJapan Enviado: martes, 11 de noviembre de 2025 16:19 Para: KineJapan Cc: Markus Nornes Asunto: Re: [KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings I reviewed this for the currently online episode of NHK J-Flix. In the end, nearly everything I had to say about the film was cut! But that might be good because the episode gives a nice sense for the film. I heard about this film and contacted the director..for reasons I?ll explain in a second. It was a lovely conversation and left me all the more excited to see the film. But it was also a puzzling conversation. Here was someone who had plunged into the diaries and had a feature film?s worth of things to say about them. However, he seemed a little guarded and keeping his cards close to his chest. I couldn?t imagine why? But now that I have seen the film, I think I get it. Anyone who has read through the diaries (and everyone should!) might come away disappointed. They are focussed in on his daily life and gleaning information on his approach to cinema is nigh impossible. You do learn a lot about his obsessions and passions, that?s for sure. But for a brick of a book, they are somewhat perplexing. I was wondering how he?d use them in a documentary. He didn?t much at all. The film is titled The Ozu Diaries, but the film is more about Ozu than the diaries. We see them. There are quite a few quotes from them. But this is mainly a bio-pic of Ozu. And definitely the best. Must see. It will be great for teaching! But anyone who loves Ozu will really enjoy this film. The diaries are a curiosity so they provide the hook. But the documentary uses them alongside standard interviews, letters, notes, high-quality clips from the films and other imagery. The latter is really the highlight for anyone who already knows Ozu. The director had the blessing of the studio and family and friends, so this is chock full of never-before-seen photographs. Amazing photographs. And even better: the home movies. Wow. Fantastic. But you won?t learn much about the diaries. However, I?m happy to say that you will soon. I am editing a translation of the entire diary by Adam Kuplowsky. The diaries are compiled in Japan (and French) into a book about 800 pages long. This is quite a feat. It?s a skilled and clever translation, which is called for because Ozu loved word play, poetry, the mixing of English and classical language, a little Chinese here and there, and many entertaining ditties. It should be out in the coming year or two. Keep your eye pealed for this. The diary is strange and wonderful, and we are including annotations to facilitate your read! In the meantime, I recommend the new film for anyone who loves Ozu. Markus On Nov 4, 2025, at 8:35?AM, David Averbach via KineJapan wrote: Hello all, and hisashiburi to some of you, I am Creative Director of The Film Collaborative, a nonprofit independent film distributor. Some very exciting news?we are handling physical exhibitions for Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim?s new film THE OZU DIARIES (2025), which draws from master Yasujir? Ozu?s private journals, letters, photographs, drawings, and never-before-seen home movies to reveal the man behind the legend. Through Ozu's own words, combined with reflections from Kyoko Kagawa, Wim Wenders, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tsai Ming-liang, and Luc Dardenne, the film traces how Ozu transformed personal loss and wartime trauma into enduring masterpieces. Fresh off its recent premieres at International Festivals such as Venice, Busan, Rio de Janeiro, and two weekends ago at AFI FEST in Los Angeles and last weekend at the Tokyo International Film Festival, we are reaching out to offer Universities the chance to show this film as a public Campus Screening or in-Class as part of a film curriculum, during its first film festival window! We are now accepting applications to book the film during this 2025-26 academic year at the discounted educational rate of US $350. Please note that library catalog requests and campus-network educational viewing will be offered at a later date, sometime during the 2026-27 academic year. THE OZU DIARIES was produced in collaboration with Shochiku and Turner Classic Movies, and with incredible access to and blessing from Ozu?s family. Daniel Raim?s previous short featurette, "In Search of Ozu," was commissioned by the Criterion Collection to be on the Criterion channel and as a bonus material in one of the re-released Ozu box Blu-Ray sets. Professors or Administrators: To receive a private screener link to the film, apply to show the film at your institution, or to add your name for catalog requests, please fill out the form below, and we?ll get back to you. Feel free to email me with any questions, although you can also ask questions in the form. (We cannot send screeners to individual students at this time, so if you are a student, please forward this message to one of your professors.) https://airtable.com/app8ALm03YfCjEIMN/pagYCsdFCAjuCREBi/form Sincerely, David Averbach, PhD Creative Director The Film Collaborative 415-948-1789 david at thefilmcollaborative.org thefilmcollaborative.org [moving-logo] David Averbach (he/him) Creative Director The Film Collaborative [mobile] +1 415.948.1789 [email] david at thefilmcollaborative.org [https://cdn.gifo.wisestamp.com/social/rich-field-website-1/B41E8E/30/trans.png] thefilmcollaborative.org [facebook] [twitter] newsletter signup ? submit your film ? apply for fiscal sponsorship ? distripedia? _______________________________________________ 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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Dan is a super nice guy and a cinephile. > > The Diaries Doc is clearly love letter. > > M > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nornes at umich.edu Tue Nov 11 22:17:41 2025 From: nornes at umich.edu (Markus Nornes) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:17:41 -0500 Subject: [KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is interesting. When you say ?well-known,? do you mean published in translation? Pirated or official translation? > > He?s no longer a calm and stylish director defending Japanese culture. But just one of those excited and then completely numbed about inhumane duties during his service in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The first read is definitely wrong. The second is not one I?ve taken from the diaries. To his credit, the director does include the China War. However, I think he downplays Ozu?s real enthusiasm for the war, as well as his life-long commitment to the imperial family. Markus From eleanor.x.zhang at gmail.com Tue Nov 11 22:38:01 2025 From: eleanor.x.zhang at gmail.com (Eleanor Zhang) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 03:38:01 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Markus, I?m not sure if this is the same book mentioned by Naoki, but there appears to be a book called ???????? published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House in 2020 (picture attached). Best wishes, Eleanor On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 at 03:18, Markus Nornes via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > This is interesting. When you say ?well-known,? do you mean published in > translation? Pirated or official translation? > > > > He?s no longer a calm and stylish director defending Japanese culture. > But just one of those excited and then completely numbed about inhumane > duties during his service in the Second Sino-Japanese War. > > The first read is definitely wrong. > > The second is not one I?ve taken from the diaries. > > To his credit, the director does include the China War. However, I think > he downplays Ozu?s real enthusiasm for the war, as well as his life-long > commitment to the imperial family. > > Markus > > _______________________________________________ > 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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I was surprised by this because as far as I remember, Ozu did not write about his commitment to killing in such a direct manner, though he did mention about his commitment to using mustard gas on the field. Then, I discovered an article titled ????????????by Hoshino Haruhiko (????) of Fukuoka University, and found the exact same expression appearing there. According to Hoshino, Ozu often talked about his war experience at interviews, and one of such interviews titled ?????????? (????1939?9??) included the following remark: ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(p.547) Obviously, someone on the aforementioned internet site found this article and spread this information among the members of that online community. So it might have been too much to say that this disturbing statement is now ?well known? in China, but at least Ozu?s active participation in the war is widely known among Chinese readers through the translation of his diary. I cannot prove Hoshino?s argument is correct as I haven?t yet read these interviews in original. But he also wrote this toward the end of his essay: ? 39?4?30?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(ibid.) You can easily find this article online. Whether it is correct or not, this now informs a quite different reception of Ozu which I hadn?t been aware of until my wife told me about it. Best, Naoki Naoki Yamamoto Associate Professor Department of Film and Media Studies University of California, Santa Barbara naokiya at ucsb.edu > On Nov 12, 2025, at 12:38?PM, Eleanor Zhang via KineJapan wrote: > > Hi Markus, > > I?m not sure if this is the same book mentioned by Naoki, but there appears to be a book called ???????? published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House in 2020 (picture attached). > > Best wishes, > Eleanor > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 at 03:18, Markus Nornes via KineJapan > wrote: >> This is interesting. When you say ?well-known,? do you mean published in translation? Pirated or official translation? >> > >> > He?s no longer a calm and stylish director defending Japanese culture. 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URL: From reavolution at gmail.com Thu Nov 13 10:34:38 2025 From: reavolution at gmail.com (Rea Amit) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:34:38 -0600 Subject: [KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you all for this fascinating discussion. I am so happy that there is still so much to add to what we know about Ozu. I am really looking forward to watching the film and to reading Daisuke?s new book (congratulations!). As for the controversies around Ozu?s remarks, this is not really a new issue, right? The diaries, which include these offensive comments, have been readily available since at least 1993 (????????). The editor, Tanaka Masasumi, also discusses this aspect in ??????? (2003) and again in ???????? (2005), on which, I believe, Hoshino Haruhiko is relying. It is remarkable, though, that associations between an artists? works and their politics are having so much sway even among Chinese-born expats, including those in the U.S. I wonder what role social media and erroneous A.I. translations might have in spreading such interpretations beyond ideology. At any rate, I am excited to check out the diaries, the documentary, Daisuke?s new book, and of course, to have a good excuse to revisit the films themselves! Best, Rea On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 10:40?PM Naoki Yamamoto via KineJapan < kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > Thanks Eleanor for sharing the info! > > Markus, Let me clarify the background of my previous post. My wife is > Chinese and one day she asked me if I knew Ozu was involved in killing > Chinese people during his service and left his comments like ?I feel > nothing in shooting Chinese because they look like insects or non-human > objects.? She told me she found that reference at one of the internet > discussion sites she frequently visits, which is popular among Chinese > Americans. > > I was surprised by this because as far as I remember, Ozu did not write > about his commitment to killing in such a direct manner, though he did > mention about his commitment to using mustard gas on the field. Then, I > discovered an article titled ????????????by Hoshino Haruhiko (????) of > Fukuoka University, and found the exact same expression appearing there. > According to Hoshino, Ozu often talked about his war experience at > interviews, and one of such interviews titled ?????????? (????1939?9??) > included the following remark: > > > ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(p.547) > > Obviously, someone on the aforementioned internet site found this article > and spread this information among the members of that online community. So > it might have been too much to say that this disturbing statement is now > ?well known? in China, but at least Ozu?s active participation in the war > is widely known among Chinese readers through the translation of his diary. > > > I cannot prove Hoshino?s argument is correct as I haven?t yet read these > interviews in original. But he also wrote this toward the end of his essay: > > ? > 39?4?30?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(ibid.) > > You can easily find this article online. Whether it is correct or not, > this now informs a quite different reception of Ozu which I hadn?t been > aware of until my wife told me about it. > > Best, > Naoki > > Naoki Yamamoto > Associate Professor > Department of Film and Media Studies > University of California, Santa Barbara > naokiya at ucsb.edu > > On Nov 12, 2025, at 12:38?PM, Eleanor Zhang via KineJapan < > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > > Hi Markus, > > I?m not sure if this is the same book mentioned by Naoki, but there > appears to be a book called ???????? published by Shanghai Translation > Publishing House in 2020 (picture attached). > > Best wishes, > Eleanor > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 at 03:18, Markus Nornes via KineJapan < > kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote: > >> This is interesting. When you say ?well-known,? do you mean published in >> translation? Pirated or official translation? >> > >> > He?s no longer a calm and stylish director defending Japanese culture. >> But just one of those excited and then completely numbed about inhumane >> duties during his service in the Second Sino-Japanese War. >> >> The first read is definitely wrong. >> >> The second is not one I?ve taken from the diaries. >> >> To his credit, the director does include the China War. However, I think >> he downplays Ozu?s real enthusiasm for the war, as well as his life-long >> commitment to the imperial family. >> >> Markus >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Best, David David Averbach (he/him) Creative Director The Film Collaborative +1 415.948.1789 david at thefilmcollaborative.org thefilmcollaborative.org newsletter signup ? submit your film ? apply for fiscal sponsorship ? distripedia? > On Nov 13, 2025, at 10:34?AM, Rea Amit via KineJapan wrote: > > Thank you all for this fascinating discussion. > > > I am so happy that there is still so much to add to what we know about Ozu. I am really looking forward to watching the film and to reading Daisuke?s new book (congratulations!). > > As for the controversies around Ozu?s remarks, this is not really a new issue, right? The diaries, which include these offensive comments, have been readily available since at least 1993 (????????). The editor, Tanaka Masasumi, also discusses this aspect in ??????? (2003) and again in ???????? (2005), on which, I believe, Hoshino Haruhiko is relying. > > It is remarkable, though, that associations between an artists? works and their politics are having so much sway even among Chinese-born expats, including those in the U.S. I wonder what role social media and erroneous A.I. translations might have in spreading such interpretations beyond ideology. > > At any rate, I am excited to check out the diaries, the documentary, Daisuke?s new book, and of course, to have a good excuse to revisit the films themselves! > > Best, > Rea > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 10:40?PM Naoki Yamamoto via KineJapan > wrote: >> Thanks Eleanor for sharing the info! >> >> Markus, Let me clarify the background of my previous post. My wife is Chinese and one day she asked me if I knew Ozu was involved in killing Chinese people during his service and left his comments like ?I feel nothing in shooting Chinese because they look like insects or non-human objects.? She told me she found that reference at one of the internet discussion sites she frequently visits, which is popular among Chinese Americans. >> >> I was surprised by this because as far as I remember, Ozu did not write about his commitment to killing in such a direct manner, though he did mention about his commitment to using mustard gas on the field. Then, I discovered an article titled ????????????by Hoshino Haruhiko (????) of Fukuoka University, and found the exact same expression appearing there. According to Hoshino, Ozu often talked about his war experience at interviews, and one of such interviews titled ?????????? (????1939?9??) included the following remark: >> >> ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(p.547) >> >> Obviously, someone on the aforementioned internet site found this article and spread this information among the members of that online community. So it might have been too much to say that this disturbing statement is now ?well known? in China, but at least Ozu?s active participation in the war is widely known among Chinese readers through the translation of his diary. >> >> I cannot prove Hoshino?s argument is correct as I haven?t yet read these interviews in original. But he also wrote this toward the end of his essay: >> >> ? 39?4?30?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(ibid.) >> >> You can easily find this article online. Whether it is correct or not, this now informs a quite different reception of Ozu which I hadn?t been aware of until my wife told me about it. >> >> Best, >> Naoki >> >> Naoki Yamamoto >> Associate Professor >> Department of Film and Media Studies >> University of California, Santa Barbara >> naokiya at ucsb.edu >> >>> On Nov 12, 2025, at 12:38?PM, Eleanor Zhang via KineJapan > wrote: >>> >>> Hi Markus, >>> >>> I?m not sure if this is the same book mentioned by Naoki, but there appears to be a book called ???????? published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House in 2020 (picture attached). >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> Eleanor >>> >>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 at 03:18, Markus Nornes via KineJapan > wrote: >>>> This is interesting. When you say ?well-known,? do you mean published in translation? Pirated or official translation? >>>> > >>>> > He?s no longer a calm and stylish director defending Japanese culture. But just one of those excited and then completely numbed about inhumane duties during his service in the Second Sino-Japanese War. >>>> >>>> The first read is definitely wrong. >>>> >>>> The second is not one I?ve taken from the diaries. >>>> >>>> To his credit, the director does include the China War. 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URL: From reeldrew at aol.com Wed Nov 19 21:43:08 2025 From: reeldrew at aol.com (reeldrew at aol.com) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:43:08 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] New Film: THE OZU DIARIES (Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim) - now available for Campus Screenings In-Reply-To: <25119763-0D91-47D5-9123-175D5D2DDE72@thefilmcollaborative.org> References: <25119763-0D91-47D5-9123-175D5D2DDE72@thefilmcollaborative.org> Message-ID: <1099263801.5419245.1763606588527@mail.yahoo.com> ?In a message dated 11/11/2025, Naoki Yamamoto posted from a 1939 interview with Ozu quoted in an essay by Hoshino Haruhiko as well as a commentary by the essayist on the same page 547 of this particular publication. However, he did not provide an English translation of either the Ozu quote or the commentary by Hoshino Haruhiko also quoted in his email. For those of us who cannot read Japanese it thus makes it difficult to analyze or interpret any of the facts of this situation. I would therefore appreciate it if someone here could provide an English translation of these quotes.? I might add it is unfortunate that these quotes may be relevant but not in a good way as the result of Chinese-Japanese relations being torpedoed as a result of the new foolish and irresponsible leadership in Tokyo.?William M. Drew In a message dated 11/18/2025 10:55:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu writes:? Thank you all for the lively discussion and I look forward to reading the new and forthcoming material!?Since my initial post got pushed so far down this thread? Just a reminder that for those of you who are still including Ozu in their Spring ?26 Japanese cinema survey courses and wish to screen the film in class, or to arrange a screening at your university, please fill out this form to request a screener or apply to book the film for your institution:https://airtable.com/app8ALm03YfCjEIMN/pagYCsdFCAjuCREBi/form?Thank you all, and please email me privately with any questions.?Best,?David ?? | ? | | ? | | ? | | | ? | | | ? | | | | | | | | | | David Averbach?(he/him) Creative Director The Film Collaborative | | | ? | +1 415.948.1789 | | ? | david at thefilmcollaborative.org | | ? | thefilmcollaborative.org | | ? newsletter signup???submit your film???apply for fiscal sponsorship???distripedia? | | | | | | | ? | | | ? | ? On Nov 13, 2025, at 10:34?AM, Rea Amit via KineJapan wrote: Thank you all for this fascinating discussion. I am so happy that there is still so much to add to what we know about Ozu. I am really looking forward to watching the film and to reading Daisuke?s new book (congratulations!). As for the controversies around Ozu?s remarks, this is not really a new issue, right? The diaries, which include these offensive comments, have been readily available since at least 1993 (????????). The editor, Tanaka Masasumi, also discusses this aspect in???????? (2003) and again in ???????? (2005), on which, I believe, Hoshino Haruhiko is relying. It is remarkable, though, that associations between an artists? works and their politics are having so much sway even among Chinese-born expats, including those in the U.S. I wonder what role social media and erroneous A.I. translations might have in spreading such interpretations beyond ideology. At any rate, I am excited to check out the diaries, the documentary, Daisuke?s new book, and of course, to have a good excuse to revisit the films themselves! Best,Rea? On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 10:40?PM Naoki Yamamoto via KineJapan wrote: Thanks Eleanor for sharing the info!??Markus, Let me clarify the background of my previous post. My wife is Chinese and one day she asked me if I knew Ozu was involved in killing Chinese people during his service and left his comments like ?I feel nothing in shooting Chinese because they look like insects or non-human objects.? She told me she found that reference at one of the internet discussion sites she frequently visits, which is popular among Chinese Americans.??I was surprised by this because as far as I remember, Ozu did not write about his commitment to killing in such a direct manner, though he did mention about his commitment to using mustard gas on the field. Then, I discovered an article titled ????????????by Hoshino Haruhiko (????) of Fukuoka University, and found the exact same expression appearing there. According to Hoshino, Ozu often talked about his war experience at interviews, and one of such interviews titled ?????????? (????1939?9??) included the following remark:?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(p.547)?Obviously, someone on the aforementioned internet site found this article and spread this information among the members of ?that online community. So it might have been too much to say that this disturbing statement is now ?well known? in China, but at least Ozu?s active participation in the war is widely known among Chinese readers through the translation of his diary. ??I cannot prove Hoshino?s argument is correct as I haven?t yet read these interviews in original. But he also wrote this toward the end of his essay:?? 39?4?30?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(ibid.)?You can easily find this article online. Whether it is correct or not, this now informs a quite different reception of Ozu which I hadn?t been aware of until my wife told me about it.??Best,Naoki Naoki YamamotoAssociate?Professor Department of Film and Media Studies University of California, Santa Barbaranaokiya at ucsb.edu? On Nov 12, 2025, at 12:38?PM, Eleanor Zhang via KineJapan wrote: Hi Markus,?I?m not sure if this is the same book mentioned by Naoki, but there appears to be a book called ???????? published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House in 2020 (picture attached).??Best wishes,Eleanor?? On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 at 03:18, Markus Nornes via KineJapan wrote: This is interesting. When you say ?well-known,? do you mean published in translation? Pirated or official translation? > > He?s no longer a calm and stylish director defending Japanese culture. But just one of those excited and then completely numbed about inhumane duties during his service in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The first read is definitely wrong. The second is not one I?ve taken from the diaries. To his credit, the director does include the China War. However, I think he downplays Ozu?s real enthusiasm for the war, as well as his life-long commitment to the imperial family. 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So much so that countless people are there in China in swarms. 2) Hoshino?s concluding remark: Ozu?s journal dated on Sunday, April 30th, 1939, wrote: ?All of sudden, our unit was called for a mission to subjugate enemies. But the unit leader told us that 'let?s leave Ozu out because he?s always over the top inappropriately,? so I was made to remain behind.? According to this, Ozu was not forced to commit to atrocities reluctantly; even in the eye of the unit leader, he appeared completely absorbed in killing ?Chinks.? I should be clear that I had no intention to downplay the value of three recent and upcoming works on Ozu?Dan Raim?s documentary film The Ozu Diaries, Daisuke?s new monograph Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy, and Markus and Adam Kuplowsky's English translation of Ozu?s 800-page long diaries. These are invaluable additions to our ongoing discussion on Ozu and Japanese cinema, and I will definitely use them when I teach this director in my own classroom. My intention was simply to turn our attention also to another ?ongoing? discussion of Ozu and Japanese cinema in the Chinese context. As Rea rightly pointed out, Ozu?s was responsibility has been an issue among scholars for a long time thanks to Tanaka Masasumi?s excavation of Ozu?s personal diaries (1987) and his own groundbreaking studies on the topic including Ozu Yasujir? and War (2005/20). But the director?s commitment to war atrocities received a renewed interest among Chinese people in this past year in conjunction with the release of two popular Chinese films on Japan?s war against China, Zhao Linshan?s Evil Unbound (a.k.a. 731) and Shen Ao?s Dead to Rights (a.k.a. Nanjing Photographic Studio). While the former is said to be seen as a total failure, the latter ranked the 3rd highest annual glossing film in 2025 and received a series of positive critical claims both inside and outside China. Dead to Rights is an interesting case for our discussion because one of its main characters, the Japanese Army photographer It? Hideo, is often associated with Ozu among Chinese viewers, although this ?popular? association is obviously not based on any historical fact at all. What to do with this as a scholar or dedicated fan of Japanese cinema? This was the question that came to my mind and I wanted to share it with you all on this list. But I apologize if my earlier posts sounded unkind and dismissive. Best, Naoki Naoki Yamamoto Associate Professor Department of Film and Media Studies University of California, Santa Barbara > On Nov 20, 2025, at 11:43?AM, William M. Drew via KineJapan wrote: > > > In a message dated 11/11/2025, Naoki Yamamoto posted from a 1939 interview with Ozu quoted in an essay by Hoshino Haruhiko as well as a commentary by the essayist on the same page 547 of this particular publication. However, he did not provide an English translation of either the Ozu quote or the commentary by Hoshino Haruhiko also quoted in his email. For those of us who cannot read Japanese it thus makes it difficult to analyze or interpret any of the facts of this situation. I would therefore appreciate it if someone here could provide an English translation of these quotes. > I might add it is unfortunate that these quotes may be relevant but not in a good way as the result of Chinese-Japanese relations being torpedoed as a result of the new foolish and irresponsible leadership in Tokyo. > > William M. Drew > > In a message dated 11/18/2025 10:55:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu writes: > > Thank you all for the lively discussion and I look forward to reading the new and forthcoming material! > > Since my initial post got pushed so far down this thread? Just a reminder that for those of you who are still including Ozu in their Spring ?26 Japanese cinema survey courses and wish to screen the film in class, or to arrange a screening at your university, please fill out this form to request a screener or apply to book the film for your institution: > https://airtable.com/app8ALm03YfCjEIMN/pagYCsdFCAjuCREBi/form > > Thank you all, and please email me privately with any questions. > > Best, > > David > > > > > > > > > David Averbach (he/him) > Creative Director > The Film Collaborative > +1 415.948.1789 <> > david at thefilmcollaborative.org > thefilmcollaborative.org > > newsletter signup ? submit your film ? apply for fiscal sponsorship ? distripedia? > > > > > > On Nov 13, 2025, at 10:34?AM, Rea Amit via KineJapan wrote: > > Thank you all for this fascinating discussion. > > > I am so happy that there is still so much to add to what we know about Ozu. I am really looking forward to watching the film and to reading Daisuke?s new book (congratulations!). > > As for the controversies around Ozu?s remarks, this is not really a new issue, right? The diaries, which include these offensive comments, have been readily available since at least 1993 (????????). The editor, Tanaka Masasumi, also discusses this aspect in ??????? (2003) and again in ???????? (2005), on which, I believe, Hoshino Haruhiko is relying. > > It is remarkable, though, that associations between an artists? works and their politics are having so much sway even among Chinese-born expats, including those in the U.S. I wonder what role social media and erroneous A.I. translations might have in spreading such interpretations beyond ideology. > > At any rate, I am excited to check out the diaries, the documentary, Daisuke?s new book, and of course, to have a good excuse to revisit the films themselves! > > Best, > Rea > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 10:40?PM Naoki Yamamoto via KineJapan > wrote: > Thanks Eleanor for sharing the info! > > Markus, Let me clarify the background of my previous post. My wife is Chinese and one day she asked me if I knew Ozu was involved in killing Chinese people during his service and left his comments like ?I feel nothing in shooting Chinese because they look like insects or non-human objects.? She told me she found that reference at one of the internet discussion sites she frequently visits, which is popular among Chinese Americans. > > I was surprised by this because as far as I remember, Ozu did not write about his commitment to killing in such a direct manner, though he did mention about his commitment to using mustard gas on the field. Then, I discovered an article titled ????????????by Hoshino Haruhiko (????) of Fukuoka University, and found the exact same expression appearing there. According to Hoshino, Ozu often talked about his war experience at interviews, and one of such interviews titled ?????????? (????1939?9??) included the following remark: > > ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(p.547) > > Obviously, someone on the aforementioned internet site found this article and spread this information among the members of that online community. So it might have been too much to say that this disturbing statement is now ?well known? in China, but at least Ozu?s active participation in the war is widely known among Chinese readers through the translation of his diary. > > I cannot prove Hoshino?s argument is correct as I haven?t yet read these interviews in original. But he also wrote this toward the end of his essay: > > ? 39?4?30?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(ibid.) > > You can easily find this article online. Whether it is correct or not, this now informs a quite different reception of Ozu which I hadn?t been aware of until my wife told me about it. > > Best, > Naoki > > Naoki Yamamoto > Associate Professor > Department of Film and Media Studies > University of California, Santa Barbara > naokiya at ucsb.edu > > On Nov 12, 2025, at 12:38?PM, Eleanor Zhang via KineJapan > wrote: > > Hi Markus, > > I?m not sure if this is the same book mentioned by Naoki, but there appears to be a book called ???????? published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House in 2020 (picture attached). > > Best wishes, > Eleanor > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 at 03:18, Markus Nornes via KineJapan > wrote: > This is interesting. When you say ?well-known,? do you mean published in translation? Pirated or official translation? > > > > He?s no longer a calm and stylish director defending Japanese culture. But just one of those excited and then completely numbed about inhumane duties during his service in the Second Sino-Japanese War. > > The first read is definitely wrong. > > The second is not one I?ve taken from the diaries. > > To his credit, the director does include the China War. However, I think he downplays Ozu?s real enthusiasm for the war, as well as his life-long commitment to the imperial family. > > Markus > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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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It?s very interesting, especially because he translates all the key passages in the story. If you haven?t read it, please check it out. https://kinemaclub.org/research/publications? Markus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: apple-touch-icon.png Type: image/png Size: 5581 bytes Desc: not available URL: From matteo.boscarol at gmail.com Thu Nov 27 08:02:29 2025 From: matteo.boscarol at gmail.com (matteoB) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 22:02:29 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Rights for Yamazaki Hiroshi's Heliography Message-ID: Dear All, I'm sharing a request about Yamazaki Hiroshi's Heliography. If anyone can help: My name is George MacBeth and I?m an editor and film programmer based in Berlin, working for e-flux. 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