[KineJapan] KineJapan Digest, Vol 89, Issue 5

[Julia Alekseyeva]

Hi Steven and Liam,

I've had good success getting Matsumoto prints (with English subtitles!) by
contacting the PJMIA (Postwar Japanese Moving Image Archive):
https://pjmia.wordpress.com

There is a contact form on their website. I actually found out Matsumoto's
prints were owned by them via Instagram, of all places. They are very
responsive!

All best,

Julia Alekseyeva

On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM <kinejapan-request at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

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>    1. Re: Seeking Film Prints for Screening: Works by Ito Takashi
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> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 09:36:45 +0900
> From: Markus Nornes <nornes at umich.edu>
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> Cc: "Kielich, Steven" <skielich at UR.Rochester.edu>, "Kilby, Liam"
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> Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Seeking Film Prints for Screening: Works by
>         Ito Takashi and Matsumoto Toshio
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> Love your project!
>
> Start with Filmmakers Coop, Anthology, Canyon. There are other filmmakers
> represented at these places like Oe and Iimura. It might be easier for you
> to open it up.
>
> Image Forum can help you with many, if not all, of the films on your list.
>
> It?s been a long time since I?ve programmed these guys on 16mm, so those
> who have done more recent programming might have other leads for you.
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> Markus
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> > On Oct 18, 2025, at 11:08?PM, Kielich, Steven via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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> > Dear all,
> >
> > We are writing on behalf of On Film, a student-run organization at the
> University of Rochester dedicated to presenting important and rarely
> screened films on 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm. Our mission is to facilitate
> meaningful encounters with cinema as both material objects and aesthetic
> experiences, with a focus on how films resonate across formal, narrative,
> and historical contexts.
> >
> > Currently, we are curating a two-part series on Japanese experimental
> cinema. The first half will spotlight the avant-garde short films and
> documentaries of Ito Takashi and Matsumoto Toshio, while the second half
> will culminate in a centennial screening of Kinugasa Teinosuke?s
> experimental 1926 feature A Page of Madness.
> >
> > We are already coordinating with the George Eastman Museum, which will
> provide a 35mm print of A Page of Madness, but we are currently seeking
> information on where to acquire film prints of the following works by Ito
> and Matsumoto:
> >
> > ?tman (1975, Matsumoto)
> > Spacy (1981, Ito)
> > Box (1982, Ito)
> > Shift (1982, Matsumoto)
> > Thunder (1982, Ito)
> > Ghost (1985, Ito)
> > Grim (1985, Ito)
> > Engram (1987, Matsumoto)
> > Wall (1987, Ito)
> > Apparatus M (1996, Ito)
> >
> > We would be grateful for any guidance or contacts related to archives,
> institutions, or distributors?whether in the U.S., Japan, or
> elsewhere?through which we might rent and obtain screening rights for these
> films. We are aware of the logistical challenges involved, and we
> understand that we might have to project some of these digitally, but our
> priority is to present as many of these works on film as possible, in
> keeping with our organization?s ethos.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any recommendations or direction you may be
> able to offer.
> >
> > Best,
> > Steven Kielich and Liam Kilby, event programmers
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