[KineJapan] Looking for a film print of タスマニア物語, (Tasumania Monogatari) by Yasuo Furuhata

[Tim Stone]

Thanks Quentin (from another ex-Tasmanian). Not a 35mm print but a digital
scan, sorry I should have been clearer in my original message. There are a
few poor quality DVD rips going around but I/they are trying to locate a
print / scan - anywhere in the world. But our best bet is Japan and if we
can locate a print - then the group would likely pay for digitisation for a
screening in Tasmania this year.

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM quentin turnour via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Hi Roger,
>
> I looked at screening this on SP Beta (from memory, and I no long have
> access to the NFSA internal database to confirm the tape format) when I
> programmed at the NFSA in the late 2000s. From very hazy memory, the NFSA
> didn't have a copy then and so we were talking to local producer David
> Hannay when he was still alive about supplying media (he was the 'local
> producer' - in his day an active and high-profile Australian indie. known
> for various Asian co-pros).
>
> David indicated he just provided services for Fuji TV and we needed to go
> to them for rights. They never replied, and we never got as far as as Toho.
> I imagine they may only have had Japanese theatrical rights. I am certain
> they'd have ask for ++$.
>
> I now wish I'd taken notes, and no longer have access to my then NFSA
> emails. But hazier memory suggested David suggested what he held was a SD
> TV version and (even hazier memory) his copy may not have had subtitles.
> That may have been one of the reasons it got too hard.
>
> David passed in 2014. But he was a major donor to the NFSA, and I assume
> is probably the source of what's there now. Happy to be corrected if it
> turns out to have be subbed media. They may have a Hannay estate contact,
> but the NFSA's current access team can be slow to reply; an as all the
> listed items at 1657852 are Pres. materials, they are also going to ask for
> a copying fee and right's approval before they make any copy. As Marcus
> says: do your contacts really want a 35mm print, and are up for the $1000s
> to import a print? (assuming the State in Hobart and Star in Launceston may
> be the only places able these days to run 35mm in Tas these days)
>
> Quentin Turnour (ex-NFSA, ex-Tasmanian)
>
> On Monday 19 January 2026 at 11:38:32 am AEDT, Markus Nornes via KineJapan
> <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Are enough looking for 35mm? I’m sure Toho has it, but they will not help
> you.  But you could ask. But you could ask the smaller production company,
> just in case.
>
> The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia have it on disc and tape
>  (NFSA ID - 1657852). It looks like they may have the producer’s papers
> as well.
>
> Tough one!
>
> Markus
>
>
>
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> On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM Tim Stone via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello KineJapan,
>
> I'm assisting a community group in Tasmania who are attempting to locate a
> film print of Tasmania Story (タスマニア物語, Tasumania Monogatari)  a
> 1990 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata, which was released on July
> 21, 1990 by Toho. The film was produced by Pacific Link Communications
> Japan, the Fuji Television Network and David Hannay Productions, and shot
> in southern Tasmania in the winter of 1989.
> I believe members of the community group have already contacted
> the National Film Archive of Japan and other obvious repositories without
> any success. So we are now looking to broaden the search. Any leads
> appreciated.
>
> Timothy Stone
>
>
>
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