| 2007-11-01 | | | The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater (November–January) |
Screenings at the Yamagata Documentary Film Library present documentaries and movies rarely shown on television or in theaters, including works from the Film Library vaults.
The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library Friday Theater
- In Memory of Director Sato Makoto
• November 9 (Fri) 14:00, 19:00 (screens twice) - Living on the River Agano (“Aga ni ikiru”)
Dir: Sato Makoto / JAPAN / 1992 / 16mm / 115 min (Subtitled in English) / YIDFF ’93 Runner-up Prize
+ Director Sato Makoto at YIDFF ’93
Video / 13 min (Japanese only)
A Look at Prewar Yamagata, Again
• November 16 (Fri) 14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)- Grandfather’s Morning (“Ojisama no asa”)
1940 / Silent / 3 min (Japanese only)
Kaminoyama City before and after the War
No date / Silent / 20 min (Japanese only)
Ishiwara Kanji’s Footage of Manchuria
Circa 1930 / Silent / 25 min (Japanese only)
“Securing the Peace of the Land”: An Interview with Ishiwara Kanji
1946 / 5 min (Japanese only)
Cooperation: Ito Keiko (Yamagata City), Kaisendo, Hasegawa Koichi (Kaminoyama City), Tsuruoka Local Archives, NHK Archives
Year’s End Chushingura
• December 14 (Fri) 14:00, 18:30 (screens twice)- Ako Roshi—Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki
Dir: Matsuda Teiji / 1956 / 16mm (Orig: 35mm) / 151 min (No English subtitles)
The end of the year wouldn’t be complete without the tale of the 47 Ronin.Round off 2007 the Japanese way with this all-star movie.
YIDFF 2007 plus: Focus on Families
• December 21 (Fri)
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)- Lick Salt—A Grandson’s Tale
Dir: Ryan Feldman / CANADA / 2006 / English / Color, B&W / Video / 78 min / YIDFF 2007 International Competition
- 17:00 (single screening)
- Images of the Absence
Dir: German Kral / GERMANY / 1998 / Spanish / Color, B&W / 16mm / 89 min / YIDFF ’99 The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
A series of screenings of works from YIDFF 2007’s International Competition. For our first instalment, enjoy these two works by young directors on the theme of “family.”
Yamagata Venusography, Again
• January 11 (Fri) 14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)- Vanity Is Hell (“Kyoei wa jigoku”)
Dir: Uchida Tomu / 1925 / 16mm (Orig: 35mm) / Silent / 15 min
My Sin: Sakubei’s Story (“Onoga tsumi Sakubei”)
Dir: Sasaki Tsunejiro / 1930 / 16mm (Orig: 35mm) / Silent with Japanese narration / 21 min
Tokyo March (“Tokyo koshinkyoku”)
Dir: Mizoguchi Kenji / 1929 / 16mm (Orig: 35mm) / Silent with Japanese narration / 24 min
YIDFF 2007 plus: Cambodia—Memories of Civil War
• January 25 (Fri)
14:00, 19:00 (screens twice)- Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
Dir: Rithy Panh / FRANCE / 2006 / Cambodian / Color / Video / 86 min / YIDFF 2007 International Competition
- 17:00 (single screening)
- S21, the Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Dir: Rithy Panh / FRANCE / 2002 / Cambodian / Color / Video / 101 min / YIDFF 2003 Runner-Up Prize
[Venue] The YAMAGATA Documentary Film Library (Yamagata Big Wing 3F)
[Admission] Free admission for members (Member’s fee: 3,000 yen for one year), One time ticket:1,000 yen
[Contact] phone: 023-666-4480 (YIDFF Yamagata office)
Next year’s Friday screenings
Looks forward to more works from YIDFF 2007 at our Friday screenings next year. This is your chance to catch the films you missed the first time or want to see once more.
• Feburary 8 YIDFF 2007 plus: Fighting Youth, Singing Youth
• Feburary 22 Yamagata General of Comedy
• March 14 National Focus: Russia 1
• March 21 National Focus: Russia 2 (YIDFF 2007 plus)
(This program is subject to change)