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Documentary Film Screening “Japan Rediscovered” – Ishikawa Prefecture
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The University Museum, the University of Tokyo（UMUT）
（Screened Films）
“Ishikawa Prefecture” (From the Japan Discovered series)
1961 / 28 min 57 sec / Digital version of original 16mm film / BW
Produced by Iwanami Film Production Co. / Producer: Takeji Takamura / Director: Kyoichi Akiyama / Scenario: Junpei Yoshihara / Camera: Yuji Okumura
“Kanazawa – A City Living in the Tradition”
1959 / 17 min / Digital version of original 16mm film / BW
Produced by Iwanami Film Production Co. / Producer: Teizo Oguchi / Director: Takashi Fujie / Scenario: Susumu Hani, Hideyuki Inubushi, Junpei Yoshihara / Camera: Mitsuji Kanau
During Japan’s rapid postwar economic growth, as the government was implementing economic development of industries on a national scale, the city of Kanazawa seemed to escape this movement: strongly preserving its identity as a castle town which has become a major tourist asset, made possible by the ancient cityscape and the surrounding nature. Yet despite this drive to conserve the historic city it could not escape all together damage by the region’s modernization. The films presented in this screening, while recording such transformations, take a nostalgic look at how popular classes preserve their local identity through traditional arts and crafts as well as a lifestyle inherited from the past.
“Ishikawa Prefecture” (From the Japan Discovered series)
1961 / 28 min 57 sec / Digital version of original 16mm film / BW
Produced by Iwanami Film Production Co. / Producer: Takeji Takamura / Director: Kyoichi Akiyama / Scenario: Junpei Yoshihara / Camera: Yuji Okumura
“Kanazawa – A City Living in the Tradition”
1959 / 17 min / Digital version of original 16mm film / BW
Produced by Iwanami Film Production Co. / Producer: Teizo Oguchi / Director: Takashi Fujie / Scenario: Susumu Hani, Hideyuki Inubushi, Junpei Yoshihara / Camera: Mitsuji Kanau
During Japan’s rapid postwar economic growth, as the government was implementing economic development of industries on a national scale, the city of Kanazawa seemed to escape this movement: strongly preserving its identity as a castle town which has become a major tourist asset, made possible by the ancient cityscape and the surrounding nature. Yet despite this drive to conserve the historic city it could not escape all together damage by the region’s modernization. The films presented in this screening, while recording such transformations, take a nostalgic look at how popular classes preserve their local identity through traditional arts and crafts as well as a lifestyle inherited from the past.
Schedule | May 10 (Sat) 2014 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Intermediatheque http://www.intermediatheque.jp/en/  | ||||
| Location | 2F, 3F JP Tower 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-7003 | ||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from the Marunouchi South exit of JR Tokyo Station, 2 minute walk from exit 4 at Nijubashimae Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||
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