japanese

YIDFF ’97 Screening List

| International Competition | Jurors’ lFims | Special Invitation Films |
| New Asian Currents |
| The Pursuit of Japanese Documentary: The 1980s and Beyond |
| Japanese Panorama | Imperial Japan at the Movies |
| YIDFF Network Special Screenings | Japanese Classic Films |

*=Additional Screenings

- International Competition -
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- Jurors’ Films -
  • For Fun [Ning Ying / CHINA, HONG KONG / 1992]
  • My Own [Shaji N. Karun / INDIA / 1994]
  • Walk the Walk [Robert Kramer / FRANCE / 1996]
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Special Invitation Films
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- New Asian Currents -
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- The Pursuit of Japanese Documentary: The 1980s and Beyond  
  • Benposta—Children’s Republic [Aoike Kenji / 1990]
  • The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On [Hara Kazuo / 1987]
  • 15 Days [Suzuki Shiroyasu / 1980]
  • Goodbye Movie [Otsuki Natsuko / 1995]
  • A Grasscutter’s Tale [Fukuda Katsuhiko / 1985]
  • The Innocent Sea [Katori Naotaka, others / 1983]
  • Interview at Clean Center [Ogawa Shinsuke / 1975]
  • Island of Light [Oshige Junichiro / 1996]
  • A Japanese Village—Furuyashikimura [Ogawa Shinsuke / 1982]
  • Kyoto, My Mother’s Place [Oshima Nagisa / 1991]
  • Living On Kotobuki Street [Watanabe Takaaki / 1981]
  • Magino Story—Pass [Ogawa Shinsuke / 1977]
  • Magino Story—Raising Silkworms [Ogawa Shinsuke / 1977]
  • Magino Village—A Tale [Ogawa Shinsuke / 1986]
  • MaMa [Eguchi Yukiko / 1987]
  • The Moments We Lived [Watanabe Yoshimitsu / 1982]
  • Mothers [Kurokawa Yoshimasa / 1987]
  • Nao-chan [Ise Shinichi / 1995]
  • Natural Farming [Koizumi Shukichi / 1997]
  • A New Story of Soap [Wakatsuki Osamu / 1982]
  • Not That Way But This [Yanagisawa Hisao / 1982]
  • Ode to Mt. Hayachine [Haneda Sumiko / 1982]
  • The Ondekoza [Kato Tai / 1981]
  • One Month with Ms. Toriyama and Children [Shinomiya Tetsuo / 1985]
  • Osaka—A People’s Town [Koike Masato / 1986]
  • Palestine 1976–1983 [Nunokawa Tetsuro, others / 1983]
  • People of Rokkasho [Kuraoka Akiko, Yamamura Nobuki / 1985]
  • Ruins of Roppongi [Sekine Hiroyuki / 1992]
  • The Sound of Tiny Wings [Iizuka Toshio / 1992]
  • Time Blows On [Kanai Katsu / 1991]
  • U.O. [Sekine Hiroyuki / 1992]
  • Umitori—Robbing of the Sea: Shimokita Peninsula [Tsuchimoto Noriaki / 1984]
  • Wiping Away Tears with Fists of Anger [Miyajima Yoshio / 1991]
  • Yama—Attack to Attack [Sato Mitsuo / 1985]
  • Yuntanza Okinawa [Nishiyama Masahiro / 1987]
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- Japanese Panorama -
  • A [Mori Tatsuya / 1997]
  • 2 Duo [Suwa Nobuhiro / 1996]
  • The Hidden Truth: The Records of Korean B- and C-Class War Criminals [Motohashi Yusuke / 1997]
  • A Hundred Sweethearts [Utagawa Keiko / 1997]
  • Phases of Real [Kawaguchi Hajime / 1997]
  • Shishosetsu [Kawanaka Nobuhiro / 1996]
  • What Do You Think About the War Responsibility of Emperor Hirohito? (Part Yasukuni, Aug. 15, 1996) [Tsuchiya Yutaka / 1997]
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Imperial Japan at the Movies
  • The Battle of Shanghai [HONG KONG / 1937]
  • Beautiful Scenery in Taiwan [TAIWAN, JAPAN / 1936]
  • Berdjoang (Hope of the South) [JAPAN / 1944]
  • Berita Film di Djawa No.2 [JAPAN / 1943]
  • Berita Film di Djawa No.7 [JAPAN / 1943]
  • Berita Film di Djawa No.14 [JAPAN / 1943]
  • Berita Film di Djawa No.18 [JAPAN / 1943]
  • Between Sky and Earth (Frieda) [Dr. Huyung / INDONESIA / 1950]
  • The Bombing of Canton [CHINA / 1938]
  • Call for Romusha (workers) [JAPAN / 1944]
  • Dawn of Freedom [Abe Yutaka, Herald de Leon / JAPAN / 1944]
  • Days at Jinchaji [CHINA / 1988]
  • Days at Yan’an [CHINA / 1990]
  • The Diary of Yan’an [CHINA / 1961]
  • Djawa Bahroe No.4 [JAPAN / 1942]
  • Djawa Bahroe No.7 [JAPAN / 1943]
  • The Emperor of Manchukuo Visits to Japan [JAPAN / 1935]
  • Female Students of Taipei [TAIWAN, JAPAN / 1940?]
  • A Filmmaker Having Three Different Names [Kim Jae-bum / KOREA / 1997] *
  • Flag of Honor [TAIWAN / 1987] *
  • Flower Giant [MANCHUKUO / 1930]
  • Formosa [THE NETHERLANDS / 1920-30]
  • The 400 Million [Joris Ivens / USA / 1938]
  • From the Windows of a Train [TAIWAN, JAPAN / 1942]
  • Go Ahead! My Fellow Citizens of All China [CHINA / 1938]
  • Good Children of East Asia [JAPAN / 1944]
  • Guerrillas Sweep The Plain [Wu Feidi, Su Li / CHINA / 1955]
  • Heros of the Sky [TAIWAN / 1977] *
  • Hidden Story of Yi Dynasty [Shin Sang-ok / KOREA / 1967]
  • Hong Kong Before the War [UK / 1930–40]
  • Indonesia Raya [JAPAN / 1945]
  • Jaesjo [JAPAN / 1943]
  • Japanese Crown Prince Hirohito Visits to Taiwan [JAPAN / 1923]
  • Japanese Policemen Go to the Village of Taiwanese Natives [TAIWAN, JAPAN / 1935]
  • Keijo (Kyeong Seong / Seoul) [Shimizu Hiroshi / JAPAN / 1940]
  • Khabar Dai Toa No.45 [JAPAN / 1943]
  • Leaving for the Front Lines, Mobilizing Spirit [TAIWAN, JAPAN / 1939]
  • The Life of Romusha (workers) [JAPAN / 1944]
  • Love of Their Neighbors [Okazaki Renji / JAPAN, KOREA / 1940s]
  • Momotaro—Divine Troops of the Ocean [Seo Mitsuyo / JAPAN / 1945]
  • Nampo Hodo Extra [JAPAN / 1944]
  • Nampo Hodo No.1 [JAPAN / 1944]
  • Nampo Hodo No.26 [JAPAN]
  • Nampo Hodo No.43 Extra [JAPAN / 1945]
  • Nampo no Tomo e (To Our Friends in the South) [JAPAN / 1941]
  • Never Forget the Past [Oh Hon-rok / DPRK / 1979]
  • Nippon Presents (aka. Nippon Calls) [AUSTRALIA / 1945]
  • Pleasure Trip [TAIWAN, JAPAN / 1943]
  • Political Participation of Indonesians [JAPAN / 1943]
  • Protect My Country [Ho Feiguang / CHINA / 1939]
  • Sayon’s Bell [Shimizu Hiroshi / JAPAN / 1943]
  • Scenes of Yan’an [HONG KONG / 1938]
  • Sketch of Taiwanese Natives [TAIWAN, JAPAN / 1939]
  • Spade of Light: Building a Greater East Asia [JAPAN / 1940]
  • The Story of Wu Pong [TAIWAN, JAPAN / 1932]
  • Surrender of the Japanese Army in Borneo [1945]
  • Surrender of the Japanese Army in Singapore [1945]
  • Taiwanese Natives in Taizhong Go to Japan [TAIWAN, JAPAN / 1936]
  • Tiger of Malaya [Koga Masato / JAPAN / 1943]
  • Tojo Hideki’s Visit to Djawa [JAPAN / 1943]
  • Tonari Gumi [JAPAN / 1944]
  • Tonari Gumi, Tongan [JAPAN / 1944?]
  • Tunnel Warfare [Ren Xu-dong / CHINA / 1965]
  • Victory (Mei-hua) [Liu Jia-chang / TAIWAN / 1975]
  • Victory of Freedom [Choi Ingyu / KOREA / 1946]
  • Visiting a Shrine / Student Soldiers on Maneuvers [TAIWAN, JAPAN / 1939]
  • Winter Settlement [JAPAN / 1940]
  • Women Walk Together [Chen Liting / CHINA / 1949]
  • Young Pioneers—Volunteer Pioneer Youth Army of Mongolia and Manchuria [JAPAN / 1940]
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YIDFF Network Special Screenings
  • After School [Kobayashi Shigeru / JAPAN / 1997] *
  • The Legacy of Kikuchi Masao—Sachu’s Hometown Artist [Iizuka Toshio / JAPAN / 1996] *
  • Nadya’s Village [Motohashi Seiichi / JAPAN / 1997] *
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Japanese Classic Films
  • An Actor’s Revenge [Ichikawa Kon / 1963]
  • Bonchi [Ichikawa Kon / 1960]
  • Drunken Angel [Kurosawa Akira / 1948]
  • A Japanese Tragedy [Kinoshita keisuke / 1953]
  • The Light House [Kinoshita Keisuke / 1957]
  • The Lower Depths [Kurosawa Akira / 1957]