May 21, Thursday JIU Hall
10:00-11:45

“Expressions of Animation: Reconsidering the Dualistic Framework”

SANO Akiko, Chair  (St.Andrew's University)

IMAI Ryusuke  (Hanazono University)

GAN Sheuo Hui  (Kyoto University)

DOI Nobuaki  (The University of Tokyo)

〈Summary〉  　　　Animation has been considered as a peculiar genre in image expression and is  essentially different from other expressive styles. In general, animation has been  defined in contradistinctive frameworks, and dualisms such as animation/live-action,  abstract/representative, realistic/unrealistic, artistic/inartistic, for children/for adults,  full animation/limited animation, main culture/subculture, commercial/noncommercial  has practically been perceived as an axiom. Academic animation researches basically  have also followed such contradistinctive premise and dominated by the dualistic  framework.  　　　However, as we step into the full-scale digital age of the 21st century, the  borders between animation and other image expressions have been permanently  removed; we have begun to face many issues that cannot be understood with the  conventional dualistic framework. For example, it is even difficult to define animation  in a universally persuasive manner. In order to breakthrough such current situation, it  is imperative to develop a perspective that is different from the conventional one.  Therefore, destructing the dualistic framework is an urgent issue.  　　　The purpose of this panel is to question the conventional dualism and to  recommend an alternative framework for animation research. This panel consists of  four scholars (one Malaysian and three Japanese) specialized in animation. Each of the  four will illustrate a new perspective of animation research that is different from the  conventional one by analyzing and reconsidering diverse styles of works from past to  present, not limiting its subject of analysis to Anime in contemporary Japan.

May 21, Thursday JIU Hall
15:15-17:00

“Transversing Japanese Cinema: Between the Colonial and the Global”

INOUE Mayumo, Chair   (University of the Ryukyus)

IKEUCHI Yasuko  (Ritsumeikan University)

LEE U-me  (Kyoto University)

YOMOTA Inuhiko  (Meiji Gakuin University)

〈Summary〉  　　　This panel treats Japanese cinema not as a designator of the national but a site  of immanent transversal and constant translation enacted by filmmakers and audiences  who are invested in minor memories and clandestine narratives. While Yomota  Inuhiko will discuss both theory and practice of the auteur Oshima Nagisa, Yasuko  Ikeuchi's presentation will examine how a resident Korean artist Kum Soni recites  works by Oshima and others and offers her particular critique of the colonial. Mayumo  Inoue will explore the aesthetic and ethical significance of Suwa Nobuhiro's H Story, a  film that rather deliberately narrates its own failure to remake Resnais's Hiroshima Mon  Amour. Lastly, U-me Lee will discuss the recent reconfigurations of capital and the  bodies in Japan and East Asia which both limit and stimulate these critical filmmaking  practices.

May 22, Friday JIU Hall
10:00-11:45

“Jin-Roh:The Wolf Brigade” OKIURA Hiroyuki,Japan,1998,100 min

〈Summary〉  Uncompromising is the word for Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade.  The best Japanese animated film since Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke or  Hideaki Anno’s The End of Evangelion, Jin-Roh may be fairly counted as the last great   anime film of the 20th century.or perhaps the first great one of the 21st.  A remarkable collaboration between two generations of filmmakers, Jin-Roh marries a  hard-hearted script by Mamoru Oshii.  the internationally acclaimed maker of Ghost In The Shell.  with the verite direction of Hiroyuki Okiura, assistant to Oshii on Ghost.  with special permission by BANDAI Co., Ltd./Bandai Entertainment.

May 22, Friday JIU Hall
15:15-17:00

“HIROSHIMA 4D : Time, Space, Memory, Change”

Michel RENOV, Chair   (School of Cinematic Arts/Associate Dean, University of Southern California/Professor)

TANABE Masaaki  (Knack Images Production Center/President)

Steven LEEPER  (Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation/Chair)

HIROSE Michitaka   (The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Information Science and Technology/Professor)

Kristy KANG  (University of Southern California)

〈Summary〉  　　　Sixty-four years have passed since the first nuclear weapons were used to kill.  Those who experienced the tragedy and suffering are diminishing rapidly in number.  As time goes by, our memories are fading, some perhaps even starting to disappear.  Many hibakusha (victims of atomic radiation) are now in their eighties. As the  generational clock shifts, we cannot rely on them much longer to tell their stories  first-hand. The focus of this Special Panel will be to explore new approaches to telling  the story of our bitter heritage to next and future generations.  　　　A Special Event of the 2009 SCMSC, this unique panel is composed of filmmakers,  scholars and peace representatives from both the United States and Japan. Together,  they will discuss ways in which innovative media art and expression can be used tell the  tragedy and the bitter lessons learned from nuclear war, to future generations. Special  Panel “Hiroshima 4-D” will focus on the four dimensions of Time, Space, Memory and  Change.  ●Panel members:  　　Peace representative Mr. Steven LEEPER will discuss his unique experience, and  changes he is implementing as the first American to head Hiroshima’s memorial  foundation, the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation.  　　Documentary filmmaker and hibakusha Mr. Masaaki TANABE has done extensive  research on what existed in Hiroshima before its destruction. Based on testimonies of  survivors, he is attempting to re-construct digitally, the daily life of pre-bombing  Hiroshima. He will present a comprehensive overview of ten years of his research and  brick-by-brick digital re-construction of the city of Hiroshima.  　　Media arts scholar Ms. Kristy KANG’s presentation will be on innovative storytelling  through interactive applications.  　　VR specialist Dr. Michitaka HIROSE will focus on the potential of communication  technology combined with interface devices to create a powerful communication  environment capable of telling stories.  ●Moderator  Special Panel Moderator will be Dr. Michael Renov, Professor/Associate Dean of  Academic Affairs at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.  Dr. Renov’s teaching and research interests include documentary theory, autobiography  in film and video, video art and activism, and representations of the Holocaust.  ●A Special Screening of “Traces of A City” (High-definition video / 15 minutes / 2008),   will take place during the panel discussion.  In 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower pledged  America’s determination to  “devote its entire heart and mind to find the way  by which the miraculous inventiveness of man  shall not be dedicated to his death,  but consecrated to his life.”

May 22, Friday JIU Hall
17:30-19:30

“Benshi” Performance by SAWATO Midori Orizuru Osen-The Downfall of Osen(MIZOGUCHI Kenji, 1935) Preceded by Our Gang--Dog Days(Hal ROACH, 1925)

〈Summary〉  Sawato Midori is the foremost katsudô benshi artist in Japan, preserving and continually  developing the art of eiga setsumei, the narration of silent film. During the silent period,  katsudô benshi were employed to narrate both Japanese and foreign films—performing  such diverse functions as reading intertitles, giving voice to the characters, providing  introductions, commentary, and conclusions, and otherwise leading the viewer into the  world of the film. Indeed, some benshi became recognized stars in their own right,  drawing audiences to the theaters through their entertaining narration. Sawato Midori  studied under the late Matsuda Shunsui, a child benshi during the silent period who later  became one of the leading advocates for the preservation of silent film and appreciation  of the art of katsudô benshi. After Matsui’s death in 1987, Sawato stepped into the role  of headliner at the monthly film screening of the Friends of Silent Film Society (Musei  Eiga Kanshôkai), which draws upon the extensive film Matsuda Film Archive. She has  also toured extensively throughout Japan, as well as numerous venues in Europe, the  Americas, Asia, and Oceana. For this performance, Sawato will provide benshi for  Mizoguchi Kenji’s silent masterwork Orizuru Osen, staring Yamada Isuzu, the actress  who later appeared in Mizoguchi’s Sisters of Gion and Osaka Elegy. Set in the Meiji  Period (1868-1912), Orizuru Osen follows the sacrifices of Osen, who falls into  prostitution and eventual madness as she struggles to support Sôkichi, a young medical  student. Orizuru Osen will be preceded by a comedy short from Hal Roach’s “Our  Gang” series, demonstrating another facet of Sawato Midori’s benshi skills.

May 23, Saturday JIU Hall
10:00-11:45

Conversation with Experimental Filmmaker MATSUMOTO Toshio

KITANO Keisuke, Moderator  (Ritsumeikan University)

〈Summary〉  Inside and Outside of Director Matsumoto Toshio  Aspects of the image practices by director Matsumoto Toshio will be illuminated  through tracing his major works with reference to their artistic, intellectual, political  background.

May 23, Saturday JIU Hall
13:15-15:00

“New Directions in Contemporary Japanese Animation”

KURODA Yoshio, Co-Chair  (Director, Creator)

TAKEFUJI Kayo, Co-Chair  (JIU, Visual Artist)

OKIURA Hiroyuki  (Director, Animator)

ANDO Hiroaki  (Director, CG Creator)

KAWASAKI Hirotsugu  (Director, Animator)

〈Summary〉  　　In recent years within the globally leading Japanese animation industry the unique style of  Japanese anime has been established by the blending together of traditional cell animation methods  with intensified digital processes.  　　The productions of Ôtomo Katsuhiro and Oshii Mamoru have been turned out in great  numbers within an anime industry that has gone through rapid changes in the digitalization of  production processes. Welcoming these two figures at the forefront of the next generation of  animation creators as our panelists, we will explore the direction and possibility of expression in  their works.  ■ Theme One: “The Effects of Digitalization on Anime”  　　Over the course of a decade, the digitalization of the Japanese anime industry has rapidly  progressed. Shifting from the cell animations of the past to digital paint and digital shooting,  backgrounds and characters have been brought into three dimensions. We will examine the effects  that this digitalization has had upon Japanese anime from the perspective of these creators who were  active at the front lines during the period of transition from analog to digital processes.  ■ Theme Two: “Anime and Globalization”  　　Japanese anime now has a global market and has become one of the representative forms of  Japanese popular culture. In addition, the number of foreigners who come to Japan as tourists or  students increases every year with anime as their initial cause to form an interest in Japan. At the  same time, the present anime industry has become considerably dependent upon the outsourcing of  the production process centering on Asian countries like Korea and China. We will discuss the  relations between Japan and foreign countries in anime based upon the real situation at the site of  production.  ■ Theme Three: “The Future Direction of Japanese Anime and its Expressions.”  　　Japanese anime has taken a different course than the full three dimensional animation  represented by Disney even while adopting digital technologies. We will explore the direction of  each panelist’s future activities and how the unique features of Japanese anime, such as the use of  both 2D and 3D, and the relation between anima and manga, will develop in the future.

May 23, Saturday JIU Hall
15:15-17:00

Conversation with scholar Donald RICHIE

Markus NORNES, Moderator  (University of Michigan)

〈Summary〉  Donald Richie, author of many books on Japanese cinema, will discuss his lifework  with Abe Mark Nornes (University of Michigan).

May 24, Sunday JIU Hall
10:00-11:45

The state and perspectives of Japanese and Asian Films

MURAKAWA Hide, Moderator  (JIU)

SATO Tadao  (Film critic, Japan Academy of Moving Images/President)

KAKEO Yoshio  (Kinema Junpo Film Institute/Executive Director)

〈Summary〉  The current states of Japanese and Asian films will be analyzed, both with respect to the film works  and industries. Since various Asian films from Iran, China, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia,  Vietnam, Mongolia, the Philippines, and India have recently been introduced to the world, they have  started to receive closer attention. Mr. Tadao Sato, a leading Japanese film critic as well as a  pioneering researcher into Asian films, who has long introduced Asian films to the world as Director  of the Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival, will discuss the visual cultures of Japan  and Asia.  Mr. Yoshio Kakeo, the former Chief Editor of “Kinema Junpo” magazine and current Executive  Director of Kinema Junpo Film Institute, will present an overview of the film industry of Japan as an  authority in this area in Japan and Asia. His talk will shed light on the transition from the postwar  period to the present, as well as the characteristics, and future perspectives of Japan’s film industry.  Furthermore, he will discuss perspectives concerning how the film industries of Japan and Asia will  change Asian visual cultures in future.  Section Ⅰ　 10:00 - 10:40  　　　　　　 　“The state of Japanese and Asian films from the perspective of the film works”  　　　　　　 　Tadao Sato  Section Ⅱ　 10:40 - 11:10  　　　　　　 　“The state of Japanese and Asian films from the perspective of the film industries”  　　　　　　 　Yoshio Kakeo  Section Ⅲ　 11:10 - 11:45  　　　　　　 　Questions and Answers  　　　　　　 　Tadao Sato  　　　　　　 　Yoshio Kakeo  　　　　　　 　Moderator: Hide Murakawa

May 24, Sunday JIU Hall
12:00-13:45

Conversation with filmmakers AOYAMA Shinji and KUROSAWA Kiyoshi

Aaron GEROW, Moderator  (Yale University)

〈Summary〉  　　　World-renowned directors, Kurosawa Kiyoshi (Cure, Pulse, Tokyo Sonata) and Aoyama  Shinji (Eureka, Sad Vacation, Helpless), will discuss their own work, the state of Japanese cinema,  and their approach to film study and theory.

Additional Panel : May, 21, 13:15-15:00, JIU Room 507

“Women’s Representation, Women Filmmakers”

KAWANO Yuka (JIU)  Moderator.Presenters:

ISHIJIMA Ayumi (JIU)  “The Representation and Discursive Construction of Women and Family: A Comparative View of Japanese and Korean TV Dramas.”

HAYASHI Chiaki (JIU)  “Young Women’s Agency: Heterosexuality in Japanese Contemporary Cinema.”

MIYAZAKI Saeko (JIU)  “Contemporary Japanese Women’s Representation in the Post-Gender Era.”

SHIBASAKI Sayuri (JIU)  “Race in Contemporary American Films: The Politics of ‘Passing.’”