Japanese Documentary Filmmaker Haneda Sumiko: Authorship and Gender Discourses
This project proposes a rediscovery of probably the most important female documentary maker from Japan, Haneda Sumiko (1926-), who was a pioneer female documentarist and one of the most prolific in post-war Japan. Haneda was one of the few women working in the influential Iwanami Productions where she participated in the creation of many short and long non-fiction works from the early years of the company between 1950s and 1980s and as an independent filmmaker until 2012.
The project is the result of a collaboration of scholars working on Japanese Cinema from several angles -Gender Studies, Documentary Film, Film Theory and Authorship- who are joining efforts to cast light on this still under-researched female director.
Programme:
Thursday 30th September (All times BST)
Online Symposium
| 09:00 – 09:10 |
Welcome. Fabio Gyi (SOAS JRC Chair). Introduction. Marcos Centeno, Irene González-López, Alejandra Armendáriz-Hernández, Ricardo Matos. |
| 09:10 – 10:05 |
Professor Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano (Kyoto University). Making Meaning of Haneda’s ‘Japanese Women’: A Women’s College in the Village (Mura no fujin gakkyu, 1957) and The Cherry Tree with Gray Blossoms (Usuzumi no sakura, 1977). Moderator: Marcos Centeno |
| 10:05 – 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 – 10:35 |
Marcos Centeno (Birkbeck/UV Guest Lecturer Nanzan University) Haneda Sumiko’s Transnational Cinema: Japanese Settlers in Manchuria |
| 10:35 – 10:55 |
Hikari Hori (Toyo University) Documentary and the Intimate Sphere: Haneda Sumiko in the 1980s and the 1990s. |
| 10:55 – 11:15 |
Discussion Moderator: Forum Mithani (Cardiff) |
| 11:20 – 11:45 |
Screening the work of Haneda Sumiko. Notes on the circulation and distribution of Japanese documentary – Part I Working with Haneda Sumiko Pre-recorded conversation with Satō Tokue, filmmaker, Haneda Sumiko’s personal assistant, Manager of Kanatasha, Inc.. Interviewer: Irene González-López |
Afternoon Session
| 15:00 – 16:00 |
Live Screening: Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple (Hōryūji ken’nō hōmotsu, Haneda Sumiko, 1971, 20min) Introduction: Alejandra Armendáriz-Hernández (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) |
| 16:00 – 16:55 |
Anne McKnight (University of California, Riverside) Usuzumi and Eco-thinking Moderator: Teresa Castro (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3) |
| 16:55 – 17:05 | Break |
| 17:05 – 17:50 |
Screening the work of Haneda Sumiko. Notes on the circulation and distribution of Japanese documentary – Part II Roundtable Alexander Jacoby (Oxford Brookes University), Irene González-López (Birkbeck) Moderator: Ricardo Matos (Birkbeck) |
| 17:50 – 18:00 | Closing Remarks |
Friday 1st – Saturday 2nd October
Online film screening: The Japanese Settlers to Manchuria and Inner Mongolia of Mainland CHina (Aa Manmo Kaitaku-dan, Haneda Sumiko, 2008, 120 mins). BIMI. Free but prior registration to the symposium is essenetial in order to access the film.
Registration
This event is free and open to public. If you would like to attend the event please register. Please register via Zoom.
Image: Kanatasha and Haneda Sumiko
Contact Information
For enquiries about this event, please contact:
Japanese Studies & International Dialogue
LO_JapaneseStudies@jpf.go.jp
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Phone: +44 (0)20 7436 6695