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APR 12, 2015 SUN 19:40–20:40

[Cinema Program] Alexander Zahlten “Mirrorball on Asia”

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[Cinema Program] Talk 2: Tetsuaki Matsue & Alexander Zahlten

Tetsuaki Matsue, Alexander Zahlten

Parasophia will be presenting a series of film screenings at the Film Theatre of the Museum of Kyoto as the Cinema Program portion of Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015. One series of screenings is curated by participating artist and film scholar Alexander Zahlten, featuring Japanese films from the 1960s to the present with the theme of “East Asia in Japanese cinema,” and another series is selected by participating artist Emiko Kasahara in connection with the historical background on which her work for the exhibition is based, with films from Manchukuo among others. Further screenings of works by Parasophia’s participating artists and other related films are also scheduled, bringing the total to approximately 20 films in all.
[Cinema Program] Alexander Zahlten “Mirrorball on Asia” features eleven entertainment, documentary, and experimental Japanese films from the 1960s to the present with a special focus on “East Asia in Japanese cinema.”

For the second talk to be held in connection with this program, we invite Tetsuaki Matsue, the director of Annyeong Yumika, to take part in a talk with Zahlten related to Annyeong Yumika and Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong.

Tetsuaki Matsue (松江哲明)
Born 1977 in Tokyo. Filmmaker. The film he directed as his graduation thesis for the Japan Institute of the Moving Image, Annyong Kimchi (1999), won an award from the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs among others, and went on to direct Karē raisu no onnnatachi, Doutei. o Produce, Annyeong Yumika, and more. His film LIVE TAPE (2009) won the Best Picture Award in the Japanese Eyes program at the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). His next film, TOKYO DRIFTER (2011), was invited as part of the official program of the 24th TIFF, and Flashback Memories 3D (2012) won the Audience Award at the 25th TIFF. Matsue is among the most prominent documentary filmmakers in Japan today. His latest work is the television series “Takayuki Yamada in Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane,” which was on air starting in January 2015.

Alexander Zahlten
b. 1973 in Madison, WI, USA; based in Boston and Kyoto. Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 participating artist. Read more: Alexander Zahlten

Annyeong Yumika
Directed by Tetsuaki Matsue, 2009, 119 min., 35 mm, rated R15

At an event in memory of one of the most famous AV actresses of her time, Yumika Hayashi, filmmaker Tetsuaki Matsue comes across a scene from an unknown Korean sex film she starred in. Interested in the origins of this obscure tape and in the meaning of these images, he travels to Korea to find the original actors and production team and creates unexpected interactions. (Zahlten)

Title: [Cinema Program] Talk 2: Tetsuaki Matsue & Alexander Zahlten
Date: Sunday, April 12, 2015 7:40–8:40 PM
* Related screenings on the same day:
April 12 (Sun.) 3:00 PM - B-1. Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong (Directed by Yasuki Chiba, 1963, 102 min., 35 mm)
April 12 (Sun.) 5:30 PM - B-2. Annyeong Yumika (Directed by Tetsuaki Matsue, 2009, 119 min., 35 mm) * Rated R15 (restricted to ages 15 and above)
Venue: Film Theatre, The Museum of Kyoto
Speakers: Tetsuaki Matsue, Alexander Zahlten
Language: Japanese
Admission: Free for Parasophia ticket-holders.
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Reservations: Not required
Seats available: 174 seats