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20-25
December
2009 |
Christmas
Special Screening Event
Thank you for coming to our special
screenings in Shinjuku
3-chome mini theater!
We served free hot wines and coffees at the talk salon after the
screenings.
Japanese flyer of this event -
here
More from the media (all in Japanese only) -
Yahoo! Japan News , Ticket
Pia , Pia
Eigaseikatsu
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livedoor News
"Miracle on 34th Street" [1947] (《Noon Screening》only)
"It's A Wonderful Life" [1946] (《Evening Screening》only)
Date: 20 - 25, December 2009 (No reservations can be made on Monday 21
Dec 《Evening Screening》)
Time: 《Noon Screening》 from 11AM / 《Evening Screening》 from 7:30PM
Place:
TM Theater Shinjuku
Map (in Japanese)
Ticket: 1000 yen (tax included)
☆Special Free Servings☆
《Noon Screening》 free coffee!
《Evening Screening》 free hot wine on Tuesday 22 Dec!
Digital Meme
TEL：03-5467-4729 (weekdays 10AM-6PM)
e-mail:
info@digital-meme.com
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30 October
2009 (Fri) |
Screening Event: "Kastuben in
Gakushikaiza Finale"
The event series "Katsuben in Gakushikaiza"
October 30th was the series' finale. We want to thank everyone for
their fantastic support.
-Halloween with silent films-
"The Phantom of the Opera"
(1925) "Dokuro (Skull)"
(1927)
* The narration of the film done in Japanese.
[Date]
Friday 30 October, 2009
[Time] Open 6:00 PM / Start 6:30PM
[Ticket] ♪ Ticket price includes a free glass of wine ♪
Advance: 2500 yen Door: 3000 yen
Student Advance: 2000 yen Student Door: 2500 yen
[Place] Gakushi
Kaikan *Map available in
Japanese only
(Chiyoda-ku,
Kanda, Nishiki-cho 3-28)
For more information:
[TEL]
03-5467-4729 (weekday 10:00 - 6:00PM)
[email] info@digital-meme.com
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| 12 June
2009 (Fri) |
Screening
Event: The 33rd
“Kastuben in Gakushikaiza”
What is “Katsuben
in Gakushikaiza?”
“Katsuben in
Gakushikaiza” is a screening event series
held at the registered tangible cultural property Gakushi
Kaikan, which was built in 1928.
Please come and enjoy a “a night of
classic film” and red wine at the retro yet modern
Gakushi Kaikan. The night’s host, world- renowned narrator Midori
Sawato will take you into the wonderful world of silent film.
A Special Program Featuring the Films
of Director Maurice Tourneur
“The Last of the Mohicans”
(1920) “Trilby” (1915)
* The narration of the film will be done in Japanese.
[Benshi] Midori Sawato
[Time] Open 6:00 PM / Start
6:30PM
[Ticket] ♪ Ticket price include free glass of wine ♪
Advance 2500 yen Door 3000 yen
Student Advance* 2000 yen Student Door 2500 yen
*Students must show Student ID at the ticket desk.
[Place] Gakushi
Kaikan *Map available in
Japanese only
(Chiyoda-ku, Kanda, Nishiki-cho 3-28) |
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| 9
Februrary 2009 (Mon) |
Event Review:
“An Overview of
Japanese Silent Film...<Part
II>”
Thank you all for coming!
The second screening event hosted by Digital Meme and the NPO Heart
Connections was a success thanks to everyone who came out. We were
grateful for such a large audience on a
weeknight.
Our
benshi performer for the night was wonderful Mr. Raiko Sakamoto. His
excellent performance, along with the English, Chinese, or Korean
subtitles accompanying each film, allowed the foreign residents
gathered for the event to fully enjoy the silent films shown.
We hope to do more of these events in the future and continue to share
the amazing experience that is a silent film screening with as many
people as possible.
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| 28
January 2009 (Wed) |
“An
Overview of Japanese Silent Film Spanning
the Range from Manga to Chambara Swordfighting <Part II>”
This
screening will be jointly sponsored by Digital Meme and the NPO Heart
Connections. Heart Connections is a non-profit organization dedicated
to
supporting Asian exchange students in Japan through its main theme of
“Studying together, fostering dreams together.” Digital Meme wishes to
introduce the Japanese artistic and historical assets it possesses in
its collection of Japanese silent films and anime to exchange students,
and fully supports the work of Heart Connections. The two organizations
previously held a film screening in September 2008 to great attendance
and acclaim. All films shown will feature foreign language subtitles.
Films
to be shown:
"Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi" (Jirokichi the Rat) 1931
"Komori"
(The Bat) 1930
"Sanko to Tako: Hyakuman-ryo Chinsodo"
(Sanko and the Octopus: A Fight Over a Fortune)
1933
"Hinomaru Taro: Musha Shugyo no Maki" (Taro's Early Training Days) 1936
| Katsudo
Benshi: |
Raiko
Sakamoto |
| Date
and Time: |
January 28, 2009 (Wednesday) 19:00-21:00 (Doors
open at 18:30) |
| Location:
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Akasaka Civic
Hall, 10 minutes on foot from Akasaka Mitsuke Station (Akasaka Civic Center 3rd Floor,
Akasaka 4-18-13, Minato City) |
| Price:
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1,000 Yen |
| Questions: |
Please
contact Digital Meme at 03-5467-4729
(Hours: 10:00 to 18:00 on weekdays) |
For
more information please see the event flyer here
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| 27
September 2008 (Sat) |
Event: “An Overview of
Japanese Silent Film...”,
Thanks to everyone, the night
was a success!
The event hosted by Digital Meme and NPO Heart Connections drew a large
audience.
This screening came out of an idea by Heart Connections, which
supports Asian exchange students, that wanted foreign people in Japan
to experience seeing old Japanese silent films with live benshi
narration.
We screened movies with English, Chinese, and Korean subtitles and had
Raiko Sakamoto as our benshi performer for the night.
It was delightful to see so many foreign residents among the audience.
We would like to do more of these screenings in the near future and we
welcome you to join us next time.
Photos of the event
Coverage
of the event in the media
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| 27
September 2008 (Sat) |
Event name: “An Overview of
Japanese Silent Film Spanning the Range from Manga to Chambara
Swordfighting.”
Kuro Nyago: The Black Cat (1929)
Producer, Director, Drawings: Noburo Ofuji
Issun-boshi: Chibisuke Monogatari (1929)
Featuring live benshi performance by Raiko Sakamoto
Norakuro Gocho: Corporal Norakuro (1934)
Director and drawings: Yasuji Murata
Featuring live benshi performance by Raiko Sakamoto
Yaji Kita: Yasu Does Rescue (1927)
Director: Tomiyasu Ikeda
Starring: Denjiro Okochi
Featuring live benshi performance by Raiko Sakamoto
Ono ga Tsumi Sakubei: Your Sin Sakubei’s
Story (1930)
Director: Sasaki Keisuke
Starring: Masao Inoue
Featuring recorded benshi performance by Shunsui Matsuda
Koina no Ginpei Yuki no Wataridori: Koi no
Gimpei Migratory Snowbird (1931)
Director: Tomikazu Miyata
Starring: Tsumasaburo Bando
Featuring live benshi performance by Raiko Sakamoto
Place: Akasaka Civic Center
(along Route 246, between Akasaka-Mitsuke Station and Aoyama 1-chome
Station)
Tickets: 1000 yen
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| 26 May
2008 (Mon) |
Event name: Friends of Silent
Film Association 598th Screening "Period films
starring Bando Tsumasaburo, Arashi Kanjuro, and Kataoka Chiezo!"
Otokodate Bayari (1931)
Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Chiezo Kataoka, Joji Kaieda, Junko Kinugasa
Ranto no Chimata (1926)
Directed by: Norikuni Yasuda
Starring: Tsumasaburo Bando, Shizuko Mori, Kichimatsu Nakamura
The Best of Kanjuro Arashi (1983)
Edited by Matsuda Film Productions
*Katsuben Talkie version by Shunsui Matsuda*
Benshi: Midori Sawato (Otokodate Bayari),
Ichiro Kataoka (Ranto no Chimata)
Place: Monnaka Tenjo Hall
http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/%7Emonten/
(A three-minute walk from Monzennakacho Station (Exit 3) on the Tozai
Subway Line, or a one-minute walk from Monzennakacho Station (Exit 6)
on the Oedo Subway Line.)
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| 1 June 2008 |
Event name: Silent film
screening with Katuben for children and parents - We watch movies with
Katuben! Part 3
Dotabata Satsueijo
Details are unknown, a slapstick comedy
Le Voyage Dans La Lune
(From the Earth to the Moon)
1902
Directed and Starring: Georges Melies
Sherlock Jr.
1924, U.S.A.
Directed an Starring: Buster Keaton
Co-starring: Kathryn McGuire
Benshi: Midori Sawato
Place:
Star Hall, Mitaka City Arts Center
(take a fifteen-minute walk from the JR Mitaka Station, or catch a bus
from Terminal 5 or 6 at the South Exit to Hachiman-mae Geijutsu Bunka
Center stop, or from Terminal 7 to Hachiman-mae stop and one minute
walk.)
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| 19 June
2008 |
Event name: KATSUBEN in
Gakushikaiza
The Mark of Zorro
1920, US
Directed by: Fred Niblo
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Noah Beery
Benshi: Sawato Midori
Music: Yanashita Mie (piano)
* Sawato Midori will give a talk about cinema.
Place: Room 320 (3F) of Gakushikaikan
(A thirty-second walk from Exit A9 of Jinbocho Subway Station.)
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| 26 June
2008 |
Event name: 599th
Friends of Silent Film Association Screening "Masterpieces of the world
motion picture history - US films-"
Sunrise (1927, US)
Directed by: F.W. Murnau
Starring: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor
Cruel, Cruel love (1914,
US)
Directed by: George Nichols
Starring: Charles Chaplin
The Pawnshop (1916, US)
Directed and starring: Charles Chaplin
Benshi: Sawato Midori (Sunrise), Sakurai
Mami (Cruel, Cruel love and The Pawnshop)
Place: Monnaka Tenjo Hall
Tel: 03-3641-8275
http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~monten/
(A three-minute walk from Monzennakacho Station (Exit 3) on the Tozai
Subway Line, or a one-minute walk from Monzennakacho Station (Exit 6)
on the Oedo Subway Line.)
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| Jan 18
2008 |
Event name: Katsuben in
Gakushikaiza
Featured Films:
Camille
1921, U. S. A.
Directed by: Ray C Smallwood
Starring: Rudolph Valentino, Alla Nazimova
Benshi: Midori Sawato
Music: Takashi Niigaki (Piano), Makiko Suzuki (Flute)
* Midori Sawato will give a talk about cinema.
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| Jan 17
2008 |
Event name: 1st
Koto Cinema Festival
Featured Film:
Takekurabe:
1955, Talkie film:
Original Story: Ichiyo Higuchi:
Directed by: Heinosuke Gosho:
Starring: Hibari Misora
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| Jan 17
2008 |
Event name: 1st
Koto Cinema Festival
Featured Film:
Taki no Shiraito
1933
Original story: Kyoka Izumi
Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi
Starring: Takako Irie, Tokihiko Okada
*Screening Katsuben Talkie Film by Shinsui Matsuda
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| Jan 13
2008 |
Event name: 1st
Koto Cinema Festival
Featured Film:
Dekigokoro
1933
Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Takeshi Sakamoto, Den Obinata, Nobuko Fushimi
Benshi: Midori Sawato
Live Music: Colored Monotone
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| Jan 11
2008 |
Event name: YAMAGATA
International Documentary Film Festival encore screening: Yamagata
Beauty Series
Featured Films:
Ono ga Tsumi Sakubei
1930
Directed by: Tsunejiro Sasaki
Starring: Masao Inoue, Shizue Tatsuta
*Screening Katsuben Talkie Film by Shunsui Matsuda
Tokyo Koshinkyoku
1929
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Sarring: Shizue Natsukawa, Isamu Kosugi, Reiji Ichiki
*Screening Katsuben Talkie Film by Midori Sawato
Kyoei ha Jigoku
1925
Directed and Script: Shizue Tatsuta, Kiyoshi Hasegawa
*Silent screening (benshi narration not included)
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| Jan 11
2008 |
Event name: Enjoy Cinema with
Katsuben and Live Music
Featured Film:
Umaretewa Mitakeredo
1932
Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Tatsuo Saito, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Hideo Sugawara, Tokkan Kozo
Benshi: Midori Sawato
Live Music: Colored Monotone
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| 6 Jan
2008 |
Event name: Kinema
Collaboration Vol.7
Featured Film:
7th Heaven
1927, U.S. A.
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Starring: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Albert Gran
Benshi: Yuko Saito
Music composition and piano: Harumi Misawa
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| 5 Jan 2008
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Event name: New Year Cinema in
Machida
Featured Films:
The Cure
1917, U.S. A.
Directed and starring: Charles Chaplin
The Mask of Zorro
1920, U. S. A.
Directed by: Fred Niblo
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Noah Beery
Benshi: Yuko Saito
Music composition and piano: Harumi Misawa
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