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DESCRIPTION:https://www.japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/films/okinawa-cin
 ematic-reflections\n\nMarking 50 years since Okinawa's reversion from Amer
 ican sovereignty back to Japan\, Visions of Okinawa documents the dynamic 
 historical\, political and cultural spaces of Okinawa around this pivotal 
 point in history through in-person screenings and streamed films exploring
  the legacies of the Occupation\, WWII and imperialism. Primarily focusing
  on films made around the time of or dealing with the 1972 reversion\, Vis
 ions of Okinawa addresses issues of identity\, race and borders by present
 ing diverse and complicated reflections on the prefecture from mainland fi
 lmmakers\, native Okinawans and documentarians.\n\nIN-PERSON SCREENINGS:\n
 \nTickets: $15 / $10 members\n\nONLINE SCREENINGS:\n\nRentals: $10\n\nVirt
 ual 3-Film Pass: $24 for all online films\n\n(on sale starting May 14)\n\n
 Members: 20% off via promo code\n\n=====\n\nIn-Theater Screenings\n\nAll i
 n-person screenings will take place in Japan Society's auditorium\, locate
 d at 333 E. 47th Street in New York\, NY. Please note: Visitor safety is o
 ur top priority. All attendees will be required to show proof of vaccinati
 on and wear a proper mask at all times while inside our building. Please b
 e sure to review the Japan Society safety and health policies here.\n\nFri
 day\, May 13 at 7 pm\n\nParadise View\n\n1985. 117 min. Directed by Go Tak
 amine.\n\nN.A. Premiere of New 2021 Edit. Okinawan director Go Takamine's 
 pioneering debut takes place shortly before the reversion\, tacitly addres
 sing the islands' history of occupation through the story of a wedding bet
 ween a local girl and a Japanese teacher.\n\nScreening followed by recepti
 on.\n\nDRAMA\n\nSaturday\, May 14 at 4:30 pm\n\nLevel Five\n\n1996. 106 mi
 n. Directed by Chris Marker.\n\nA lo-fi PC game becomes the impetus for a 
 mnemonic exploration of the past when a computer programmer is tasked with
  recreating the Battle of Okinawa.\n\nDOCUMENTARY\n\nSaturday\, May 14 at 
 7 pm\n\nDear Summer Sister\n\n1972. 95 min. Directed by Nagisa Oshima.\n\n
 Archival 35mm Presentation. Teenage Sunaoko travels to Okinawa in the hope
  of visiting her stepbrother\, setting the stage for Oshima's disruptive p
 olitics to reveal the entanglements and contradictions of the island's his
 tory with Japan.\n\nDRAMA\n\nFriday\, May 20 at 7 pm\n\nTerror of Yakuza\n
 \n1976. 96 min. Directed by Sadao Nakajima.\n\nA ripped-from-the-headlines
  Toei production\, shot and filmed in Okinawa\, Terror of Yakuza took insp
 iration from the then ongoing yakuza conflicts in Okinawa and was banned f
 rom screening in the prefecture.\n\nACTION\, DRAMA\n\nSaturday\, May 21 at
  7 pm\n\nUntamagiru\n\n1989. 120 min. Directed by Go Takamine.\n\nImported
  35mm Print! Go Takamine's celebrated adaptation of the famous Uchinaa Shi
 bai play follows Okinawan folk hero Untamagiru as he seeks to create an in
 dependent Okinawa on the eve of the reversion.\n\nDRAMA\n\n=====\n\nOnline
  Screenings\n\nFilms listed below stream online May 14-June 3 at film.japa
 nsociety.org.\n\nParadise View\n\n1985. 117 min. Directed by Go Takamine.\
 n\nNew 2021 Edit. Okinawan director Go Takamine's pioneering debut takes p
 lace shortly before the reversion\, tacitly addressing the islands聰� h
 istory of occupation through the story of a wedding between a local girl a
 nd a Japanese teacher.\n\nDRAMA\n\nMotoshinkakarannu\n\n1971. 87 min. Dire
 cted by the NDU.\n\nShot over a period of 15 months from April 1969 to Jul
 y 1970\, Motoshinkakarannu captures a tumultuous time in Okinawa's occupat
 ion\, offering an unflinching snapshot of Okinawan society that captures t
 he daily lives of sex workers\, yakuza\, tourists and G.I.s in Koza City.\
 n\nDOCUMENTARY\n\nAsia is One\n\n1973. 96 min. Directed by the NDU.\n\nTra
 cing the lives of former Okinawan coal miners\, Asia is One confronts the 
 legacy of imperialism alongside the concept of border and identity on the 
 vast stretches of Okinawan islands that lead down to Taiwan.\n\nDOCUMENTAR
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SUMMARY:Globus Film Series - Visions of Okinawa: Cinematic Reflections
URL:/en/events/2022/05/13/globus-film-series-visions-of-okinawa-cinematic/
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