SELF AND OTHERS - Eiga Dojo Workshop film (2009)
A very special event that took place immediately following the 2009 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Furuyashiki Village. They held a ‘dojo,’ a school where the veteran independent filmmakers from Japan taught the younger generation of independent filmmakers from China and Japan. They watched films, shot and hand-developed Super-8 films. Participants: Azuma Mieko, Cong Feng, Huang Weikai, Ji Dan, Kawabe Ryota, Mao Chenyu, Sato Leo, and others... The participants formed teams. Each received a camera, several rolls of film, and a CD with (mostly urban) sounds to use as a soundtrack. They were to plan and shoot a short film using in-camera editing. (total 4 short films).
Directors: Mieko Azuma, Leo Sato, Huang Weikai, Akiyama Tamako, Cong Feng, Fujioka Asako, Kawaguchi Hajime, Omori Hiroki, Ken Sato.
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Leo Sato as |
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Huang Weikai as |
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Hiroki Nakayama as |
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Miyake Nagaru as |
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Sun Yueling as |
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Akiyama Tamako as |
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Ji Dan as |
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Cong Feng as |
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Omori Hiroki as |
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Ken Sato as |
| Directing | Mieko Azuma | Director |
| Directing | Leo Sato | Director |
| Directing | Huang Weikai | Director |
| Directing | Akiyama Tamako | Director |
| Directing | Cong Feng | Director |
| Directing | Fujioka Asako | Director |
| Directing | Kawaguchi Hajime | Director |
| Directing | Omori Hiroki | Director |
| Directing | Ken Sato | Director |