Trinity Japan member and prolific film director John Williams (Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo) will show two of his recent films in Tokyo, and we are planning Trinity Japan discussion dinners with John Williams in the New Year 2025 on John’s films.
『北鵜島』North Cormorant Island
“North Cormorant Island”, Director John Williams, will be shown on Saturday 30 November 2024 at 12:40, and on Monday 9 December 2024 at 14:20 at the Tokyo Documentary Film Festival 2024 at Tokyo Shinjuku K’s Cinema
Details and location:
https://tdff-neoneo.com/lineup/lineup-4990/
Trailer on Youtube
https://youtu.be/vm7UQ7CNgo8
旅 Tabi/Another Time
“Tabi/Another Time” (film in Japanese with English subtitles), Director John Williams, will be shown on Saturday 14 December 2024 at 18:00 (doors open at 17:30) in Library, Room 911, Sophia University, Tokyo. Film followed by Q&A with the puppets and a Live Tanuki.
A young woman travels to a remote village on Sado Island in Japan to photograph the local puppets, but when she arrives there, she learns that the puppets do not perform anymore and the village is abandoned and haunted by ghosts, one of which may be herself in a previous tragic life.
The film is shot entirely in the village of Kitaushima on Sado Island.
Details (English)
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/article/event/20241214_icc_en/
and
https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/a-special-preview-screening-of-%E6%97%85-tabi-another-time
Details (Japanese)
https://www.sophia.ac.jp/jpn/article/event/20241214icc_jp/
and
https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/a-special-preview-screening-of-%E6%97%85-tabi-another-time