OURTUBE # 23
Tokyo Underground /Power of Media
Film Screening
An Introduction and Talk by Jun Oenoki (Media artist, Artist in residency in Centre A)
Wednesday, June 30, 7pm-10pm | Centre A: 2 West Hastings | 604-683-8326
Admission: Free
Centre A is pleased to present two provocative Japanese films, "YAMA-ATTACK TO ATTACK" and "Shinjyuku Street TV" for the 23rd OURTUBE. Both films are Canadian premiere.
"YAMA-ATTACK TO ATTACK"(1985 / Color / 110 min / English Subtitles), is the most powerful film documenting the lives and struggles in Japan's day-workers' ghetto (Sanya)", directed by Mitsuo Sato who was assasinated by right wing Mafia soon after he had started filming in December 1984. Kyoichi Yamaoka turned over after his death, and completed the film a year later. However, Yamaoka was also shot to death in 1985. "Shinjyuku Street TV"( 1995/ DVD/ 20 minutes English subtitled) is documentation of a local TV program run from 1994 to 1998 at the Homeless Village located at the underground of Nishi- Shinjyuku station in Tokyo. The all actors and actress are the real people living in the village and volunteers. By using a parody drama style, the program had provided important information for their survival. These films are not only revealing the hidden underground life of day-workers and homeless in Tokyo, but also presenting the dynamic power of the film media reflecting the very reality of the society.
Jun Oenoki was born in Saga, Japan, and based in Tokyo. He is currently staying in Vancouver as an artist residency hosted by Centre A. Oenoki was graduated from Department of Human Relations,Wako University (Tokyo), and has been an associate Professor in Department of Communication studies of Tokyo Keizai University (Tokyo) since 2001. Oenoki became a member of free radio station "Radio Home Run" at Shimokitazawa, Tokyo since 1984 as well as a member of "FIU (Free International University)", "Art Against the Occupation". Recently, Oenoki organized a Skype & Streaming event with Yokohama at the occasion of World Tea Party in March 2010 at Centre A.
Official Web Site of the Films:
" YAMA-ATTACK TO ATTACK"
Production: "YAMA" Production and Exhibition Committee
http://homepage3.nifty.com/joeii (Japanese)
http://www.yidff.jp/97/cat091/97c098-3-e.html (English)
http://www.bordersphere.com/events/yama1.htm (English)
Shinjyuku Street TV by DROPOUT TV
Production; Daisuke Endo (VJU Video Journalists Union)
http://www.vju.ne.jp/dtv/ (Japanese)
