China-Japan Documentary Dojo

Overview

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).

1. Mieko Azuma

   Director

2. Leo Sato

   Director

3. Huang Weikai

   Director

4. Akiyama Tamako

   Director

5. Cong Feng

   Director

6. Fujioka Asako

   Director

7. Kawaguchi Hajime

   Director

8. Omori Hiroki

   Director

9. Ken Sato

   Director