Eija Niskanen

University of Helsinki | HY · East Asian Studies

YIDFF (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival) was born from the aftermath of 1960s and 1970s Japanese political documentary film movement when documentary filmmaker Shinsuke Ogawa settled in Yamagata Prefecture to make documentaries on local rural communities. In 1989 these led to the establishment of a bi-annual international documentar...

Japan is the second-largest movie market in the world, after the United States. For this and other reasons, there is interest from other countries in co-operating with Japanese filmmakers. This report covers the contemporary Japanese film production and distribution scene, detailing the special features and structure of the industry, as well as pro...