Nippon 8 miri Eiga Kyōkai [8mm Film Association]

Year Founded:

1934

Superceded By:

Nippon 8 miri Eiga Renmei [8mm Film League]

Location:

Tokyo, Japan

Film Formats:

8mm

Publication/Newsletter:

8 miri eiga [8mm film]

Associated Filmmakers/People:

Tatsuichi Okamoto

Kichinosuke Takeuchi

Resources:

"Together with Asanuma Shōkai, Kodak Japan Limited established the Nippon 8 miri Eiga Kyōkai (8mm Film Association) in June 1934. The board members consisted of Kitahara Tetsuo (president of a publishing firm, ARS), Gosho Heinosuke (studio film director), Suzuki Shigeyoshi (studio film director), and Mizuhira Jō (watercolor painter), as well as amateur filmmakers Yoshikawa Hayao, Okamoto Tatsuichi, Takeuchi Kichinosuke, Kawakita Sōtarō, and Kaneko Yasuo. According to the October 1936 issue of the association’s monthly publication, 8 miri eiga (8mm film), the Nippon 8 miri Eiga Kyōkai had branches in Tokyo, Yamagata, Osaka, Kōchi, and Taipei, and the Tokyo branch alone had about 200 members." - Noriko Morisue, "Filming the Everyday: History, Theory, and Aesthetics of Amateur Cinema in Interwar and Wartime Japan" (Yale University: PhD Dissertation, 2020): 43-44.

Associated Films:

Otsukai [Errand]