Online Screening of New Documentary 1923 Kanto Massacre (2024)
Scholars, teachers, and students of East Asia are invited to the following rare online film event on Thursday, November 14, 2024 (free registration for the first 300 participants).
1923 Kanto Massacre (documentary, Korea/Japan/US, 2024, 116 min)
Directed by KIM Tae-yeong & CHOI Gyu-seog with Creative Producer Jinhee Lee
Thurs Nov 14, 2024
8:00 AM (EST)/ 2:00 PM (Germany, France)/ 9:00 PM (Singapore, China)/ 10:00 PM (Japan, Korea)
ONLINE via Zoom with:
Discussant: Prof. Reinhard Zöllner, the University of Bonn, Germany
Moderator: Prof. Sayaka Chatani, National University of Singapore
Speaker and Creative Producer: Prof. Jinhee Lee, Eastern Illinois University
The Modern Japan History Association invites scholars, teachers, and students of Japan and East Asia to the online premiere of a new documentary film, 1923 Kanto Massacre. The Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923 marked a moment of unprecedented material destruction and cultural rupture in modern Japan. The disaster soon became subject to varying interpretation and political manipulation. The tremors and subsequent fire produced not only physical chaos but also the rumors and violence against Koreans in the Tokyo-Yokohama area. Produced in commemoration of the massacre’s centenary, this film reconstructs the course of the post-quake mayhem against the colonized minorities revealing what was fearful and why at the heart of the Japanese Empire. Equally important, the film traces the ways in which the story of the genocidal violence has been concealed over a century, haunting those whose lives were never the same after encountering the forbidden truth. The film is in Korean, Japanese, and English with English subtitles.
Registration (required)
https://eiu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErfu2vqDgpGdLVyZaLX3a2AfVBG4YDMppI#/registration
For further information about the film, or interested in scheduling a screening in your area, email 1923kantomassacre[at]proton.me (Premiere in the U.S., France, and Germany scheduled in November, 2024; Theatre release in Japan in March, 2025)