A preview screening of the film Another Time, produced by Professor John Williams of the European Institute (Department of English Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies)
A preview screening of the film Another Time, directed by Professor John Williams of the European Institute (Department of English Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies), will be held at Sophia University Yotsuya campus on December 14th from 18.00 in the Library. The film won the Best Fantasy Film Award at the Galactic Imaginarium Film Festival in Rumania earlier this year and has been selected for festival screenings in Spain, China, India and Mexico so far.
Another Time is based on the famous radio play Under Milk Wood, set in a small fishing village in Wales, and incorporates legends and folklore from Sado Island (Kitaushima in Niigata Prefecture.
John Williams, is originally from Wales, UK, and came to Japan in 1988. He has written and directed award-winning films such as Firefly Dreams(2001), Starfish Hotel(2006), Sado Tempest(2012), and The Trial(2019). His two most recent works were both filmed in Kitaushima Village, located on the northern tip of Sado Island. One is a documentary titled, North Cormorant Island, the Squid and Pine which was filmed over the past 10 years. The other is Another Time, which portrays the culture and folklore of the village with puppet shows and live actors.
Professor Shin’ichi Murata (Department of Russian Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies), a Fellow of our Institute, gave a lecture on Noh in Verona and Milan, Italy last month. And it was published in the magazine PANTHEON.
