[trailer] Now is the Past - My Father, Java & the Phantom Films

・The movie: “Now is the Past – My Father, Java & the Phantom Films”
(2021/color/88minutes/JAPAN)
・Documentary
・Cast : Chonosuke Ise, Shin-ichi Ise,
Kayo Ise, Kadirman,
Roshihan Anwar,
People in Jakarta
・Film Director : Shin-ichi Ise

Now is the Past
The Past is Now…
いまはむかし、むかしはいま

The truth of the “war”
that I arrived at on a journey
to think of my late father …
亡き父を想う旅で辿り着いた“戦争”の真実…

“ I want to listen to the voices
that were never spoken. ”
語られなかった声に、耳を澄ませてみたい。

During WWII, Japan occupied many regions in Asia, claiming release from European colonialism. Chounosuke Ise, a Japanese film editor, created a variety of propaganda movies in Indonesia to rationalise Japan’s hegemony in Asia. The film ‘Now is the Past’ examines the journey of his son, Shin-ichi Ise, a Japanese documentary filmmaker, who started research 30 years ago while following his father’s path. Meanwhile, the senior Ise’s propaganda films, almost 130 of them, turned out to be preserved at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. The son has tried to see the truth of war in Indonesia by looking for the father’s work.

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■Shin-ichi Ise （Japanese Documentary Film Director）
I’ve dedicated my life to making human documentary films.
To me, the silver screen is more like a mirror than a window.
I want the people of the world to see themselves through my documentary works.

[Profile]
Born in Tokyo in 1949, Ise has made a host of human documentary films such as ‘Nao-chan’, which was invited to show at Cinema du reel in 1996, ‘Entoko’ and ‘The Shape of the Wind’. His most recent work includes ‘Home Sweet Home – 35 years of Nao and the Nishimura Family’, which was invited to film festivals in Taiwan, Korea, Romania and the United States. The 2019 film ‘Songs of Entoko’ continues the tale of Shigeru Endo, a bed-ridden Japanese ‘tanka’ poet. ‘Songs of Entoko’ is a sequel 20 years in the making as its predecessor ‘Entoko’ was released in 1999.

■ISE FILM Inc.
E-mail. ise-film@rio.odn.ne.jp
Official site. http://www.isefilm.com
1-9-4-406, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo JAPAN 150-0002