Naha City
Kaiensha's Small Film Festival 2022/6
Special Screening of Director Takeya Nomura “Itoman no Onna” and “Izaiho” Special Screening “Film Director Takeya Nomura”
- Movies
- Real-life event
Schedule
2022.06.19（日）
Open：12:30 Start：13:30
Venue
Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum Auditorium 〒900-0006 3-1-1 Omoromachi, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
Charge
Admission fee 1500 Yen (Reservations are accepted from 1 month in advance)
Contents
Screened films
“Woman in Itoman” (1968/color/27 min.)
“Izaiho” (1967/monochrome/49 min.)
Special screenings
“Film Director Takeya Nomura” (2020/12 min.)
“Woman in Itoman” (1968/color/27 min.)
This work was produced in 1968, but once it was broadcast on TV, it was asleep for a long time. It was originally a film, but over a few decades, the original version was damaged, and now only this damaged image remains.
At that time, together with the production staff, I was looking for a simple lifestyle, such as a man catching fish and a woman selling it. This is because such basic forms have hardly been seen in a complex modern society. There were lost prayers and love in such an old society. In a sense, this work depicts our thoughts on Itoman, so there may be expressions such as narration that are incompatible with reality. I saw such a form in which the lives of a man and a woman who interacted with the sea converge into the house of death called the tomb. As a documentary, dogmatism and prejudice may precede it, but the video clearly shows the appearance of Itoman in 1968. (Takeya Nomura)
“Izaiho” (1967/monochrome/49 min.)
Kudaka Island in Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture, has been known as the island of gods since ancient times, and thirty Shinto rituals a year have been incorporated into the lives of the island, and are still solemnly handed down by the Shimanchu (Local Okinawan). The biggest Shinto ritual on Kudaka Island is “Izaiho,” which is held once every 12 years in the year of the horse.
“Izaiho” is a Shinto ritual in which a woman born on an island aged 30 to 41 becomes a god, and is held over a period of about a month, centering on the four-day main festival. The women of the island have formed a divine organization centered on noro to protect the men of the island and the lives of the island.
This is a documentary work of “Izaiho” in 1966.
“Izaiho” was performed once after that, and 1978 was the last time it disappeared. In many cases where many festivals and Shinto rituals became obsolete and transformed into tourism resources with the waves of the times, “Izaiho” did not lose the heart of the solemn Shinto ritual and disappeared alive.
“Izaiho” also had a dramatic structure, content that should be called the origin of songs and dances, and was a rare Shinto ritual with high academic value. Right now, there is no choice but to let people feel a part of its appeal with this recorded video. (Takeya Nomura)