”JOMON”
A film by Fumie Nishikawa
Japan
2022
19min.
Brief Synopsis:
Chihiro, an 11-year-old girl finds a palm-sized ancient female statue in a rice paddy. The statue transforms into a woman and begins to dance, expressing the way of life of ancient women. Chihiro finds a signpost for life in this figure.
Director's statement:
“JOMON” was produced as one of the short films in a feature-length omnibus film on the theme of women's lives.
Jomon" is the name of a certain period category in Japanese history. It is beginning to be said that the way prehistoric women were depicted in paintings and papers in archaeology until the early 20th century may have been too much influenced by patriarchal ideas from the Middle Ages onward....
Bones that were thought to be male human remains found in dangerous hunting grounds were in fact female, bones of powerful men who were carefully buried were actually found to be female, and so on....
Recent scientific advances show that we may have limited the roles of men and women in human history too much. And it is time for us to rethink the gender and roles of men and women in contemporary Japanese society. Rather, I believe that there is no other way for the human species to survive than to continue the journey of finding a middle ground, where men and women overlap and exist as one life, without any distinction between the sexes. Prehistoric women would have lived with as many possibilities as are presented to women today. The dance of the "Jomon Goddess" in the film represents the possibilities of all girls living today.
Director: Fumie Nishikawa
Born in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from London college of printing, University of the Arts London in 2002, and her graduation film "While you sleep," which she wrote and shot, screened at the 59th Venice International Film Festival.
She released her first feature-length film “Azemichi road”in 2009. The film won the 2nd Prize in the Live Action Feature Film category at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. The film also selected and awarded at more than a dozen film festivals in various countries, including North America, Japan, Canada, Korea, and Indonesia.
Music: Kyo Icihnose
Born in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a B.A. in Music Composition and M.A. in Music Research from the same university.
Starting with his first solo album "The Machineries of Joy" (2002), he has produced and released a total of four solo albums.
His 2nd Album "Lontano" was selected as one of the best albums of the year by the UK music magazine "WIRE".
He has also composed numerous film scores. "Whale, Imagination" in which he participated in composition and piano, won the Bronze Prize at the 2002 Cannes International CM Festival.
Credit:
【Ancient Goddess】 Minako Suzuki
【Girl】Kazuki
【Goddess Voice】 Blake Crawford
【Music】 Kyo Ichinose
【Goddess figurine ceramicist】 Yuri Deguchi (Ceramic artist)
【Costume】 Kumiko Tamaru
【Director of Photography】 Yoichi Ishikawa
【MA/Sound Effects】 Tsukune/Fumihito Hirama
【Double Bass player】Hiroki Chiba
【Voiceover Engineer】 Studio Shamanika/Shigeharu Yokoya
【Camera Assistant】 Arnaud Sarniguet
【Casting】 Office YOSHIDA
【Title Design】 Noriko Suzuki
【Mother Consultant】 Linda Crawford
【Location cooperation】
Tokyo Metropolitan Archaeological Center
Okuda pottery
Masayuki Kumade
Keiichiro Hasegawa
NPO Toke NGO Breath Sovereignty Movement
Uwaoka primary school
Paola studio
Tadashi Ishikawa
Reiko Ishikawa
【Director】 Fumie Nishikawa
【Producer】Yoichi Ishikawa
【Production】 Vostok
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