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Last summer I was able to visit the only analog film shop in Asia: Retro 8 in Tokyo, Japan. I did an interview with the owner, Tak Kohyama, about his business and Super 8 prints in Japan. This interview is in German (believe it or not), but I wrote English subtitles, so it is watchable for English speakers:
Great interview, as always, Joachim! Its clear that you and Tak both enjoyed doing this one, and he is obviously very fluent in German. Very interesting that in Japan Super 8 optical sound was far more dominant than magnetic.
What a wonderful interview! Hearing about the parents' and chidren's groups pooling their resources to buy Super 8 films to show was fascinating. I have a few optical sound films from Japan and the packaging is excellent. I also loved Tak's tale of Super 8mm making him popular at school. Thank you for this!
Ich habe dein interesante Video ohne Untertitel angesehen, und ich habe...meistens verstanden!
("I watched your interesting video without subtitles and I...mostly understood!")
(Gimme a break! -I'm only at level B1!)
What's nice about something like a hobby is it can allow people even from different parts of the world common ground and an instant conversation starter: this one is an excellent example!
I have one Japanese print: a railway film. It was a gift from a friend, so I appreciate it for that and call it an "honorary silent" since I can't play 8mm optical sound! (...or understand its Japanese narration!)
Great interview, as always, Joachim! Its clear that you and Tak both enjoyed doing this one, and he is obviously very fluent in German. Very interesting that in Japan Super 8 optical sound was far more dominant than magnetic.
Thank you! Tak works also as coordinator for German television in Japan and vice versa.
What a wonderful interview! Hearing about the parents' and chidren's groups pooling their resources to buy Super 8 films to show was fascinating. I have a few optical sound films from Japan and the packaging is excellent. I also loved Tak's tale of Super 8mm making him popular at school. Thank you for this!
Thank you, Douglas. It was also very interesting for me.
Ich habe dein interesante Video ohne Untertitel angesehen, und ich habe...meistens verstanden!
("I watched your interesting video without subtitles and I...mostly understood!")
Very well, Steve, you can watch more of my videos for practicing, hahaha. I love getting in contact with people from other countries/cultures. We really had some very nice contacts to Japanese people, they are very nice.
What a Delightful and thoroughly enjoyable interview! Nice to know with the amount of projectors being repaired, the hobby is doing well there. I was surprised that no mention was made of Single 8. Reportedly FUJI made a optical sound camera in the format that was only sold in Japan. Did you both go and have a Japanese Dinner afterward with Saké? 🙂
As a fond lover of optical sound super 8, I'd love to know all the optical sound super 8 he has. I own a 400ft digest of "Magical Mystery Tour", unfaded on Fuji, English optical sound with just a few japanese subtitles. It's held up far better than the U.S. prints.
What a Delightful and thoroughly enjoyable interview! Nice to know with the amount of projectors being repaired, the hobby is doing well there. I was surprised that no mention was made of Single 8. Reportedly FUJI made a optical sound camera in the format that was only sold in Japan. Did you both go and have a Japanese Dinner afterward with Saké? 🙂
Thank you! I didn’t made Single 8 a topic since it is relevant only for filming. And off2 is only about home cinema. A bilingual book about Single 8 is to be published soon by click & surr in Berlin. You could order it.
no, we had no dinner together, but I had a lot of good food (and Sake) during my 3 ½ weeks trip in Japan.
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