Nippon Kogata Eiga Kyōkai [Nippon Small-Gauge Film Association]

Year Founded:

1940

Location:

Tokyo, Japan

Film Formats:

8mm, 9.5mm, 16mm

Publication/Newsletter:

Kogata eiga (Small-Gauge Film)

Associated Filmmakers/People:

Khoji Tsukamoto

Resources:

"In December 1940, the Nippon Kogata Eiga Kyōkai (Nippon Small-Gauge Film Association) was established as a part of wartime control, with individuals such as amateur filmmakers Tsukamoto Kōji and Yoshikawa Hayao serving as the board members, and Marquis Yamashina Yoshimaro being listed as honorary president. Unlike most film associations that came before it, which very often attracted the users of one specific film gauge, the Nippon Kogata Eiga Kyōkai targeted the users of all the small-gauge systems (8mm, 9.5mm, 16mm) in addition to the users of gentō (Japanese magic lantern). By the time this new association began publishing the Kogata eiga (Small-Gauge Film) magazine in December 1940, almost all other amateur cine magazines ceased publication, including Patē shine that discontinued in October 1940." - - Noriko Morisue, "Filming the Everyday: History, Theory, and Aesthetics of Amateur Cinema in Interwar and Wartime Japan" (Yale University: PhD Dissertation, 2020): 36.