Expanding the Rental Service of 16mm Films! Wider Selection of Talkie Films Now Available!! Matsuda Film Productions is proud to announce that we have expanded our rental service of 16mm films in cooperation with our affiliate company, Digital Meme. As we will be managing the films of Nitto Film, a well-established film company specializing in 16mm films, we now have a wider selection of fascinating talkie films from the 1950s to the 1980s! We will rent out films for screenings at various events such as film classes, school festivals, events by organizations for children and/or the elderly, neighborhood association events, training sessions of corporations and/or organizations. As we also rent out film projectors, please feel free to contact us, especially those members of film-related organizations and those planning to host film festivals to promote your hometown. The rental service of katsuben talkie films (silent films with katsuben performance and music accompaniment) from the Matsuda Film Library and screenings of katsudo daishashin with benshi performance are also still available. * The katsuben talkie films and katsudo daishashin may be screened for commercial purposes. Please contact us regarding prices and other details. Thank you. Silent Films: Click here for the list of Katsuben talkie version films http://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/e_pages/e_de.html Click here for the list of Nitto Film's film collection New Package Plan: Film Music Concert by Silent Film Accompaniment Music Orchestra Colored Monotone Now Uploaded! Please click here for more information. New Package Plan: Become a Silent Film Narrator, the Origin of Voice Actors! "Katsuben Workshop" Now Uploaded! Please click here for more information. Host a Screening to Commemorate the Completion of the DVD-Video Bantsuma - Bando Tsumasaburo no Shogai (Bantsuma: The Life of Tsumasaburo Bando)! Please click here for more information. Information on the Special Package Plan "Chushingura Taikai" to be Offered Starting this November Now Uploaded! We are offering screenings of various form and style catering to your budget and objectives. Please feel free to contact us at any time. Please visit the following URL for more information: http://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/e_pages/e_ee.html Inquiries: Tel. 03-3605-9981 E-mail: katsuben＠attglobal.net *We have put together the "Simple Estimation Form" for you to plan your budget. We hope it will be of some use to you. http://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/e_pages/e_e_1e.html 　 50th Year Since the Passing of Mizoguchi Kenji This year marks the 50th year since the passing of the film director Mizoguchi Kenji, who garners as much acclaim as Ozu Yasujiro and Kurosawa Akira. (He passed away on 24 August 1956.) Starting this summer, related organizations are planning to host large-scale screening events across Japan to revisit and once again appreciate Mizoguchi films. The Friends of Silent Film Association too plans to feature his works at the 577th screening scheduled for 28 August (Mon). (Please refer to "Upcoming Screenings" below for more details.) Furthermore, we are now offering a special package plan for screening purposes the rental of three outstanding works (katsuben talkie version) from the silent film period at a package plan price. 　 　 Friends of Silent Film Association Looking for an Understanding and Cooperative Company to Place an Advertisement The Friends of Silent Film Association is looking for people to place advertisements its "Katsukichi" newsletter and "Classic Film News" monthly periodical. The size of the advertising spaces and the costs are as follows: "Katsukichi" 44 millimeters long and 150 millimeters wide; Fee - starting at 30,000 yen per issue (Quarterly periodical: issued every 1st day of January, April, July and October) "Classic Film News" 25 millimeters long and 83 millimeters wide; Fee - starting at 15,000 yen per issue (Monthly periodical: issued every 1st day of the month) 　 The above fees do not include consumption tax. We ask that you submit a layout paper of the advertisement. However, we also provide service to create the layout paper for you with the actual expenses borne by you. For more details, please contact the Friends of Silent Film Association Office. Tel. 03-3605-9981 E-mail: katuben@attglobal.net "Classic Film News" "Katsukichi" Katsudo Daishashin of Matsuda Film Productions Also Used in Company History DVD Videos! Increasing number of companies welcoming their 100th anniversary since their establishment, such as Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., are using the file footage provided by Matsuda Film Productions in the recording introducing their company history. Please visit the following URL for more information on the Footage. http://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/e_pages/e_ae.htm Purchased an Over a Century Old Motion Picture Projector! Matsuda Film Products purchased an over a century old motion picture projector, manufactured by Edison MFG Co. around 1898. It is available for rental for exhibitions and other events. Requests and inquiries: Tel. 03-3605-9981 E-mail: katuben@attglobal.net　 (The projector is scheduled to be on display at Matsuda Film Productions except for when rented out. Please visit the following URL for a map to Matsuda Film Productions: http://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/b_pages/be.html) Matsuda Film Productions is renting out various materials on classic films to be used at events and exhibitions. Please visit the following URL for more details: http://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/e_pages/e_be.html Size: W270 x H395 x D650mm Edison MFG Co., made in USA Special Package Plan "Kinema Collaboration" Now Uploaded! We newly present the "Kinema Collaboration" screening plans with benshi performance by Saito Yuko and piano performance by Misawa Harumi. We are offering screenings of various form and style, including screenings with Sawato Midori as benshi and music performed by Colored Monotone, a value package "Silent Film Screening with Sakamoto Raiko as Benshi," and more, catering to your budget and objectives. Please feel free to contact us at any time. Please visit the following URL for more information. http://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/e_pages/e_ee.html Inquiries: Tel. 03-3605-9981 E-mail: katuben@attglobal.net *We have put together the "Simple Estimation Form" for you to plan your budget. http://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/e_pages/e_e_1e.html Special Package Plan "Silent Film Screening with Sakamoto Raiko as Benshi" Now Uploaded! http://www.matsudafilm.com/matsuda/e_pages/e_e_4e.html