heARTwork by Yuri: LynnHammonds

Sunday, September 8, 2024

falling in heARTwork

autumn is on its way, dear heARTists and heART lovers, and we hope that it brings you immense joy.

it’s the 8th day of the 9th month, and time for more of our star heARTist, Yuriko.

yes! we’re still moving forward with our ‘Tokyo Lily, a War Bride docu*memory’ film, but we have fallen a little behind as we juggle several projects. not to worry, we’ll soon catch up.

and, yes, we are still crowdfunding for 'Tokyo Lily', so please check us out here:

https://crowdfundr.com/tokyo-lily

a short trailer for the film is available on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qW3S8xr-eQ

and, that trailer just won its first film festival laurel as an Official Selection!

since we’ll be posting more videos on our YouTube channel, please subscribe:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPemluw0stoTsx8yvz2tCrg

we’re extremely thankful to our donors who have made it possible to have our tapes digitized. now, we need a little more to help us license some music and hire an animator.

our researcher, Lynn Hammonds, is locating images of WWII Japan for us. she’s also the author of Becoming Misako Kikuchi:

https://www.amazon.in/Becoming-Misako-Kikuchi-Lynn-Hammonds/dp/1537745956/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pl_foot_top?ie=UTF8

r to l: Yuriko and her war bride friends, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Wright

soon, we’ll be making an announcement about a Japanese war brides touring exhibit in partnership with the Smithsonian Museum. that event is being organized by the filmmakers of ‘Fall Down Seven Times’, another war brides’ film. the touring exhibit will run for five years and features Yuriko’s war bride story among many others.

we’ll keep you updated here at this blog, as well as on our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/WarBridesOfJapan/

and, on our website:

https://hapateez.wixsite.com/tokyo-lily

https://warbridesofjapan.com/

and, if you haven’t already seen them, our 'War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory' series is available on Gumroad:

https://watermelonsushi.gumroad.com/

very soon we will be offering t-shirts, posters and other paraphernalia that we’ve been busy creating at another platform. we're no longer on Cafe Press and, when our shop is ready and opened, we’ll let you know here or at one of our other websites.

we cannot thank you enough, our friends and fans, for all your support now and in the past.

we’re looking forward to seeing you again on December 8.

stay safe, stay kind, and stay with us!

Yuri’s Fans Forever

Saturday, June 8, 2024

summer bloom: toyko lily

here’s our hope for a most joyous upcoming summer to you, dear heARTists and heART lovers!

it’s the 8th day of the 6th month, and time to catch up with our favorite heARTist, Yuriko.

if you’ve been following this blog, then you know that we’ve been in the process of making a film about her called ‘Tokyo Lily, a War Bride docu*memory'.

here’s the trailer we created with some images that will be featured in the film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qW3S8xr-eQ

and, yes, we’re still fundraising.

https://crowdfundr.com/tokyo-lily

although our dedicated donors have been so instrumental in getting our super 8mm and miniDV tapes digitized for editing, we could always use more donations.

besides paying for music licensing, we also hope to hire an animator for scenes that lack images.

fortunately, we do have the assistance of a researcher who's locating WWII Japan footage and stills. not only is she incredibly knowledgeable, but she's made her own unique story known in the book she's published:

https://www.amazon.in/Becoming-Misako-Kikuchi-Lynn-Hammonds/dp/1537745956/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pl_foot_top?ie=UTF8

Lynn Hammonds was also instrumental in the production of our 5 films that collectively became ‘War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory’.

those films are still available on Gumroad:

https://watermelonsushi.gumroad.com/