heARTwork by Yuri: daruma

Sunday, September 8, 2019

A Japanese heARTist Inspires A Docu*Memory Film

"Koi" painting by Yuri

greetings, heARTists and heART lovers of this heARTistic universe!

it’s the 8th day of the 9th month, and time for more heARTwork by Yuri.

again, this quarter, we digress from our usual exhibit of Yuri’s heARTwork (scroll down to view older posts featuring it). instead, we continue to bring you news about the 5-part series titled “War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory”, made in Yuri’s honor.

even though we were this close to wrapping up the films last quarter, we got so busy cutting new shorts and trailers to enter into film festivals. please give us a few more days, then check out our Vimeo link below to view the films.

https://vimeo.com/watermelonsushi

"War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory" collage

our last post featured 5 posters representing chapters of the docu*memory series, and we’re so happy to announce that all 5 were accepted as Official Selections in the Indo-Global International Film Festival, with the one titled “War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory: The Culture” winning a Best Poster award.

"Certificate of Excellence" from Indo-Global International Film Festival

our winning poster

and, in June, we also won Best Concept and Best Trailer awards at The Buddha International Film Festival of Pune Maharashtra India, respectively, for the film “BFF’s; Buddhist Friends Forever” and the short promo trailer "This Doc Rocks! (Buddha)".

"Best Concept Award" from The Buddha International Film Festival

"Best Trailer Award" from The Buddha International Film Festival

here’s the winning short promo trailer:

This Doc Rocks! (Buddha)

https://vimeo.com/305290266

here are the other 2 promo trailers:

This Doc Rocks! (Daruma)

https://vimeo.com/301430743

Rock This Doc! (Kokeshi)

https://vimeo.com/305181525

and, here are all 5 film trailers on Vimeo:

Herstory:

https://vimeo.com/337430653

The Brides:

https://vimeo.com/337432897

The Kids:

https://vimeo.com/337436195

The Culture:

https://vimeo.com/337747906

BFF’s: Buddhist Friends Forever:

https://vimeo.com/337749810

you can also get updates about the film at:

www.warbridesofjapan.com

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

https://www.facebook.com/throwingriceproductions/

and, please check out sugoi heARTist Yuriko and her sugoi heARTwork at this site:

https://lenastarwheels.wixsite.com/iamartistyuriko

until we meet again on December 8, we are and always will be…

Yuri’s Fans Forever

Saturday, December 8, 2018

heARTing the War Brides of Japan docu*MEMORY

konnichi-wa, heARTists and heART lovers of the world!

heARTist Yuri with her ichi-ban supporter

it’s the 8th day of the 12th month, and time to show all heARTists some love. arrigatou gozaimashita for your past support!

we apologize but, due to our busy schedule, we’re moving to a quarterly posting. with all the activities going on with our War Brides of Japan docu*MEMORY, our time is so limited.

in 2019, please look for this blog’s updates on March 8, June 8, September 8 and December 8.

meanwhile, we’d like to share some of Yuriko’s pieces that depict geisha.

an important part of Japanese history, geisha continue to maintain important aspects of Japanese culture. as entertainers, they’re responsible for keeping alive the playing of instruments like koto and shamisen, and certain traditional songs and dances. in the War Brides of Japan docu*MEMORY film, one of our participants shares information about geisha and the story of her own mother as an entertainer in Little Tokyo, Japantown, Los Angeles.