After listening to an interview with a documentary maker, Nick Dwyer, this morning on 6 Music I thought we needed a Kissa thread.
Documentary is called ‘A Century in Sound’, is in three parts and covers 100 years of Kissa culture, hopefully it will be available to stream somewhere soon.
Premiers this week if you are near Sheffield.
Thanks, ticket booked
Lucky man, wish I was closer.
Is it all 3 episodes in one viewing?
Yes, 3 repeat screenings. They only had seats left for the first showing. 106 mins for the whole film.
Update. Enjoyed the film, though it would better watched as 3 separate episodes. There are another 3 to come (maybe as 1x3 sections or 3x1 sections) when he can get things sorted.
It’s meant to show something of the history of Tokyo over the past 100 years through music and the Kissa cafes.
This one covered 1920s on with classical music, then 1950s on with jazz and 1980s on with city pop.
The remaining 3 will be 1990s (depression, heavy stuff), then similar venues outside Japan, and finally 2000s on with ambient music.
Glad you liked it, don’t suppose there was any mention of it been shown elsewhere?
Don’t remember anything from the Q & A. I expect it will do the rounds in minor venues.
Hope so!
Some comments from the director in here
Ta