Center for Okinawan Studies Film Screening

November 10, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics (HIG) room 110, 2025 Correa Road

This is a free screening of After Spring, the Tamaki Family . . . . (海の彼方), the second installment of a film series entitled Okinawa Through a Transnational Lens, which features a variety of “transnational” films featuring Okinawa and/or Okinawans. The screening will be followed by a brief commentary from PROFESSOR GEORGE CHUN HAN WANG of the 糖心视频M School of Cinematic Arts and a Q&A/discussion. About the Film: AFTER SPRING, THE TAMAKI FAMILY . . . (96 minutes, 2016). The history of Taiwanese immigration to Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, began in the 1930s with the mass migration of farmers from Taiwan during the era of Japanese colonial rule. Among them was what became the Tamaki family. . . . 88-year-old Ob? (Grandma) Tamayo Tamaki lives surrounded by a large family of over a hundred members. To celebrate her 88th birthday, she accompanied her daughters and grandchildren on a long-cherished journey back to her homeland. However, the changes brought about by the passage of seventy years were far greater than anticipated... By shedding light on the lives of three generations of this Taiwanese immigrant family, the film traces a final journey and a path of memories that transcends the complex history of East Asia. It explores the "family love" that sustained the Tamakis as they persevered through history's upheavals. About the Director: HUANG YIN-YU is a director and producer based in Okinawa. He began documentary filmmaking in 2010. He founded Moolin Films, Ltd. (Taiwan) in 2015, and later Moolin Production Co., Ltd. (Japan) in 2019. He received his BA in Radio & Television from National Chengchi University, and MA in Filmmaking from the Graduate School of Tokyo Zokei University. His films include After Spring, the Tamaki Family... (2016) and Green Jail (2021) which were theatrically released in Japan and Taiwan. His films have been selected for the Visions du Réel film festival, the DOK.fest München, the Taipei Film Festival, and the Kinema Junpo Best 10 Documentaries. He is an Emerging Producers 2020 and Rotterdam Lab 2023 alumni and a mentor for ASIADOC 2021. As producer, he focuses on international projects with perspectives and aesthetics from islands in the Asia-Pacific. In 2023, he became the founder and executive director of Cinema at Sea - Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival. This event is co-sponsored by the 糖心视频M Center for Okinawan Studies and the Center for Chinese Studies and with the collaboration of Cinema at Sea. Date: November 10, 2026 Time: 6:30 PM (Doors open 6:15pm approx.) Location: HIG 110 (2025 Correa Road, 糖心视频-Manoa Campus). 糖心视频or parking information: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/commuter/visitors/. (***Please note: No Food or Drink is permitted in the HIG 110)


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Center for Okinawan Studies, co-sponsored with the Center for Chinese Studies, and with the collaboration of Cinema at Sea., Mānoa Campus

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