rowmuse films japan

References & Clients

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- Aichi Expo Japan (Documentary Film about the sister city relationship between Neuchatel, Switzerland, and Shinshiro, Japan. Aired on Tokai TV, Japan and TVO, Switzerland)

- City of Shinshiro, Japan (Educational Video)

- REC production audiovisuel, Geneva (Documentary about Japanese horse archery. Aired on FR3, France)

- bb Film Berlin, Germany (Concert Video / Footage for the DVD “IZU - Tangerine Dream live in Japan 2009″)

- Super Station Inc., Osaka (TV Commercial for Hotel Granvia Kyoto)

- Workaholic Productions, Inc., USA (Footage for a documentary on Discovery Channel about the Japanese island “Gunkanjima”)

- ELCRIC Inc, Tokyo (Educational Video for Disaster Prevention Center)

- Monkey Music, Switzerland (Music Video for band “Mizan”)

- Kodai-ji and Kennin-ji Temple, Kyoto (Promotional Video)

On KBS TV (Japan, June 2009)

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The screening of TENGU in Kyoto was featured in a scoop on KBS TV and aired on June 9 (in Japanese).

New Documentary - Sword Drawing Ceremony

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Short documentary about a Sword Drawing Ceremony at Daizenji Temple in Shinshiro (Japan) to commemorate the fallen in the Battle of Nagashino (1575). Iai by Naohiko Hayakawa. Sword and armour are original items from the Kamakura and Muromachi period. The sword (tachi) is more than 700 years old. The ceremony took place on May 23, 2009 in Shinshiro (Aichi Prefecture). Filmed and edited by Roger Walch.

プロフィール（日本語）

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ロジェー・ワルッヒ

スイス、サンクト・ガレン生まれ（1965）、チューリッヒ大学で日本学、民俗学を専攻、修士取得。民俗学研究の際にH.U. Schlumpf監督（チューリッヒ）から記録映画制作を学び、日本でも金井勝監督（イメージフォーラム映像研究所、東京）のもとで16ミリ映画制作を学ぶ。スイスで２年間、館長としてスイスのインディーズ映画館を経営する。1998年来日以来、同志社大学で講師をしながら、映画監督として活動しており、自作映画はスイスと日本の映画祭で上映される。2000年京都グランビアホテルのCM制作、2001年、スイステレビ局の記録映画「Nippons Wunderdosen」に参加。短編劇映画「誘惑２」は2005年2月、大阪CO2映画祭でノミネート作品になる。2005年9月、スイス代表として制作した記録映画「一滴の水、やがて大河をなす」は愛知万博のフレンドシップ・フィルム・フェスティバルで奨励賞を受賞、後にスイスのテレビでも放送される。2006年「誘惑３」を仕上げ、誘惑３部作を完成させる。2007年、愛知県の写真家・岩城忠雄の記録映画を完成。2009年、長編映画「天狗」を完成。現在、フォークシンガー・俳優三上寛の記録映画を撮影中。

On Japanese TV (March 2009)

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Roger Walch speaks about his new movie “Tengu” (in Japanese)

New Feature Film: TENGU

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TENGU (J 2009, 63 min)

Written and directed by Roger Walch

Starring: Ted Taylor, Mimori Sento (Firefly Dreams), Sakiko Ikegami, Kan Mikami (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Tokyo Decadence)

Music: Kan Mikami (Guitar/Vocals), Takatora Kawamoto (Shamisen), Silvain Kyokusai Guignard (Biwa), Shino Nagasaka/Kumiko Itoyama (Double Bass), Taro Matsumoto (Shakuhachi), Roger Walch (piano)

Go to the Tengu Homepage

Photos/Film Stills

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For Film Stills and Behind-the-Scenes photos:

Click Here

Contact

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Address:

Rowmuse Films (Roger Walch)

45-7 Ushiwaka-cho, Shichiku, Kita-ku,

J-603-8207 Kyoto (Japan)

E-Mail:

mail (at) rowmusefilms.com

Yuwaku 3

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Click to watch the trailer!

Yuwaku 3 (2006) - Trailer from Roger Walch on Vimeo.

Yuwaku 3 (J 2006, 35 min, DV 24p), Written and directed by Roger Walch;

Starring: Nigel Randell (Michael), Yoshiko Matsuda (Kiyo), Shigeyoshi Abe (Lover).

REVIEW of Yuwaku 3

by Matt Kaufman (Hollywood Japan File, Kansai Time Out Magazine 09/2006)

We’ve all heard the urban legend about a guy who walks into a bar, blacks out and ends up in an alley with stitches where his appendix used to be.

Michael (Nigel Randell) is a burned-out English teacher in Kyoto who is taken to a seedy dive-bar filled with surreal characters right out of a modern Alice in Wonderland. He meets a mysterious woman named Kiyo (Yoshiko Matsuda) who seems to be in a hurry to seduce him. Swiss filmmaker Roger Walch (”Lost Island”) does an impressive job of capturing the distinct flavor of underground culture in Kyoto such as the performance art group Shinbun Onna who do fascinating things with newspapers. There’s also Bar Hachimonjiya, a watering hole filled with books and junk that looks like it hasn’t changed since beatniks lived in Kyoto. Yuwaku 3 is the last part of a trilogy that deals with seduction in Japan.

Directing

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Shooting with a vintage 16mm Arriflex camera