The Shochiku Centennial Collection is a multi-year project established by the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and Harvard Film Archive in partnership with the legendary Japanese motion picture studio Shochiku Co., Ltd. With the goal of creating a legacy collection of new 35mm prints of classic films from Shochiku’s impressive catalogue, this project endeavors to strike fifty new prints of studio titles dating from the silent era through the 1970s, selected by HFA Director Haden Guest and Professor Alexander Zahlten. As part of the collection at the HFA, these prints will be vital resources for research, teaching, and study at Harvard for years to come. Shochiku prints will also, of course, be regularly featured in the HFA’s cinematheque program.
Please navigate below to learn more about the partnership, the film collection, and related events and screenings.
