Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture based Abe/SSRC project "Consent" in Sexual Violence: Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Japan and the US presents

Film screening of 

"Team Sonoko" (w/English subtitles)

Sachi Nakajima, Representative of NPO Resilience

Yuni Tomodsuka, Director

Akiko Takeyema, Professor at University of Kansas

January 10, 2025, 17:00 ~ 19:30

Room 301, Building 10, Sophia University

In person only

No registration necessary

https://www.icc-sophia.com/_files/ugd/2edff9_13e85782acc142c48bbc68f45c505e31.pdf

Event Description 

"Team Sonoko" is a short film depicting the effects of dissociative identity disorder which begins by illustrating how Sonoko and her internal identities struggle in their everyday lives. This portrayal is both realistic and authentic in how Sonoko's efforts led her to understand that with better communication and collaboration with the other personalities, she is a part of a team that is based on functional multiplicity. Followed by discussion with the director, and representative of NPO Resilience, we will deepen our understanding of the connection between sexual violence and dissociative identity disorder in Japanese society. 

Biographies of Speakers: 

Yuni Tomodsuka has been active as a lecturer and trainer on domestic violence and dating violence for the last 15 years. She has also deepened her understanding of dissociation by continuing to learn from experts on the subject, as well as through more than 20 years of relationships she has had with numerous friends and acquaintances who are living with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Her discernment and her hope to spread awareness on dissociative issues are reflected in the production of the f ilm "Team Sonoko", which she produced in 2023. Since April 2023, she has conducted over 40 film screenings of "Team Sonoko" across Japan, with about a dozen more to transpire in the near future. Over 2,500 people have been in attendance at the screenings thus far and she is hoping to reach more people through her movie. 

Sachi Nakajima is Representative of NPO Resilience, holder of a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) and a Master's degree in Social Work from the United States. Her personal experience as a survivor of violence motivated her to pursue studies in this field. In 2003, she launched a "Kokoro no Care Seminer" for women and subsequently founded "Resilience." She delivers numerous lectures annually across Japan. In 2024, she serves as a member of the Cabinet Office's "Expert Review Panel on Approaches to Understanding Sexual Violence for Evidence-Based Policy Making". Since 2020, under the Ministry of Justice's initiatives, she has conducted training sessions and workshops for both residents and staff at juvenile correctional facilities nationwide. Her major publications include: My Resilience: Living with Trauma (Nashinoki-sha, 2013), Sexual Violence: Living Beyond the Aftermath (Resilience, 2011), Co-authored To the Wounded: Volumes 1 & 2 (Nashinoki-sha, 2005, 2010), Co-translated Understanding the Reality of DV and Abuse Perpetrators by L. Bancroft (Akashi Shoten) 

Akiko Takeyama is Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas. Her research interests lie in gender, labor, and issues of consent in the context of neoliberal globalization. She is the author of Staged Seduction: Selling Dreams in a Tokyo Host Club (Stanford University Press, 2016), which was shortlisted for the 2017 Michelle Rosaldo Book Prize. Her new book, Involuntary Consent: The Illusion of Choice in Japan's Adult Video Industry, came out last year.  

Members of the Abe/SSRC project "Consent in Sexual Violence" would like to express our sincere gratitude to NPO Resilience for their cooperation in organizing this screening. https://sites.google.com/view/nporesilience/top

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