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November 6, 2025

A documentary film "Michinoku Power" screening followed by a talk session with the director and the protagonist at Sophia University on July 10

From: Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Office <i-comcul@sophia.ac.jp>
Date: 2025/06/18

Sophia University Department of English Studies and the Insitute of Comparative Culture presents
Documentary film screening of "Michinoku Power" (みちのく電記)
Where does your electricity come from? This documentary uncovers the energy crisis in Japan's northeastern region of "Michinoku," ("The end of the road,") and the Global South. In stories overlooked by the mainstream media we follow Gen Z activists striving for a sustainable future.
A Tokyo premiere followed by a talk with director Yu Iwasaki and Koichiro Shigihara, environmental activist and PhD student at Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science
  • July 10, 2025 (Thu)
  • Event starts at 18:00 (Doors open at 17:30)
  • Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Bldg. 2, Room 401
  • Admission free. No registration required.
Michinoku Power (2024/Japan/83min/Japanese, English with Japanese and English Subtitles)
 
Program
  • 18:00     Introduction
  • 18:10     Screening of "Michinoku Power"
  • 19:45     Talk and Q&A with Yu Iwasaki and Koichiro Shigihara, moderated by John Williams
  • 20:30     Closing
This event is organized by John Williams (Professor, DES, Sophia University), co-hosted by the Department of English Studies and the Institute of Comparative Culture.
For more detailed information please visit the following blog page.
BLOG: https://www.icc-sophia.com/post/documentary-film-screening-of-michinoku-power
Flyer in PDF: 2edff9_a788dc2e3db246559035e917b8eba560.pdf
 
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上智大学英語学科・上智大学比較文化研究所 共催
ドキュメンタリー映画上映会とトーク
みちのく電記
その電気、どこから来てる？主要メディアが伝えない東北とグローバルサウスのエネルギー問題の実態に迫り、持続可能な社会のあり方を模索するZ世代の活動を追ったドキュメンタリー。 東京初上映。
上映後トーク：岩崎祐監督＆鴫原宏一朗(環境活動家・東北大学農学研究科博士課程在籍)
  • 2025年 7月10 日 (木) 17:30開場 18:00開演
  • 上智大学 四谷キャンパス 2号館 401教室
  • 入場無料・事前登録不要
  • 『みちのく電記』2024/日本/83分/日本語、英語/日本語・英語字幕
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プログラム
  • 18:00     イントロダクション
  • 18:10     映画『みちのく電記』本編上映（83分)
  • 19:45     トーク／Q&A 岩崎祐、鴫原宏一朗, 司会 ジョン・ウィリアムズ
  • 20:30     終了
企画：ジョン・ウィリアムズ (上智大学外国語学部英語学科 教授)

Approved by ssjmod at 01:18 PM