People, nature, the earth ...
A documentary film that thinks about what everything should be...
Everyone's Boat
JOMON-SAN HAS COME
Scheduled to be completed in 2024
What stone ax and the giant tree taught me ...
"Let's make a boat that everyone can ride with a smile," said Kunihiro Amemiya, a man who holds a stone ax.
The life to make a dugout canoe is 250-year-old cedar.
What does it mean to return to the primitive and act in an era full of things?
What is the heart that faces your life?
"Something" that humankind has forgotten that can be felt for the first time by reviving the world that our ancestors would have followed to the present day.
A documentary film that has been chasing such a "Jomon-san came! Project" for over two years.
production fund crowdfunding
2nd implementation
June 9 - August 27, 2023
At CAMPFIRE
Kunihiro Amemiya, a Jomon carpenter who is the main character of the movie
Born in Yamanashi prefecture in 1969. The carpenter's path was triggered by a log peeling bite.
Log house builder-> carpenter-> second-class architect-> palace carpenter,
While devoting himself to traditional methods using hand tools, such as restoration of old folk houses and cultural properties of shrines and temples,
I met Ishiono in 2009 and realized how wonderful it was.
Restoration of Jomon dwelling using stone ax, etc. at Mawaki Site, Ishikawa Prefecture,
Archaeological experiment at the National Museum of Nature and Science "Thorough reproduction project of 30,000 years ago"
In, he made a dugout canoe for ocean voyage using stone ax from logging.
He lives in a hut called "Jomon hut" that he made by himself using only hand tools.
The costumes worn are forgotten memorials of the creatures who lost their lives due to roadkill damage.
Jomon is here! project
A project to use primitive wisdom and tools to build a huge dugout canoe to go around Japan with children from all over the country.
Part1 ・ Cut cedar trees, Part2 ・ Go around the country and make a dugout canoe together
Part3 ・ Started in 2021 with a total of three parts, riding a dugout canoe.
Participating children make stones with their own hands and work with the theme of thinking and feeling various things while facing a huge cedar tree.
The funds for the project are collected by crowdfunding.
Director / Music Yuki Nishiyama
Born in Hyogo prefecture in 1981. At the age of 21, he said he would become a composer and dropped out of college.
Started as an arranger at the age of 27, composed, worked as a music school instructor, etc., and started photography and video shooting at the age of 31.
In 2019, he will accompany him as a filming crew for movies, VR, and TV in "The Voyage of 30,000 Years Ago".
Main business is shooting and editing of national parks, local government PVs, corporate videos, MVs, etc.
While moving around the country, BGM production etc. are also done in parallel
The reason for movie production and the current situation
"Even if I get the precious life of cedar, I have something to tell everyone."
When I heard that from Jomon-san, I thought I needed to somehow record the action.
Jomon-san left the state of the project as a video and brought the project to many major video production companies in order to have many people think about the relationship between life, people and the earth, but all were refused. It seems to be.
Recording a project that lasted more than two years would have made the production budget huge, and maybe I couldn't do it even if I wanted to.
I thought I might be able to do it.
For the time being, if you have the equipment and yourself, you can do something about it. I thought I could do something about it.
For the time being, I decided to shoot as much as I could at my own expense and record as much as I could.
Even if it is said that it is ad hoc, even if it is said that it is decided by force, I will manage to continue.
The other party is alive. This is because the time passed by without being able to be taken cannot be recovered anymore.
It's been a year since I started shooting, and I really understand how weak and weak I am.
But I was able to shoot so far.
For another year or so, with the great help of various people, I would like to manage to take the picture to the end and deliver it to everyone. It's a rather unreasonable challenge, but please keep an eye on it. And somehow at the edge of my heart, I would be very happy if you could support me.
Director Yuki Nishiyama
This movie was filmed and produced with the support of everyone.
Through crowdfunding at CAMPFIRE until October 30, 2022,
We received 787,000 yen in support.
Click here for the CAMPFIRE project page
In addition, we have received more than 2 million yen in support, including support from people who participated in the “Jomon-san has arrived!” project venue (as of December 2022).
Thank you very much for your support.
I will continue to do my best with the joy of making movies with everyone.
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December 24, 2022 Chunichi Shimbun Enshu Edition
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