51 Minutes and 13 Years

2024

Collaboration with Hideto Miyuki

Overview

This art project, a collaborative effort between visual artist Yasushi Noguchi and filmmaker Hideto Miyuki, delves into the tragic tsunami-related deaths of elementary school students at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture during the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Over the past decade, the artists have meticulously examined a vast array of materials, including news articles and books, to reconstruct the events that unfolded in the 51 minutes between the earthquake and the tsunami, and to explore why the government failed to provide adequate support to the bereaved families in the aftermath of the disaster. Based on the "facts" gleaned from their research, the artists have created a series of interconnected video works that present a multifaceted perspective on the underlying issues of the Okawa Elementary School incident.

本プロジェクトは、東日本大震災時に宮城県石巻市の大川小学校で起こった津波による児童の死亡事故を題材としたアートプロジェクトで、美術作家の野口靖と映像作家の三行英登が共同で制作している。
作者は地震発生から津波襲来までの51分間に、大川小で何が起こったと考えられているのか、また事故後の対応において、なぜ行政は遺族に寄り添うことができなかったのかなどについて、報道記事や書籍など事故後十数年のあいだに蓄積された様々な資料を丹念に調べるとともに、関係者への取材を重ねた。これらのリサーチを通して得られた「事実」をベースとしながら、独自の解釈を含む映像作品を中心に複数の映像を並置し、大川小学校事故に内在する問題について多角的な視点を提示した。

Richard Lloyd Parry, the author of "Ghosts of the Tsunami"

Credits

Layer A
Cast:  Miho Hatano, Toki Miyoshi, Saara Jo, Yuuka Fujii, Ayumu Mukai, Kyuta Amemiya, Miyabi Tadano
Direction and Editing:  Hideto Miyuki
Screenplay:  Hideto Miyuki, Yasushi Noguchi
Cinematography:  Hideo Yoda, Yusuke Kamikawa
Sound:  Toshiaki Hara
Gaffer:  Yusuke Fujii
Lighting Assistant:  Ryunosuke Kageyama
Assistant Crew:  Sakura Komago, Moegi Kusayama

Layer B
Cast:  Toshiro Sato, Noriyuki Suzuki, Hideaki Tadano, Takahiro Shito, Shoko Takahashi, Richard Lloyd Parry, Ryota Kosai
Video Provided:  Matthew Galat, Susanna Bekedam
Cinematography and Editing:  Hideto Miyuki, Yasushi Noguchi
Cooperated by:  3.11 Memorial Network, Kazutaka Sato

Layer C
Photography and Composition:  Yasushi Noguchi
Photo Material Provided:  Toshiro Sato
Exhibition Installation Assistant:  Moegi Kusayama, Mao Nakano, Sakura Komago

Installation Design (A, B, C):  Yasushi Noguchi
Documentation Video: Hideto Miyuki
Photography: mikomex
Exhibition Construction:  Official Design Art Inc.
Equipment Support:  Department of Interactive Media, Tokyo Polytechnic University
Grant:  2023 Tokyo Polytechnic University Engineering and Art Fusion Research Grant