【for the same-titled contribution by Feng Yan for the launching issue of Chinese Independent Cinema Observer】
From left: Akiyama Tamako, Zhang Changyan, a filmmakers from Taiwan, Sato Makoto, Feng Yan, Wu Wenguang, at Yamagata International Film Festival, 1993. Credit: Feng Yan
From left: Fuseya Hiroo, Feng Yan, Fukada Katsuhiro, Hatano Yukie at Yamagata International Film Festival, 1997. Credit: Feng Yan 
From left: Yoshi Takashi, Feng Yan, Shiraishi Yoko, Wu Yifeng, Yamagata International Film Festival, 1997 
Feng Yan, Shiraishi Yoko in the rice fields that were cultivated by the Ogawa film crew in Magino Village, October 1997. Credit: Feng Yan
Feng Yan, Shiraishi Yoko in the rice fields that were cultivated by the Ogawa film crew in Magino Village, October 1997. Credit: Feng Yan 
Feng Yan, Shiraishi Yoko in the rice fields that were cultivated by the Ogawa film crew in Magino Village, October 1997. Credit: Feng Yan 
Magino, 1997 
Shiraishi Yoko took Feng Yan to see the footage of the Ogawa film crew preserved in the attic of fellow villager. 1997 
From left: Feng Yan, Shiraishi Yoko and Sugano Kenkichi at the monument where A Japanese Village was shot. 
Retrospective Programme of Tsuchimoto Noriaki, Wang Huangsheng (right), 2005. Credit: Feng Yan 
Tsuchimoto Noriaki at a documentary event in Guangzhou, 2005. Credit: Feng Yan 
Tsuchimoto Noriaki at a documentary event in Guangzhou. Feng Yan translated for him. 2005. Credit: Feng Yan 
Feng Yan with her film Bing Ai (poster) at the Yamagata International Film Festival 2007 
Feng Yan promotes her film at a culture market during the Yamagata International Film Festival, 2007 
Feng Yan at Yamagata International Film Festival, reading about Sato Makoto in newspaper. 2007. Credit: Feng Yan 
Chinese filmmakers, critics, and curators at the Magino Village Itsutsutomoe Shrine, 2007, Front row: Hu Xinyu, Maeda Yoshitaka; Middle row: Huang Wenhai, Zhang Yaxuan, Zhu Rikun, Yang Kun, Guo Jing, Feng Yan, Hu Dongzhu; Back row: Wang Bing, Iizuka Toshio, Kimura Michio. Credit: Yi Sicheng
The Chinese documentary filmmakers communicated with the extras of
Magino Village: A Tale (1000-nen Kizami no Hidokei) at Dinan Kimura’s place, 2007. Credit: Feng Yan
Iizuka Toshio recalled the scene of the Itsutsutomoe Uprising that was filmed at the Itsutsutomoe Shrine, 2007. Credit: Guo Jing
Kimura Michio recalled the scene of the Itsutsutomoe Uprising that was filmed at the Itsutsutomoe Shrine, 2007. Credit: Guo Jing
The burial bodhisattva called the “cut-head Jizo” by Ogawa and enshrined by the villagers at the Itsutsutomoe Shrine, 2007. Credit: Guo Jing
A plaque made by the Ogawa Production to commemorate the shooting of the scene where the leaders of the uprising such as Tarouemon are on trial. The villagers affectionately refer to that scene as the “Dai Hoe” (a great Buddhist memorial service). Credit: Guo Jing
Tsuchimoto Noriaki showed us the notes he made and the briefings he collected and organized, 2007. Credit: Yi Sicheng 
Tsuchimoto Noriaki showed us the notes he made and the briefings he collected and organized, 2007. Credit: Yi Sicheng 
Tsuchimoto Noriaki showed us the notes he made and the briefings he collected and organized, 2007. Credit: Yi Sicheng
Tsuchimoto Noriaki showed us the notes he made and the briefings he collected and organized, 2007. Credit: Yi Sicheng
Postcard from Tsuchimoto Noriaki to Feng Yan. Credit: Feng Yan 
Postcard from Tsuchimoto Noriaki to Feng Yan. Credit: Feng Yan 
Chinese filmmakers visited the home of Tsuchimoto Noriyaki after the Yamagata International Film Festival of 2007. Feng Yan, Yang Kun, Tsuchimoto Noriaki, Fujioka Asako, Tsuchimoto Noriyaki, Guo Jing, Yi Sicheng. Credit: Yi Sicheng
Kimura Michio recites his poem “Yao Tribe”, 2007. Credit: Guo Jing
At parting, Kimura Michio gave us the first draft of the poster of Magino Village: A Tale (1000-nen Kizami no Hidokei), 2007. Credit: Guo Jing
Chinese Documentary Forum at Yamagata International Film Festival of 2007, from left: Hu Dongzhu, Zhang Yaxuan, Guo Jing, Yang Kun, Yi Sicheng, Zhu Rikun, Feng Yan, Huang Wenhai, Hu Xinyu. Credit: Yi Sicheng
Otsu Koshiro communicated with the audience after the screening of ” The Shiranui Sea ” in the retrospective programme of Tsuchimoto Noriyaki at the 5th China Documentary Exchange Week, 2008. Credit: Li Xianting Film Fund
Ueno Koushi, Sato Ken, Feng yan, Markus Nornes in a bar of Songzhuang, China Documentary Exchange Week of 2008. Credit: Yi Sicheng
Markus Nornes gives award speech at the China Documentary Exchange Week of 2008. Credit: Yi Sicheng
Otsu Koshiro at the 5th China Documentary Exchange Week, 2008. Credit: Li Xianting Film Fund 
From left: Fujioka Asako, Feng Yan, Yi Sicheng, Dali Dojo, 2011. Credit: Gui Shuzhong 
Feng Yan (left), Kikuchi Nobuyuki (middle), Dali Dojo, 2011. Credit: Gui Shuzhong