{"id":658463,"date":"2026-11-12T07:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T07:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/658463\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T07:34:10","slug":"jazz-documentary-tokyo-in-33-rpm-unveiled-ahead-of-waves-film-bazaar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/658463\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Documentary ‘Tokyo in 33 RPM’ Unveiled Ahead of WAVES Film Bazaar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cTokyo in 33 RPM<\/a>,\u201d a feature documentary about the jazz scene in Japan\u2019s capital, is in the works from director Tanmay Srivastava and Synergy Pictures U.K. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe project will be presented at WAVES Film Bazaar<\/a>, the market that runs alongside the International Film Festival of India<\/a> in Goa.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film moves between Tokyo\u2019s working musicians, the people who run its jazz kissa \u2013 caf\u00e9s built around listening to vinyl \u2013 and collectors who have chronicled the music for decades. It traces how jazz took root in Japan and how a new generation is reshaping it.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn camera are bassist Hino Kenji, known as Jino, whose father is trumpeter Hino Terumasa, the country\u2019s best-known player of the instrument; Lucas Minoru Poulshock, a musician who goes by Mino and also hosts an Apple Music podcast and runs a listening bar; and historian and record collector Hori Toru. The crew also drops in on Masako, a Shimokitazawa jazz caf\u00e9 now in the hands of a third generation, and on No Room for Squares, which Nakata Kohei founded. Gentle Forest Jazz Band and GCR Orchestra also appear.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTokyo is a city that never really slows down, but you can step into a small room where everyone has come for one reason: to listen,\u201d said Srivastava. \u201cOutside those rooms, you meet musicians taking jazz in completely new directions. I wanted this film to bring both worlds together. That\u2019s the Tokyo I found most interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA first round of filming in Japan has already been completed, and the team has put together a short-form version from that material. A teaser is also out. Production will return to Tokyo April 1\u201322, 2027, for the final shoot, with completion targeted for June that year.<\/p>\n

\n\tSrivastava produces alongside Sky Cheema and Jackson McKeever, with Poulshock, Paul Adrian and Jade Kurian as executive producers. Synergy Pictures U.K. and Double Drama Productions are the production companies. McKeever\u2019s Lucky 18 is on board as production partner, while Latakoo, a technology company based in Austin, Texas, is production and technology partner.<\/p>\n

\n\tU.K. producer Cheema said viewers don\u2019t need any background in jazz to connect with the people in the film. \u201cSome have spent their lives playing the music. Others have built places where people can hear it properly. What matters is how much of themselves they\u2019ve put into it. That\u2019s what we want audiences to come away with.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe team is readying the feature for a possible international festival bow in 2027.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor now, the focus is April, when the cameras head back to Tokyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cTokyo in 33 RPM,\u201d a feature documentary about the jazz scene in Japan\u2019s capital, is in the works…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,102533,409,111,139,69,322665,100116],"class_list":["post-658463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-international-film-festival-of-india","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tokyo-in-33-rpm","tag-waves-film-bazaar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}