Umezawa Sutejiro and Chiayi Art Museum

Overview

Umezawa Sutejiro came to Taiwan to work in 1911, and had stayed in Taiwan ever since then. He participated in design and construction of nowadays, to name a few, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Law School of Taiwan University, T&L Hsin Chu, Taichung Normal University, Chiayi Art Museum, Tainan Art Museum, Hayashi Department Store. This documentary film is in attempt to draw a finer portraiture of Umezawa by interviewing Umezawa’s grandson, scholars and architects and by focusing on the discourse of Chiayi Art Museum building. It also intends to pay tribute to Umezawa.