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<P>Hello everyone-</P>
<P>with the intent of becoming a research paper for a university course I am currently taking, I would like to do some research of Western (particularly American) characters appearing in Japanese films.</P>
<P>I am currently residing in Japan, so I should be able to find almost anything on video... does anyone have any suggestions? basically any Japanese production with Western characters involved, or possibly a Japanese production where Japanese characters are placed in a western setting, etc.</P>
<P>The general idea of the paper is to get an idea of how Western (esp. American) charaters are represented in Japanese cinema. Of course, if a particular director has multiple films of this type, that would let me focus the paper even more, which would be nice. Or perhaps a specific actor who often portrays foreign characters in Japanese film, etc.</P>
<P>Any advice would be greatly appreciated, please either reply to the list (if anyone else is interested) or to me directly at: <A href="mailto:timfitzrandolph@hotmail.com">timfitzrandolph@hotmail.com</A></P>
<P>thanks in advance,</P>
<P>Tim FitzRandolph<BR></P></DIV><br clear=all><hr>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <a href="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</a>.<br></p></html>