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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My name is Bradley Elfman and I am currently
working as a computer programmer in Atlanta, Georgia. Until about two months
ago, I had seen many of the standard, classic Japanese films (Roshomon, Ugetsu,
....), various samurai films, and the Taxing Woman films; but then accidentally
discovered Late Spring which touched me more than any film I have seen, Japanese
or otherwise. I then obtained a number of books on Ozu, Japanese films, and
Japanese directors, and saw all the Ozu films I was able to rent at our
local video store, which was Late Spring, Early Summer, Tokyo Story, Good
Morning, A Tenement Gentleman, Floating Weeds, Equinox Flower, and Autumn
Afternoon, and a few films of Mizogchi (Sisters of the Gion, Osaka Elegy, ...).
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I am unable to locate video sources of other
Ozu films and films of other directors discussed by Donald Richie in his various
books, most of which I now have read, in addition to "Japanese Film Directors"
by Audie Bock.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am interested in finding English subtitled,
reasonably priced video sources of the Ozu films, and the films of Naruse,
Mizoguchi, Gosho, Kinoshita, and Toyoda; </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am also particularly interested in learning more
about Setsuko Hara.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Additionally, I would like to learn more about the
films of other Japanese directors and their work since 1960 to the
present. I would like personal recommendations, since I do not know which books
to trust when it comes to contemporary Japanese cinema. My interest likes, like
Ozu, in character rather than plot and action.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do not read or speak Japanese.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bradley</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>