<DIV>Kurosawa was nominted Best Director for Ran, I think.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim. <BR><BR><B><I>Peter Grilli <grillI@us-japan.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Aaron,<BR>I may be wrong about this (ie, there may have been more recent Japanese<BR>films nominated for Best Picture Oscars), but I think it may have been<BR>Kurosawa's RAN -- produced in 1985, nominated in 1986.<BR><BR>Peter Grilli<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<BR>[mailto:owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of Aaron<BR>Gerow<BR>Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:51 AM<BR>To: KineJapan<BR>Subject: Twilight nomination<BR><BR><BR>The nominations for the Academy Awards were announced and, beyond a<BR>best supporting actor nomination for Watanabe Ken (The Last Samurai),<BR>Yamada Yoji's Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) was also nominated for<BR>best foreign film. A bit of a surprise given that it's a film from<BR>2002, but things seem to move slowly in these parts. Can anyone say<BR>what was the last Japanese film to
be nominated for the best picture<BR>Oscar?<BR><BR>Aaron Gerow<BR>KineJapan owner<BR><BR>Assistant Professor<BR>Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures<BR>Yale University<BR><BR>For list commands, send "information kinejapan" to<BR>listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<BR>Kinema Club: http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr size=1><font face="Arial" size="2"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">BT
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