This might be a good time to remind everyone about the interview I did with
Sawato Midori, along with Mike Arnold, about two years ago. She's a very
bubbly and nice person, and shed a lot of light onto the early days of
Japanese cinema for us.<BR><A
href="http://www.midnighteye.com/features/silentfilm_pt2.shtml">http://www.midnighteye.com/features/silentfilm_pt2.shtml</A><BR><BR>Jasper
Sharp<BR><A
href="http://www.midnighteye.com">www.midnighteye.com</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<BR>To:
"KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu"
<KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu><BR>Subject: Benshi in Boston,
Performances and Symposium<BR>Date: 14/04/04 15:36<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Please see the attached flyer for complete information about the
symposium on silent film at to be held at Tufts next Friday. The
symposium will be followed by a screening of Mizoguchi's The Water Magician
with live benshi narration by Sawato Midori. </DIV>
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<DIV>The symposium is held in conjunction with a series of performances by
Ms. Sawato in the New England area next week (4/21 Portsmouth, NH; 4/22
Boston University; 4/23 Tufts; 4/24 Harvard Film Archive). The full
schedule with contact information can be found at:<FONT face="Courier New"
color=#000000 size=+3> http://www.us-japan.org/boston/</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#000000 size=+3><B>SYMPOSIUM "Far From
Silent: The Social and Artistic Influence of Early Japanese
Film"</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#000000 size=+3><B>APRIL 23/3-6PM At
Tufts University, Olin Center (Rm. 12)</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#000000 size=+3><B><BR></B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=+2>William Burton ­ Onoe
Matsunosuke, The First Great Star of Japanese Film</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=+2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=+2>Aaron Gerow ­ The Benshi at
the Border: Narrating the Conflict over National Cinema</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=+2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=+2>Charles Inoue ­
Understanding the Water Magician: Why Must this Woman
Suffer?</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=+2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=+2>Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano -
Embodying the Modern Girl on the Japanese Silent Screen</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=+2><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#000000 size=+2>For information contact
William Burton,<U> William.burton@tufts.edu</U></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000 size=+2></FONT></DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>--
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<DIV>Sarah Frederick<BR>Assistant Professor of Japanese</DIV>
<DIV>Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures</DIV>
<DIV>Boston University</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR />
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