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<DIV><FONT face="MS UI Gothic" size=2>One of the best books on Japanese
musicals, as far as I know, is Utaeba Tengoku: Nippon Kayo Delux (2
volumes: Ten no maki and Chi no maki) published by Media Factory in 1999, which
includes articles and interviews. I think they are out of print, but could be
found through internet used bookstores. I hope this information is
helpful.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS UI Gothic" size=2>Ayako Saito</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS UI Gothic" size=2>Meiji Gakuin University</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=schill@gol.com href="mailto:schill@gol.com">mark schilling</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt MS UI Gothic"><B>To:</B> <A
title=KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt MS UI Gothic"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 22, 2005
2:22 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt MS UI Gothic"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Japanese
musicals?</DIV>
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<DIV>My colleague Roger Garcia of the Udine Far East Film festival is curating
a section for next year's edition on Asian musicals, primarily from the
1950s and 1960s. I'm helping him with Japan by screening the
films of the usual suspects (Takamine Mieko, Takamine Hideko, Misora
Hibari, Kayama Yuzo, The Crazy Cats, Frankie Sakai, Ishihara Yujiro,
etc.), but I'm wondering if there are any good books or articles out
there, in Japanese or English, I should be mining. There is plenty
of writing on music in Japanese films, but I'm more interested in the
musical genre per se, or rather the local interpretation of it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark Schilling</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:schill@gol.com">schill@gol.com</A></DIV>
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