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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I met: </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Kore-eda Hirokazu, Tsukamoto Shinya, Ichikawa Jun and Hiroki Ryuichi</DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>and none of the directors above could take part in an
English-on-stage interview. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>best,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stefan</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS: You have the money to invite directors, but no
money for translators? </FONT></P>
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<A title=thomaswvincent@hotmail.com
href="mailto:thomaswvincent@hotmail.com">Thomas Vincent</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><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 arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> English speakers</DIV>
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<P>Hi there,</P>
<P>I am working on programming for a film festival in the UK, and would very
much like to include retrospectives of one or more Japanese directors or
stars. We'd also like to invite people over for 'screentalk'
events...</P>
<P>Does anyone happen to know whether the following people have sufficient
skills in English to enable them to participate in an on-stage interview:</P>
<P>Kore-eda Hirokazu</P>
<P>Tsukamoto Shinya</P>
<P>Ichikawa Jun</P>
<P>Nakata Hideo</P>
<P>Asano Tadanobu</P>
<P>Hiroki Ryuichi</P>
<P>Kurosawa Kiyoshi</P>
<P>Miike Takashi</P>
<P>From what I can gather from DVD extras and TV clips, I suspect the answer
may be none of them... Is this correct?</P>
<P>Appologies in advance for the rather subjective nature of the
question!</P>
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<P>Tom Vincent, National Media Museum, Bradford UK</P></DIV></DIV><BR
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