<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yes -- Bordwell's book appears to have a typographical error here. It is indeed Shukichi Somiya (Chishu Ryu) who has a few drinks with Aya at the tavern -- and then comes home to his Noriko-less home and peels the apple.<br><br>I wonder if Bordwell will be able to eventually fix typos of this sort in the online version of the book?<br><br>MEK<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Lewis Cook <lcoqc@earthlink.net><br>To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 4:14:55 PM<br>Subject: Bordwell on Ozu's "Late Spring" query<br><br><div><br>On p. 311 of Bordwell's _Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema_,
third <br>paragraph from the bottom of the page, Bordwell writes "Ozu cuts away <br>from Aya and Hattori to the empty tavern..." In the next paragraph he <br>writes "Hattori comes home ... peels the apple..."<br><br>I haven't viewed the film in two years and am not sure, but even from <br>the context of Bordwell's analysis, I assume we should read "Somiya" <br>for "Hattori" in both of the above cases.<br><br>Could anyone who has Bordwell at hand help me with this? (I ask only <br>because I want my students to read this analysis, but don't want them <br>confused.)<br><br>I'd appreciate any help.<br><br><br>Lewis Cook <br></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>