Thanks for all the responses thus far. I'm pretty familiar with most of the Kurosawa films. One member emailed me a link to this film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053919/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053919/</a>
by Kato Tai that is a version of Hamlet. <br><br>For my short paper, that I'm eventually hoping to flesh out later, I don't necessarily have to view two Japanese versions of Shakespeare, I just thought it would be interesting to do so if I could find two versions of the same play. Like I mentioned it can be loosely based. I'm having a hard time finding anything other than the Kurosawa films. I want to go off the beaten path and see if there is anything available by other Japanese directors past and present (if possible).
<br><br>Thanks for the responses, and if you run across anything else please don't hesitate to drop me a line. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Yuna de Lannoy
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Does it have to be a comparison between two Japanese films?<br>
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If not, how about comparing Kurosawa's Ran with Grigori Kozintsev's King Lear? I am always fascinated by how the two directors treated the same scene in their unique ways eg. the sequence of Gloucester's suicide attempt. Have you checked Jan Kott's Shakespeare Our Contemporary? There is an interesting passage about the sequence.
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Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well is also loosely based on Hamlet. You might be able to compare it with Kozintsev's Gamlet, although the two films are very far from each other. <br>
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And lastly, Orson Wells made Macbeth in 1948. <br>
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Yuna<br>
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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:32:36 -0400<br>From: <a href="mailto:robixsmash@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">robixsmash@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br>Subject: Re: Shakespeare and Japanese Film<div><span class="e" id="q_115439672d5537fe_1"><br><br>I don't know of any other Japanese versions of Macbeth, but Kurosawa's Ran is based on King Lear.
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<div><span>On 9/26/07, <b>Jerry Turner</b> <<a href="mailto:jdturner1@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> jdturner1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote style="padding-left: 1ex;">Hello,<br><br>I need a little help from some of you film buffs. I have a short film adaptation paper due soon. The assignment is to discuss two filmed versions of one play by Shakespeare. It's just a small comparison paper, so I will probably just focus on one or two scenes in particular and how they are done in both films.
<br><br>I really love Kurosawa's Throne of Blood, but don't know of any other Japanese adaptations of Macbeth. If anyone knows of another good Japanese film based on Macbeth (even if it's loosely based) please let me know. Otherwise, if you know of a pair of good film adaptations based on Shakespeare's work I would be most grateful.
<br><br>Thanks!<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-rob<br><a href="http://www.robixsmash.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.robixsmash.com/</a> </span>
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