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<div>Hi Jerry,</div>
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<div>I'm just stabbing in the dark here, but actor/director Ninagawa
Yukio (father of Ninagawa Mika, director of last year's _Sakuran_) has
done a lot of Shakespeare - on stage. I wonder if anyone out there
knows of any video recordings of the performances?</div>
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<div>I also remember watching a TV drama last year in which one of the
main characters was a Shakespearean actor - the final episode features
his interpretation of King Lear. "Yakusha damashii" aired in
Fall 2006. Check out<font face="Lucida Grande" size="+2"
color="#000000"> http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yakusha_Damashii</font> for
more info. Not exactly what you were looking for, maybe, but
hth.</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Melek</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>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>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>On 9/26/07,<b> Yuna de Lannoy</b> <<a
href="mailto:yuna_tasaka@hotmail.com">yuna_tasaka@hotmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote>Does it have to be a comparison between two Japanese
films?<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
And lastly, Orson Wells made Macbeth in 1948.<br>
<br>
Yuna<br>
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<blockquote>Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:32:36 -0400<br>
From: <a
href="mailto:robixsmash@gmail.com">robixsmash@gmail.com</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">
KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br>
Subject: Re: Shakespeare and Japanese Film</blockquote>
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I don't know of any other Japanese versions of Macbeth, but Kurosawa's
Ran is based on King Lear.<br>
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<blockquote>On 9/26/07,<b> Jerry Turner</b> <<a
href="mailto:jdturner1@gmail.com"> jdturner1@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote>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>
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-rob<br>
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<div>Melek Ortabasi, Ph.D.<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
Department of Comparative Literature<br>
Hamilton College<br>
Clinton, NY<br>
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**Visiting Researcher at The University of Tokyo, 2006-2007**</div>
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