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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Some help, please, on silent-era directors.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>In the journal 'Close Up' for March 1929, there was a
piece written by 'J. Shige Sudzuky'. He later made further contributions
under this name, and there seems no doubt that this is SUZUKI shigekichi
<SPAN lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 30pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
size=4><STRONG>鈴木重吉</STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>, </FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=3>who is clearly the same director as IMDb's 'shigeyoshi
Suzuki'.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 30pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=3>One of the stills accompanying the article is of "Yoshiko
Kawada, a Japanese star in <EM>The Black-haired Demon</EM>, a film by J. Shige
Sudzuky." But, of the 120 odd films in which <FONT
face="Times New Roman">川田芳子</FONT> starred according to JMDb, NONE were made by
Suzuki. Kawada did, however star in a 1926 trilogy: <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun"><A
href="http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1926/bb004900.htm"><SPAN lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt"><FONT
color=#800080>黒髪夜叉</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> which I read as</SPAN> <EM>Kurokami
yasha</EM>, and which translates perfectly well as 'Black-haired
demon'.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 30pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'">The
director of <EM>Kurokami yasha</EM> according to JMDb is <SPAN lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">大久保忠素<FONT
face=Arial>. <FONT size=3>I don't recognise this name and tentatively read
it as <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Ōshii
hochūsō.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 30pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><SPAN
lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 30pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><SPAN
lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The correct
reading of this name would be appreciated, together with any background. I
have a rough photocopy of the still, available on request to <A
href="mailto:macyroger@yahoo.co.uk">macyroger@yahoo.co.uk</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 30pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><SPAN
lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">I also have
some other queries related to stills attributed to
'Sudzuky'.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=ZH-CN
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face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><SPAN
lang=ZH-CN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Happy
holiday,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=ZH-CN
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face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"><SPAN
lang=ZH-CN
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face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Roger
Macy</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>