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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If you haven't already, you might ask the Kawakita
Foundation about their Press Sheet for <EM>ge-mu no kisoku</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://database.kawakita-film.or.jp/webdatabase/YougaResult.aspx">http://database.kawakita-film.or.jp/webdatabase/YougaResult.aspx</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I can see why it wouldn't have appeared until the
sixties. Quite apart from wartime import restrictions and blockades, it
bombed on release and wasn't restored and revived until 1959. But 1982
seems late.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Others may be able to help you more.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Roger</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=frako@well.com href="mailto:frako@well.com">Frako Loden</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, August 27, 2008 5:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Renoir's "Rules" Japan
Release?</DIV>
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<DIV>In what year was Jean Renoir's<I> Rules of the Game</I> (La Regle du jeu,
1939) first released theatrically in Japan? I'm seeing September 18, 1982
mentioned in poster captions and imdb.com. Is this true? If so, what are the
circumstances of this delayed release?</DIV>
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<DIV>Frako Loden</DIV>
<DIV>Berkeley, CA</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>