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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>These King Kong films are examples of the "citation and
intertextuality" that I wrote about two or three weeks ago. There are
dozens of instances, from punning titles to citations to full-on parodies.
Yamamoto Kikuo, in his invaluable book on the "influence" of foreign
film in Japan, lists quite a few examples (p.301 in my copy). For example, he
mentions Saito's version of King Kong and says the titles of Saito Torajiro's
films in particular were often jokey tweaks of existing film and literary
titles: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Zenbu seishin ijo ari = Seibu zensen ijo nashi (All Quiet on the
Western Front) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Kono ana o miyo = Kono haha o miyo (Tasaka Tomotaka, 1930) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Namerareta aitsu = Nagurareta aitsu (He Who Gets Slapped)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Aa hakujo = Aa mujo (Les Miserables)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Uma kaeru = Chichi kaeru (Kikuchi Kan short story, Nomura Hotei
film, 1927)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Sadly, I haven’t seen any of these films and doubt that many
survive, even in fragments. Has anyone seen any of these films? An interesting
and important aspect of Japanese film history that is ignored in the search for
masterpieces and "authentically" local contexts, I think... just
another indication of how archival practices (emphasis on complete films, and
the work of auteurs) affects the writing of broader histories. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>---- Original message ----<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:03:22 +0000 (GMT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>From: Alexander Jacoby <a_p_jacoby@yahoo.co.uk><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>Subject: RE: Lost Japanese Films<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>Not sure about that, but Torajiro Saito directed a film<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>called <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>Wasei Kingu Kongu - King Kong Japanese Style - shortly after<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>the <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>release of the American monster movie. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>ALEX <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>--- On Wed, 10/12/08, Jasper Sharp
<jasper_sharp@hotmail.com><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>>wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> From: Jasper Sharp
<jasper_sharp@hotmail.com> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> Subject: RE: Lost Japanese Films <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> To: "kinejapan"
<kinejapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> Date: Wednesday, 10 December, 2008, 5:29 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> Talking of lost films, something that keeps coming up in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> conversations recently has been the following title: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> King Kong Appears in Edo (Edo ni arawareta Kingu Kongu, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> </span><span lang=JA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"ＭＳ 明朝","serif";color:#1F497D'>江戸に現れたキングコング</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>, Kumaga Sôya, 1938) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> It's listed in the jmdb simply as </span><span lang=JA
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝","serif";color:#1F497D'>キングコング</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> Can anyone confirm it ever existed? It seems to good to be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>true. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> There's some information on the web, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> namely<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>http://www.tcat.ne.jp/~oguchi/Ape%20Movie%201900-1939.html <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> It appears it only screened for one week only at most then<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> disappeared, but I've never even heard of its production<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>company <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> Zenshou Kinema (Zenkatsu Kinema?) before - it makes me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>realise <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> just how much weird stuff in the prewar period there was.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>So sad <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> its all vanished! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> Jasper <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> Midnight Eye www.midnighteye.com <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>---------------------------------------------------------------
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Michael Raine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Assistant Professor in Japanese Cinema<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The University of Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>mjraine@uchicago.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Alexander Jacoby
[mailto:a_p_jacoby@yahoo.co.uk] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Lost Japanese Films<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Not sure about that, but Torajiro Saito directed a film
called Wasei Kingu Kongu - King Kong Japanese Style - shortly after the
release of the American monster movie.<br>
<br>
ALEX<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--- On <b>Wed, 10/12/08, Jasper Sharp <i><jasper_sharp@hotmail.com></i></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>From: Jasper Sharp
<jasper_sharp@hotmail.com><br>
Subject: RE: Lost Japanese Films<br>
To: "kinejapan" <kinejapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu><br>
Date: Wednesday, 10 December, 2008, 5:29 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
<div id=yiv1395085756>
<p class=MsoNormal>Talking of lost films, something that keeps coming up in
conversations recently has been the following title:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div>
<p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:200%'>King Kong
Appears in Edo (Edo ni arawareta Kingu Kongu, <span lang=JA style='font-family:
"Arial Unicode MS"'>江戸に現れたキングコング</span>, Kumaga Sôya, 1938)<o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal>It's listed in the jmdb simply as <span
class=apple-style-span><span lang=JA style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>キングコング</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal>Can anyone confirm it ever existed? It seems to good to be
true. <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal>There's some information on the web,
namely http://www.tcat.ne.jp/~oguchi/Ape%20Movie%201900-1939.html<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal>It appears it only screened for one week only at most then
disappeared, but I've never even heard of its production company Zenshou
Kinema (Zenkatsu Kinema?) before - it makes me realise just how much weird
stuff in the prewar period there was. So sad its all vanished!<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Jasper<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008
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From: macyroger@yahoo.co.uk<br>
To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>
Subject: Re: Lost Japanese Films<o:p></o:p></p>
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Christiane Gruen,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You ask -</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Therefore
we ask if anybody knows of any Japanese films, which are believed lost, that
they please post to the list or get in touch with me at the email address listed
below."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Alas, for
Japan, the question is overwhelming, if not mocking, since most Japanese
films are lost. Of the many thousands of films made before 1940 (such
as to be found on the JMDb website) all but a few hundred, I
believe, are lost. And plenty after this date are also lost - for
example, Jasper Sharp points out, in his new book that most pink films have
not been preserved. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>So, for
practical reasons, our focus is on what films are preserved. We have
had recent threads on this list as to the availability of information on
which films are preserved - see '</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Film archive catalogues</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>' and '</span><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Japanese
governmental agencies/film culture promotional policies</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>'. Due to the lack of easy
availability of preservation information, Professor High's pointer to his
book is particularly useful.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
discussion on your website as to what might constitute a 'lost film' is
valuable. But whilst we have your attention, may I ask one question and
make one suggestion, please?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Question: (Assuming
the Deutsche Kinemathek is the institution in Germany that holds information
on films preserved in Germany,) Is it one of those institutions that
puts on line the listing of those films it has preserved? If so, what
is the link, please. If not, a listing of any East Asian films up to
1945 that are held would interest scholars, particularly as there are a few
films that may have reached Berlin via Moscow.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Suggestion:
There is another category of found films that are hidden, in so far as there
is no budget to produce projection copies. Publicity for these might
produce the positive result of procuring sponsorship for their projection and
distribution. For example, the only copy of a 1923 film by Conrad
Wiene, </span>DIE MACHT DER FINSTERNIS<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>,
(with Russian actors and, presumably, a Russian script) exists at Waseda
University, Tokyo with English titles - see the report by Dr. Uli Jung in
Filmblatt, Summer, 2003. Perhaps your institution could find the budget
to combine the revival of this hidden German film with that of a Japanese
film in a similar state?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Roger Macy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-----
Original Message ----- </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:
"Christiane Gruen" <</span><a
href="mailto:Christiane.Gruen@gmx.de" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Christiane.Gruen@gmx.de</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To: <</span><a
href="mailto:kinejapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank"><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>kinejapan@lists.acs.ohio-state..edu</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 3:52 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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