<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi, <div><br></div><div>Hussain pointed out that the address I posted was incorrect. Try this one: </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.afc.ryukoku.ac.jp/Komon/kurosawa/index.html">http://www.afc.ryukoku.ac.jp/Komon/kurosawa/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>And the folks at the Kurosawa Akira website have already started a bilingual table of contents, since much of the content is photographic and none of the site is in English. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://akirakurosawa.info/guide-to-the-akira-kurosawa-digital-archive/">http://akirakurosawa.info/guide-to-the-akira-kurosawa-digital-archive/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Variety's Mark Schilling picked up on the story as well: </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004201.html?categoryid=19&cs=1">http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004201.html?categoryid=19&cs=1</a></div><div><br></div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><div><b>Ryukoku wraps Kurosawa project</b></div><div><b>Tokyo university digitalizes 27,431 items</b></div><div>By MARK SCHILLING</div><div>TOKYO -- Kurosawa Production and Tokyo-based Ryukoku University have completed a project to digitalize 27,431 items belonging to late helmer Akira Kurosawa, the two partners announced on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>In March 2005, Ryukoku began digitalizing scripts, notes, photos and other materials used to make Kurosawa's 30 pics, including never-before-seen continuity drawings from "Seven Samurai" and "Ran."</div><div><br></div><div>The materials have been uploaded to Ryukoku's website at: <a href="http://www.afc.ryukoku.ac.jp/Komon/kurosawa/index.html">http://www.afc.ryukoku.ac.jp/Komon/kurosawa/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Kurosawa Production, headed by the helmer's son, Hisao Kurosawa, undertook the project to preserve Kurosawa's physical legacy, which has been deteriorating since Kurosawa's death in September 1998. Meanwhile, Ryokoku has an established track record in digitalizing old manuscripts, leading Kurosawa to partner with them for the project.</div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div></div><div><br></div><div>Markus</div></body></html>