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You might take a look at the website for the current Oshima series at the UC Berkeley Pacific Film Archive for an array of incredible films with synopses and other info. <a href="http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/oshima_2009">http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/oshima_2009</a><div>best katherine<br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div>Katherine Mezur</div><div>Assistant Professor </div><div>School of Drama and Japan Studies Faculty</div><div>University of Washington</div><div>Seattle, Washington</div><div>kmezur@u.washington.edu</div></div><div><br></div></span><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Home:</div><div>1100 Miller Avenue</div><div>Berkeley, CA 94708</div></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Jun 16, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Joseph Murphy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I agree with Jonathan that <i>Cruel Story of Youth</i> is a more narrative-friendly alternative. <i>Cruel Story of Youth</i> with Kurosawa's <i>No Regrets for Our Youth</i> can give an idea of the how this rite of passage changes from the 30s to the 60s.<div>yours,</div><div>Joe Murphy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Jun 15, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Mark Nornes wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>A friend wants to show a film in connection to a symposium on the <br>political events of 1960. The obvious choice is Night and Fog in <br>Japan, but that film is pretty rough on today's audiences.<br><br>What would _you_ show?<br><br>Markus<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>