<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I'm not sure what she means by describing "Shonenki" as a "flesh movie". As I recall from seeing it at the Japan Foundation four or five years ago, it was a very earnest story about a boy - the son of a liberal father - growing up during the war. It's quite heartfelt and doesn't feel like a commercial chore at all.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 30/7/09, eigagogo@free.fr <I><eigagogo@free.fr></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: eigagogo@free.fr <eigagogo@free.fr><BR>Subject: Furyo Shojo / Naruse<BR>To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<BR>Date: Thursday, 30 July, 2009, 2:25 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Dear all,<BR><BR>Is Naruse's 'Furyo shojo' (1949) considered to be a lost movie ?<BR>According to Audie Bock's book on Naruse both negative & dupe positive are lost,<BR>same goes for the screenplay. This was written in 1983 .. maybe there have been<BR>news since?<BR><BR>In the same book, there's mention of 'flesh' movies made by 'masters' in the 50s<BR>such as Kinoshita's Shonen-ki & Toyoda's Haru no sasayaki ... is there any others<BR>similar 'commercial' sex-oriented movies made by 'famous' directors?<BR><BR><BR>thanks!<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>