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It's an interesting title, Jasper. "hanoji" is about going round and round in circles… Perhaps a title of “breaking the cycle” would work? Good luck.<div><br></div><div>Jason<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 3, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Jasper Sharp wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Baskerville; font-size: medium; 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: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><span class="EC_Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; "><br><br>Dear Kinejapanners,<br>I'm really trying to work out a decent translated title for this first jishu eiga by Memories of Matsuko director Nakashima Tetsuya:<br>Hano ji wasurete (はの字忘れて, 1981). (see:<span class="EC_Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://pff.jp/jp/old/award/1982.html#hanoji%29" target="_blank">http://pff.jp/jp/old/award/1982.html#hanoji)</a><br><br>I don't know if this film has appeared in any of his official english language biographies, and I am certain it hasn't been shown anywhere outside of Japan. The Japanese seems to be intranslatable, or at the very least, ambiguous.<br><br>Can anyone help at all?<br><br>Jasper Sharp<br><br></span><br><br>Midnight Eye <a href="http://www.midnighteye.com">www.midnighteye.com</a><br><br><br><hr>Celebrate a decade of Messenger with free winks, emoticons, display pics, and more.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/di