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Hello Beat,<br><br>This one might be more what you're looking for, although good luck trying to track it down for a viewing.<br>The film is called<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Young
Guy in the Alps</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
(</span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Arupusu no
wakadaishô</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
1966), or <i>It Started In the Alps</i>, directed by </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Furusawa Kengo.<br>It was an entry in the </span></span><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.1 (Unix)">
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--></style><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Wakadaishô</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> ('Young Guy')</span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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starring popular singing star,
Kayama Yûzô (the</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> son of actor Uehara Ken</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">). which began with </span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Young
Guy at University</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
(</span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Daigaku no
wakadaishô</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">, 1961, directed by </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sugie Toshio. There were a huge number of entries in this Toho musical series, which I guess must have been a bit like the Elvis films from the same period. </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In an era when not many Japanese had the opportunity to travel overseas, Kayama would end up in a different country each time. For this 1966 entry, he ended up in Switzerland.<br>More details here on wikipedia (Japanese): http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9%E3%81%AE%E8%8B%A5%E5%A4%A7%E5%B0%86<br></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 200%;">
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Theme song and poster here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Sb6YC_B8A<br><br>Hope this helps,<br><br>Jasper<br><br><br><br>Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema<br>www.midnighteye.com<br><br>More details about me on http://jaspersharp.com/<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:55:40 +0200<br>> From: beatfrey@gmx.ch<br>> To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>> Subject: Switzerland and Japanese Cinema<br>> <br>> A rather peculiar question (and nothing to do with Roman Polanski):<br>> <br>> Does anyone have information regarding Switzerland in Japanese cinema and vice-versa, i.e. swiss/japanese locations or themes in japanese/swiss movies, other relations like coproductions etc.?<br>> There's probably not much more than Takahata's 'Arupusu no shojo Haiji', Morimoto's adaptation of 'Ichigensan' and Daniel Schmid's 'Written Face', but if something pops up in your mind, I'd be glad to know. It can also be some anecdotal detail. Answers off list are welcome.<br>> <br>> Thanks in advance<br>> <br>> Beat<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Neu: GMX Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + Telefon-Flatrate<br>> für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02<br> <br /><hr />Beyond Hotmail - see what else you can do with Windows Live. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665375/direct/01/' target='_new'>Find out more.</a></body>
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