Well, I assume the best for you is to look for the "Eiga kantoku Masumura Yasuzô no sekai", edited by Fujii Hiroaki and published by Wides shuppan in 1999... Texts and articles by Masumura himself, full filmography commented by Masumura as well, interviews of his collaborators, etc... The best place to start, definitely. You may take a look too at "Eiga joyû Wakao Ayako", by Yomota Inuhiko and Saito Ayako (Misuzu Shobo). But about Masumura the literature in Japanese is as thick as it's thin in western languages, as far as I know...<div>
<br></div><div>Mathieu Capel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/4/3 Stefan Borsos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:FULLALERT@t-online.de">FULLALERT@t-online.de</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Dear all,<br>
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currently doing research on Masumura Yasuzo, I was wondering if anyone on the list might be able help with the following two questions: First of all, are there any studies, articles etc. which cover more extensively biografical aspects and production histories of Masumura's works? Secondly, how about scholarly essays on him and/or (some of) his films? Any hints would be very much appreciated! Thanks so much in advance!<br>
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All the best,<br>
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Stefan<br>
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