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In Kaizo Hayashi's The Breath (1997), set in Taiwan, the detective character played by Juro Kara communicates with the locals almost entirely through writing Chinese characters, their common visual language. I may be wrong, but I think Mitsuo Yanagimachi's About, Tokyo (1992) features a similar scene.<br><br>Jasper<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: Sat, 1 May 2010 05:31:32 +0200<br>> From: Alex.Zahlten@gmx.de<br>> To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>> Subject: RE: Calligraphy<br>> <br>> Dear all,<br>> <br>> thank you for this great collection of suggestions- it does seem that the connection of writing and moving images is intriguing to a lot of people. I think we can all look forward to Markus' paper at Kinema Club!<br>> <br>> alex<br>> -- <br>> alex@nipponconnection.de<br>> <br>> GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT!<br>> Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01<br> <br /><hr />Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Free. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/' target='_new'>Sign-up now.</a></body>
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