<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>A doctoral student of mine, Ryan Cook, has delivered papers on meigaza and is currently conducting dissertation research on cinephilia in postwar Japan.</div><div><br></div><div>Aaron Gerow</div><div>Yale</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; 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; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:22:42 -0400<br>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:baird@asianlan.umass.edu">baird@asianlan.umass.edu</a><br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br>CC:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:maraninhk@gmail.com">maraninhk@gmail.com</a><br>Subject: Fwd: H-JAPAN (E)Japanese independent film theaters and cinephile culture<br><br>I noticed this post to H-Japan. Thought it might be better served here. I assume you will have to reply off list to Ran.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">H-Japan Editor <<a href="mailto:j-edit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU">j-edit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU</a>></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">July 1, 2010 2:16:15 PM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="mailto:H-JAPAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU">H-JAPAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU</a></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>H-JAPAN (E)Japanese independent film theaters and cinephile culture</b></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Reply-To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">H-NET/KIAPS List for Japanese History <<a href="mailto:H-JAPAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU">H-JAPAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU</a>></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On-line editor: Janet R. Goodwin <<a href="mailto:jan@cs.csustan.edu">jan@cs.csustan.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>H-JAPAN</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>July 1, 2010</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: MA Ran <<a href="mailto:maraninhk@gmail.com">maraninhk@gmail.com</a>></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi everyone!</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I am wondering who could recommend to me useful academic works either about the independent film theaters in Japan (those dedicated to showcasing indie cinema and arthouse works, for instance UPLINK at Shibuya), or on contemporary Japanese cinephile culture. The works could be in Japanese-language, or English. Also, are there Japanese scholars who are into research as such?</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I would appreciate your recommendation or thought-exchanging.</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">cheers</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ran</div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; 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