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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi, Shota,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>'Death by Hanging' and 'Boy' were both screened at the LFF
in 1969, and I would have thought most Oshima films would make the Festival in
this era. It was, however, 1983 when he got a season at the BFI and at
Edinburgh.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>BFI's 'Japan~ Contemporary Directors' in
1974 included Oshima's 'Three Resurrected Drunkards' and 'Japan~History
through Cinema' in 1975 had 'Night and Fog in Japan'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>It's pretty likely that other cinemas would have been
showing Oshima at this time, and this was an era when the BBC gave access to
films not generally available, but I don't have details. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Roger</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: <</FONT><A href="mailto:ryan.cook@yale.edu"><FONT
face=Arial>ryan.cook@yale.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>To: <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 7:36 PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Subject: Re: Death by Hanging in Screen</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial>> <BR>> Hi
Shota,<BR>> <BR>> Not sure about screenings of Koshikei, but the
discussion in 1976 probably has<BR>> something to do with the release of Ai
no koriida that year. Wide <BR>> Angle (where<BR>> Heath published
"The Question Oshima") put out more than one special issue on<BR>> Oshima and
Japanese cinema around 76-77, I think.<BR>> <BR>> -Ryan<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> Quoting shota ogawa <</FONT><A
href="mailto:shota.ogawa@gmail.com"><FONT
face=Arial>shota.ogawa@gmail.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>>:<BR>>
<BR>>> Hello.<BR>>><BR>>> I am writing a dissertation chapter
on Oshima's Death by Hanging (Koshikei<BR>>> 1968) in relation to
the<BR>>> "nisei mondai" of zainichi Koreans.<BR>>><BR>>> I am
fascinated by the fact that Stephen Heath places such importance on
the<BR>>> film in his two articles "Narrative Space"<BR>>> and
"Anata mo" (both in Screen, 1976).<BR>>> Although there is, for a brief
period, some discussions between Heath and<BR>>> Colin MacCabe on Death by
Hanging, this<BR>>> only lasts for a couple of issues.<BR>>> *Does
anyone know if there was a major Oshima retrospective in England or<BR>>>
around that prompted scholars to write about<BR>>> Death by Hanging all of
a sudden after 8 years from its release in Japan<BR>>> (and the Marche du
Film at 1968 Cannes).*<BR>>><BR>>> Thank you and best wishes for the
holiday season.<BR>>><BR>>>
Shota<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> --<BR>>>
----------------------------------------<BR>>> Shota Ogawa<BR>>>
Ph.D. Student<BR>>> Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural
Studies<BR>>> 424 Morey Hall<BR>>> University of
Rochester<BR>>> Rochester, NY 14627<BR>>><BR>>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.rochester.edu/College/onfilm/"><FONT
face=Arial>www.rochester.edu/College/onfilm/</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial>>> ----------------------------------------<BR>>><BR>>
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