<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>Dear KineJapaners,</div><div><br></div><div>A Malaysian friend of mine is interested in making a documentary on the influence of Japanese War-era films on Malayan Cinema in the post-war years, including those by Ozu, Mizoguchi and Kurosawa. </div><div><br></div><div>I thought I'd ask amongst those of you here if you have had any experience or know of other people who may have attempted securing permission to either still or moving images from these war-era films.</div><div><br></div><div>Would the fact that these films would be more than 65 years old by now, make it easier and perhaps less costly to negotiate permission for use in a documentary as well as accessing the footage in some transferable form? </div><div><br></div><div>Would they largely be under the
care of Kawakita Memorial Film Institute or the National Film Center, permissions-wise? Or still with the respective commercial rights-holders?</div><div><br></div><div>Any advice or suggestion would be welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>Warmest regards,</div><div> </div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;"><font size="2"><font size="3" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family:garamond,;">Naguib Razak</span></font><br style="font-family:garamond,;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family:garamond,;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);">Managing Director, Producer/Director<br>Blue In Green Productions </span><br style="font-family:garamond,;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family:garamond,;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"></span><font class="Apple-style-span"
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