Hi all,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>I posted to KineJapan several months ago for film suggestions regarding my dissertation on black Others in Japanese cinema. In the course of my research I came across the singular film and TV career of Chico Roland, a black American actor under contract in Japan from 1952-1989. I managed to track down members of Roland's family - he is still alive, but not well - and finally contact them on the eve of some of his films by Kurahara being finally released on Eclipse Series DVDs. <br>
<br>His son has been trying to compile a comprehensive filmography of Roland's work - apparently only 1/3 of his films and TV work are listed on IMDB - and collect his films and memorabilia, many of which are at the Yokohama Film Library but others are proving difficult to locate. <br>
<br>I was asked if there was anyone in the scholarly community that might be able to assist the family in tracking down titles, archives, press releases, DVD copies etc. This request goes out to those of you who literally wrote the book on Japanese film research as well as anyone who has contacts with film communities in Japan. His son lives in Japan and is fluent in Japanese so Japanese-language only sources are acceptable.<br>
<br>Thanks in advance for your assistance! <br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Robyn Citizen<br>PhD Candidate <br>Cinema Studies<br>New York University<br>alternate e-mail: <a href="mailto:ladykaede1221@gmail.com" target="_blank">ladykaede1221@gmail.com</a><br>
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\22Heart and Mind at the bottom of the sea\22 - H. Murakami<br>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Robyn Citizen<br>PhD Candidate <br>Cinema Studies<br>New York University<br>alternate e-mail: <a href="mailto:ladykaede1221@gmail.com">ladykaede1221@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><br>\22Heart and Mind at the bottom of the sea\22 - H. Murakami<br>