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So you better buy it fast, or I will!<br><br>The description in Worldcat (below), Columbia and the LOC all have it a serial, but they only appear to have 1957 and none list an end date for the run. I suspect that they started publishing it and it turned into something else or they gave up. <br><br>Markus<br><br><br><br><br><br>Japan motion picture almanac.</b></font><p>Eiga Sangyo Shinkokai.; Jiji Tsushinsha.</p><nobr>1957-?</nobr><div><b>English</b> <nobr><span title="Serial Publication"><img height="16" width="16" border="0" align="absmiddle" src="http://firstsearch.oclc.org.proxy.lib.umich.edu/images/icon-ser.gif" alt="Serial Publication"> Serial Publication</span> </nobr><nobr></nobr>illus. 30 cm.</div><div><font size="2">[Tokyo, Promotion Council of Motion Picture Industry of Japan]</font></div></font></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); border-right-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); 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valign="baseline"><td nowrap="" align="right" width="10%"><b><font color="#666666" face="Tahoma,Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><b>Description:</b></font></b></td><td><font size="2" face="Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif">1957-; illus. 30 cm.</font></td></tr><tr valign="baseline"><td nowrap="" align="right" width="10%"><b><font color="#666666" face="Tahoma,Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><b>Language:</b></font></b></td><td><font size="2" face="Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif">English</font></td></tr><tr valign="baseline"><td nowrap="" align="right" width="10%"><b><font color="#666666" face="Tahoma,Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><b>Standard No:</b></font></b></td><td><font size="2" face="Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>LCCN:</b> <a href="tel:74-644434">74-644434</a></font></td></tr><tr valign="baseline"><td></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><b><font color="#666666" face="Tahoma,Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">SUBJECT(S)</font></b></td></tr><tr valign="baseline"><td 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size="2"><b>Update:</b></font></b></td><td><font size="2" face="Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif">20110314</font></td></tr><tr valign="baseline"><td nowrap="" align="right" width="10%"><b><font color="#666666" face="Tahoma,Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><b>Accession No:</b></font></b></td><td><font size="2" face="Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>OCLC:</b> <a href="tel:1793799">1793799</a></font></td></tr><tr valign="baseline"><td nowrap="" align="right" width="10%"><b><font color="#666666" face="Tahoma,Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><b>Database:</b></font></b></td><td><font size="2" face="Geneva,Helvetica,sans-serif">WorldCat</font></td></tr></tbody></table><hr size="1" noshade=""></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br><div>Chair, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</div><div>Professor of Asian Cinema, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures</div><div>Professor, School of Art & Design</div><div>University of Michigan</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jun 18, 2011, at 8:32 PM, "Jasper Sharp" <<a href="mailto:jasper_sharp@hotmail.com">jasper_sharp@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">
Does anyone know about this particular publication? <div>I saw a citation for a 1957 publication, and assumed this might have been someone's translated title for Eiga Nenkan, but ita used copy has come up on <a href="http://Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>, also for 1957 and only for 1957, which makes me wonder if this was just a one-off English language publication. Jiji Tsushinsha is given as the author, although this of course is the publisher's name.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>jasper<br><br><br>Jasper Sharp: Writer & Film Curator Homepage<br><a href="http://jaspersharp.com/">http://jaspersharp.com/</a><br><br>Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema<br>http://www.midnighteye.com<br><br>Zipangu Fest: Japanarchy in the UK<br>http://zipangufest.com/<br></div> </div>
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