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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>I had an index reference to Nishimura as the
co-director of Melodii beloy nochi, 1978, which is, of course, Byakuya no
shirabe. That's also in Eastmancolor. Ah, I remember why I have a
note. In the documentary 'Rerberg and Tarkovsky: The Reverse Side of
Stalker' by Igor Mayborada, 2009, Rerberg's reported defense to Tarkovski for
screwing up the first shoot of 'Stalker' was 'Look, I can shoot a color film -
see, I did <EM>Melodii beloy nochi</EM> very nicely in Japan'. To which
Tarkovski is supposed to have said, 'Yes, but this is the Soviet Union, where
you check each reel. Sayonara.' All right, I made up 'sayonara', but it's a
reasonable reconstruction of the effective end of Rerberg's career, and a
positive gloss on what Tarkovski's widow published of his actual sentiments on
Rerberg..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Roger</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jasper_sharp@hotmail.com
href="mailto:jasper_sharp@hotmail.com">Jasper Sharp</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=kinejapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
href="mailto:kinejapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">kinejapan</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Kiyoshi Nishimura question -
Hairpin Circus / Red Target</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Thank you both for these insights. Very interesting Don that you
mention it was at the cheaper end of Toho's production roster, although I can
imagine it was fairly modestly budgeted compared with Okamoto Kihachi's war
epics of the era, or Gosha Hideo's Panavision jidai-geki. At any rate, the
film looks wonderful, and I'll have to see it sometime. I'm amazed I've never
come across the name of Nishimura before, especially as he is important enough
to warrant his own English-language wikipedia entry, which mentions his "<SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif">arrest
in 1987 for secretly using a video camera in a public bathhouse for
women".</SPAN>
<DIV><BR>I'm also really interested though in the relationship
between Tokyo Eiga and Toho - you mention they're a subsidiary Don,
any further information?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks again!</DIV>
<DIV>jasper<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">My n</SPAN>ew book,
<B><I>The </I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I>Historical
Dictionary of Japanese Cinema</I></B>,</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> is out now from<A
href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810857957" target=_blank> Scarecrow
Press.</A></SPAN></DIV><BR>Jasper Sharp: Writer & Film Curator
Homepage<BR>http://jaspersharp.com/<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><BR><BR>
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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:28:21 +0900<BR>From: ryuganji@gmail.com<BR>To:
KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<BR>Subject: Re: Kiyoshi Nishimura question
- Hairpin Circus / Red Target<BR><BR>Hi Jasper,<BR><BR>The liner notes for the
Hairpin Circus DVD mention that the Macao Grand Prix scenes were "essential
for the completion of the film" (perhaps it was featured in Itsuki Hiroyuki's
serialized novella on which the film was based?). Toho were slow to permit the
Macao shoot, so with the race impending, subsidiary Tokyo Eiga put up
provisional funds to make it possible. The producers eventually received
permission from Toho after the scenes were shot. It was made for 45 million
yen, which was the lowest bracket for a Toho film at the time.<BR><BR>Don
Brown<BR><BR>
<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>2012/2/14 Jasper Sharp <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
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<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Does anyone know anything about the director Kiyoshi
Nishimura, more specifically, his two films <I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Red Target</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> (</SPAN><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Bara no hyoteki</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">) and </SPAN><I>Highway
Circuit</I> a.k.a. <I>Hairpin Circus</I> (<I>Heapin saakasu</I>), both
from 1972. It seems to me, flicking through the Unijapan catalogues of that
year, that they were both shot in Hong Kong/Macao, but I'm wandering if this
was actually the case.
<DIV>The reason I ask is that the Unijapan catalogue mentions both were shot
in Eastman Color, but from this period, almost all of Toho's films were shot
in Fujicolor (except those such as <SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Shinoda’s </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><I>The Scandalous Adventures of Buraiken
</I>that were shot in Panavision) - so there must be a reason they were shot
in Eastmancolor, and if they were shot on location in Hong Kong (Shaw
Brothers used Eastman Color, for example), this this would sort of make
sense. Or maybe I'm barking up a completely nonsensical tree
here...</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">My n</SPAN>ew book,
<B><I>The </I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><I>Historical
Dictionary of Japanese Cinema</I></B>,</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> is out now from<A
href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810857957" target=_blank> Scarecrow
Press.</A></SPAN></DIV><BR>Jasper Sharp: Writer & Film Curator
Homepage<BR><A href="http://jaspersharp.com/"
target=_blank>http://jaspersharp.com/</A><BR><BR>Midnight Eye: The Latest
and Best in Japanese Cinema<BR><A href="http://www.midnighteye.com"
target=_blank>http://www.midnighteye.com</A><BR><BR>Zipangu Fest: Japanarchy
in the UK<BR><A href="http://zipangufest.com/"
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