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Thank you Mitsuyo and Michael!
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<div>In fact, I'm currently finishing up a paper on My Sassy Girl for a Korean Cinema anthology! I briefly discuss the Japanese concept of ryoki as a comparison (and also mention Endogawa Rampo). The scene from Ozu's film is one of the prime examples I offer, but
I wasn't sure whether there are other Japanese films up to 1990s that might use ryoki in a similar manner. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't leaving out any other important Japanese film examples. </div>
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<div>And Michael, thank you very much for sharing about Miriam Silverberg. I have never met her in person, but learning the history of a scholar I respect is really rewarding. Thank you. </div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces+kukheechoo=hotmail.com@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Michael Mc Caskey via KineJapan <kinejapan@lists.osu.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 24, 2016 1:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [KineJapan] Ryoki in Ozu's film</font>
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<div>I looked in several Japanese dictionaries, which gave meanings along the lines of bizarre and grotesque, but the term is used in a different way as well, at least recently.
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<div>There was an original 2001 Korean film, directed by Jae-Young Kwak, which has the Japanese title Ryouki-teki na kano jo, and the English title Sassy Girl, I don't know Korean, so I won't attempt to try to put it in roman letters properly.</div>
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<div>This Korean film was then adapted as a popular 2008 Japanese TV drama series, Ryouki-teki na kano jo, also known in English by the title Sassy Girl.</div>
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<div>Also in 2008,a US version came out, titled My Sassy Girl, directed by Yann Samuel. It's known in Japanese as Ryouki-teki na kano jo in NYC.</div>
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<div>There's also a 2014 Japanese song, part of the title including ryouki-teki, describing a woman. I think it was a hit, but don't remember the full title.</div>
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<div>In your context, it seems to be a male attribute described by a female, but maybe it has the same sort of "sassy" meaning. In English, I think "sassy" mainly applies to females, but maybe there's some male analog word that works in English.</div>
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<div>In Japanese popular usage, terms that go way back in slang often don't get in prestigous dictionaries. I didn't find "sassy" in any dictionaries for ryouki-teki, but in movie/TV title translations and transmogrifications instead.</div>
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<div>I hope this may help. Miriam was once a student of mine, and also a friend. She could read Japanese very readily and very well, and I had a great respect for her. She would have had fun with this question, and I think would have gone along with "sassy,"
and then given us a lively English word for the term as applied to males. She's gone, sadly, so I can only give you this second-best answer.</div>
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<div>Miriam would have also loved it if this answer of mine should lead to lively group discussion, strong disagreements, etc.</div>
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<div>Michael McCaskey</div>
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On Saturday, April 23, 2016, Kukhee Choo <<a href="mailto:kukheechoo@hotmail.com">kukheechoo@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p>I have a question about how the term "ryoki" is adopted in Ozu's film <i>Where now are the dreams of youth?
</i>(Seishun no yume ima izuko, 1932). There's a scene where the male protagonist Tetsuo tries to repulse a Moga female who's interested in him, but instead of getting turned off, she becomes more attracted to him and says "ryokiteki de iiwa." </p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt">Considering that the literal term of ryoki means grotesque bizarre acts of violence, but with Miriam Silverberg's Ero Guro Nansensu in mind, I was wondering whether there are any other film examples where the term ryoki is utilized
in such a manner?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt">Thank you!</span></p>
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