Hi Anne, <div><br></div><div>There are, indeed an amazing number of adaptations. Whether there are more that other countries would be very hard to quantify with any confidence. Needless to say, tyre are more than you'd even think. To get a good sense for this, check out the following reference books, which actually list adaptations. </div><div><br></div><div><div>Eiga, terebi dorama, gensaku bungei dēta bukku, by Etō Shigehiro</div><div>Tokyo: Bensei Shuppan, 2005.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Nihon eiga gensaku jiten = Original works of Japanese films. Tokyo: Nichigai Asoshiētsu: Hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten, 2007.</div><div><br></div><div>Ego is. The more interesting book, but both are necessary since neither is complete. Please check out Aaron and my research guide (now in Japanese!) for analytical kaisetsu about these books. </div><div><br></div><div>Markus</div><div><br></div><div>PS: Kinejapan now strips email addresses from posts. If there's no signature in the message, it is hard to tell who is writing. Anne, which Anne are you?!?</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Sunday, July 3, 2016, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@lists.osu.edu">kinejapan@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">hi all,</font><div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">I wonder if someone can help me find a concrete cite or figure for a phenomenon I remember seeing quantified somewhere, but cannot find now.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">which is, that some shocking % of Japanese fiction films are made from novels or existing literary works.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">the most obvious recent example would be 『火花』/<i>Hibana</i>, on Netflix. If there’s a breakdown or tracking over time, I would enjoy seeing it.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">thanks for any (memory) aid!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Anne</font></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79);font-family:'courier new',monospace">Professor of Asian Cinema,</span><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79);font-family:'courier new',monospace"> </span><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f">Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f">Professor of Asian Cinema, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f">Professor, School of Art & Design</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#274e13"><b>Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#274e13"><b>6348 North Quad</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#274e13"><b>105 S. State Street</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#274e13"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">
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