<div dir="auto">Brilliant!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">2019年12月14日(土) 午後8:46 Markus Nornes via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dennis Doros, the legendary distributor (Milestone), tells a great story about his first encounter with Hara Kazuo—just now from Facebook. <div><br></div><div>M</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14.000000953674316px">I'm so glad that The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On is on blu-ray. It's one of my favorite films of all time and one I acquired for Kino back in 1987. I want to tell a story and I'm linking it to the director on FB so if I'm repeating a tall tale, he can chastise me. It's also the first time he's hearing this story of our meeting. Back in 1987 I was desperate to acquire the film and my boss Don Krim said if I can get it cheaply, we could do it. My friend at the Japan Society</span><span style="display:inline;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14.000000953674316px">, Dr. Kyoko Hirano, really wanted me to meet Mr. <a title="Kazuo Hara" href="https://www.facebook.com/kazuo.hara.16718?__tn__=%2CdK-R0.g-R&eid=ARD3XQSQM506uks1PIIR7kWN8_uwVxUmcaQX7zK6jZk0gRSf464-k_r7S18Ug1oo-04zSMP7sCOIUnbl&fref=mentions" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Hara</a> who was coming to town to present the film. So Dr. Hirano met me and we were walking to the Algonquin Hotel to meet him. And she tells me a story about Kei Kumai's THE SEA AND THE POISON. Mr. Hara was Mr. Kumai's assistant on the film. For one of the scenes, she tells me, they had real trouble making the blood look real. They tried all the usual suspects but it just wasn't working for Mr. Kumai. They leave for the evening and the next day, Mr. Hara comes in with a large plastic bag and suggests they try using this substance. They do the scene and the substance looks just like the real thing and Mr. Hara has saved the scene. Mr. Kumai thanks him. Mr. Hara responds, "Thank you, it's mine." Just as Dr. Hirano finishes the story as we reach the hotel lobby, the elevator rings and Mr. Hara gets out of the elevator. Even though I was 30 years old, I was still very innocent and totally freaked out. However, Mr. Hara proved to be one of the nicest people I've ever met in film and I absolutely LOVED distributing his magnificent film.</span></div><div><font color="#1d2129" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.000001907348633px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#1d2129" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.000001907348633px"><br clear="all"></span></font><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/umich.edu/uc?id=1i0izwlsrcSvQgU4nMCzTLiOhmdDMm-xZ&export=download" width="56" height="96"><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div><div><font size="1" color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Film, Television and Media</font><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">School of Art & Design</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Department of Film, Television and Media</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>6348 North Quad</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>105 S. 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