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<div>Kinoshita’s film is available on the Criterion Channel as “Children of Nagasaki.”<br>
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Oba's Bells of Nagasaki (Nagasaki no Kane) from 1950 might be of interest. It is the story of Takasshi Nagai, a Catholic physician who did a lot of emergency work after the atomic bombing. (He wass called the Saint of Urakami eventually). Another book by
Nagai was made into a movie by Kinoshita in 1983 (Leaving These Children Behind) -- but I've never seen this, so know nothing much about it.
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 5:22 PM Roger Macy via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-top:6pt">Your subject is potentially very broad, so it is wise to limit your thesis to a few films. I haven’t seen
<i>Violent Virgin</i> – I would never have thought to go to Wakamatsu as a source on Catholicism so I’ll be interested in what you make of it.</p>
<p style="margin-top:6pt">It’s perfectly logical to concentrate on Shinoda’s version of
<i>Silence</i>, as the Japanese-made one, but the problem there is that Shinoda’s was emphatically made outside of a Catholic world, whereas Scorsese’s was very much made within the strictures of his Church (although there is an Anglican bishop in the story),
and made much more to the later wishes of the deceased <span>ENDŌ Shūsaku who had latterly also brought himself more within the Church’s strictures. I make a stab at that in my review
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here</a>.</span></p>
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<div><span>At Kineclub XVIII at Yale, March ’19, KAMIYA Makiko gave a presentation on ‘Christianism’ in some Japanese films.<span>
</span>The panel was related to MAKINO Masahiro’s <i>Gate of Flesh</i> ‘48, but other films were cited. That presentation may now be available online or written up elsewhere.</span>
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<p style="margin-top:6pt"><span>How far do you want to go back ? The one Japanese feature film made with specific backing of the Catholic church was
</span><span>Junkyō kesshi ~ Nihon nijū-roku seijin, <i>26 Martyrs of </i></span><i><span>Japan</span></i><span>, 1931, directed by IKEDA Tomiyasu. I have a lot of unpublished work on that and rejected bids on presentations (be warned!) . There is considerable
published literature on it but little in english. What languages can you read ? I have my rough translations on them.</span></p>
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<div>On Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 21:13:01 GMT, Kyle LaChance via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:
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<div>Hello, I am a 2nd year Master's student writing my thesis on the utilization and presentation of Catholicism historiographically in Japanese animation and cinema. Currently I have identified 3 anime and 4 live-action cinematic works which I will list below.
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<div>Anime:</div>
<div><i>Trinity Blood</i></div>
<div><i>Blue Exorcist</i></div>
<div><i>Seven Deadly Sins</i></div>
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<div>Live-Action:</div>
<div><i>Vengeance is Mine</i></div>
<div><i>Silence </i>by Shinoda Masahiro</div>
<div><i>Sea and Poison</i></div>
<div><i>Violent Virgin</i></div>
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<div>I appreciate any help and apologize for any inconvenience.</div>
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