David Desser is right: no. I think all those photos of a bespectacled Japanese man holding the golden lion next to Sophia Loren is a producer. Definitely not Kurosawa. <div>Lola <br><br>On Friday, 15 April 2022, Jasper Sharp via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan-bounces@mailman.<wbr>yale.edu</a>> on behalf of Desser, David M via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 12 April 2022 14:12<br>
<b>To:</b> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Desser, David M <<a href="mailto:desser@illinois.edu" target="_blank">desser@illinois.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [KineJapan] Did Kurosawa attend Venice film festival?</font>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Apr 12, 2022, at 10:05 AM, Eija Niskanen via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Just checking a fact: did Kurosawa Akira actually attend Venice with Rashomon, meaning was he personally present at the festival?<br clear="all">
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