<div dir="ltr"><div>This is indeed a difficult book in Japanese, as are all of Hasumi-sensei's essays about film. In the description of the author, they omitted his close ties to Spanish director Víctor Erice (the two men communicate in French). I have been with them in Japan.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm rooking forward to this translation when it appears in March. Thanks for the notice.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 6:53 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We get so few translations in American film studies, it feels like a grand occasion when a classic like this appears: <div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520396722/directed-by-yasujiro-ozu?fbclid=IwAR2dmRTnFeQhALbmMCromyUU-BVXWlFXXadXuSFJVDOmRvq1iR5R6mKcgnY" target="_blank">https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520396722/directed-by-yasujiro-ozu?fbclid=IwAR2dmRTnFeQhALbmMCromyUU-BVXWlFXXadXuSFJVDOmRvq1iR5R6mKcgnY</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>As anyone who has cracked this book knows, it was a bear to translate. Kudos to Ryan!</div><div><br></div><div>Markus</div></div>
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