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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I've spent a significant portion of my research focusing on
the distribution of films in Japan. In my assessment, the vast majority of
films were either double- or even triple-billed. However, distribution was
uneven, and the combination of films varied greatly across the country.
Different cinemas would exhibit different films depending on the availability
of prints. The most reliable source for determining individual cinemas' weekly
offerings is their pamphlets. Though not expensive, acquiring them requires a
considerable investment of time and... luck.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">



















</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">If you are looking for information about any specific film, feel
free to email me off-list and I’ll try going through my pamphlet collection.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Best,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Rea<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><br></p>





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</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 1:24 PM Earl Jackson 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">Dear Everyone,<div>I wonder if I could ask for help in looking for this answer Some of Kinoshita's features were only 70 minutes long. Is there a way to find out if they were released as part of a double feature? Last January I looked through all the ads I could find in Kinema Junpo and Eiga Hyoron without seeing any indication of that.</div><div>I would appreciate any information you might have.</div><div>Thank you</div><div>ej<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial">Earl Jackson</div><div style="font-family:arial"><div>Chair Professor</div><div>Foreign Languages and Literatures</div><div>Asia University</div><div>Professor Emeritus</div><div>National Chiao Tung University</div></div><div style="font-family:arial">Associate Professor Emeritus</div><div style="font-family:arial">University of California, Santa Cruz<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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