<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Perhaps slightly off topic but I found this discussion about The Ballad of Narayama from the 80s on CUNY’s Cinema Then Cinema Now. I think there are a few other Japanese discussed in the series and available at the Internet Archive site.<div><a href="https://archive.org/details/cunytv_CTCN0054">https://archive.org/details/cunytv_CTCN0054</a><br><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div>
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<div>S. Bowden</div><div><br></div><div><div>shayne bowden BA, MA (USYD)</div><div>--------------------------------------------<br>director of deterra <br>http://www.deterra8.com<br>--------------------------------------------<br>PhD Candidate<br>School of Languages and Cultures<br>Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences <br>The University of Sydney <br>--------------------------------------------<br>shayne bowden blog<br>https://shaynebowden8.blogspot.com<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 12, 2024, at 6:34, kinejapan-request@mailman.yale.edu wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Send KineJapan mailing list submissions to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>kinejapan-request@mailman.yale.edu<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>kinejapan-owner@mailman.yale.edu<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of KineJapan digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: help with TV series in US in the mid-1970s (Desser, David M)<br> 2. Re: help with TV series in US in the mid-1970s (Markus Nornes)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:45:53 +0000<br>From: "Desser, David M" <desser@illinois.edu><br>To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>Subject: Re: [KineJapan] help with TV series in US in the mid-1970s<br>Message-ID: <E9067523-7136-45EC-9A5F-87D6B9311EC5@illinois.edu><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Same here , though I had seen Rashomon and Woman in the Dunes in a theater while I was a high school student.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br>On Mar 11, 2024, at 4:03?PM, Desser, David M via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu> wrote:<br><br>?<br>Thanks, Earl. It is called "The Japanese Film" indeed. Almost 50 years ago and I remember it!'<br><br>D<br>________________________________<br>From: KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Earl Jackson via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>Sent: Monday, March 11, 2024 10:39 AM<br>To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>Cc: earljac@gmail.com <earljac@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [KineJapan] help with TV series in US in the mid-1970s<br><br>I found this page from Jan 12, 1975 NYT if that helps<br><br>Earl Jackson<br>Chair Professor<br>Foreign Languages and Literatures<br>Asia University<br>Professor Emeritus<br>National Chiao Tung University<br>Associate Professor Emeritus<br>University of California, Santa Cruz<br><br><br>On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 12:13?AM Desser, David M via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu<mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu>> wrote:<br>Hi -<br><br>Help, please, from anyone as old as I with a better memory or any who are better researchers (which is probably most of you):<br><br>in 1974 or 1975 PBS in the US had a film series hosted by Edwin O. Reischauer devoted to showing, then discussing or having interviews with actors, a range of Japanese films. Former Pacific Film Archive director Sheldon Renan was heavily involved, too. Films like Twenty-Four Eyes, Ugetsu, Night Drum, Boy, Double Suicide, Early Summer, were part of the series. Donald Richie was a frequent guest; Mifune Toshiro was interviewed after the showing of Sanjuro (I think it was). I think it was called The Japanese Film. Anyone able to confirm the year and the title? Thanks!<br><br>David<br>_______________________________________________<br>KineJapan mailing list<br>KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu<mailto:KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan__;!!DZ3fjg!85NVJX9E0eFGydrOP25sPwaajPCMQQJ9TToOywJbX7pw6OCN5MkhJRV4K_XHw_lO6Pk74MVapswvgxHScBRkjPIpdJA$><br>_______________________________________________<br>KineJapan mailing list<br>KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu<br>https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan__;!!DZ3fjg!8venvyC6GAQ3EIfHNdGCJg_c_R4Y81QOQader65IN5d1iOCGdWaH40HVZdDELdu767eK1pdMwC_Dj-FTn16WBU5wqpU$<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/kinejapan/attachments/20240311/c26951d4/attachment-0001.html><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:34:17 -0400<br>From: Markus Nornes <nornes@umich.edu><br>To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>Subject: Re: [KineJapan] help with TV series in US in the mid-1970s<br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CANoSnpCSu+gC=_4fFbihZXm=FC=Bg_5Tqpornh-njUm+_KA+qw@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>That website is amazing, Joanne. Thanks! (And, yes, either Aaron or I has<br>to give the OK for any attachments to KineJapan; sorry for the delay, but<br>consider it a safety feature!)<br><br>Markus<br><br><br><br>On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 4:46?PM Desser, David M via KineJapan <<br>kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Same here , though I had seen Rashomon and Woman in the Dunes in a theater<br>while I was a high school student.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br>On Mar 11, 2024, at 4:03?PM, Desser, David M via KineJapan <<br>kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu> wrote:<br><br>?<br>Thanks, Earl. It is called "The Japanese Film" indeed. Almost 50 years<br>ago and I remember it!'<br><br>D<br>------------------------------<br>*From:* KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Earl<br>Jackson via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>*Sent:* Monday, March 11, 2024 10:39 AM<br>*To:* Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>*Cc:* earljac@gmail.com <earljac@gmail.com><br>*Subject:* Re: [KineJapan] help with TV series in US in the mid-1970s<br><br>I found this page from Jan 12, 1975 NYT if that helps<br><br>Earl Jackson<br>Chair Professor<br>Foreign Languages and Literatures<br>Asia University<br>Professor Emeritus<br>National Chiao Tung University<br>Associate Professor Emeritus<br>University of California, Santa Cruz<br><br><br>On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 12:13?AM Desser, David M via KineJapan <<br>kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu> wrote:<br><br>Hi -<br><br>Help, please, from anyone as old as I with a better memory or any who are<br>better researchers (which is probably most of you):<br><br>in 1974 or 1975 PBS in the US had a film series hosted by Edwin O.<br>Reischauer devoted to showing, then discussing or having interviews with<br>actors, a range of Japanese films. Former Pacific Film Archive director<br>Sheldon Renan was heavily involved, too. Films like *Twenty-Four Eyes,<br>Ugetsu, Night Drum, Boy, Double Suicide, Early Summer*, were part of the<br>series. Donald Richie was a frequent guest; Mifune Toshiro was interviewed<br>after the showing of* Sanjuro *(I think it was). I think it was called *The<br>Japanese Film*. Anyone able to confirm the year and the title? Thanks!<br><br>David<br>_______________________________________________<br>KineJapan mailing list<br>KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu<br>https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan<br><https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan__;!!DZ3fjg!85NVJX9E0eFGydrOP25sPwaajPCMQQJ9TToOywJbX7pw6OCN5MkhJRV4K_XHw_lO6Pk74MVapswvgxHScBRkjPIpdJA$><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>KineJapan mailing list<br>KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu<br><br>https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan__;!!DZ3fjg!8venvyC6GAQ3EIfHNdGCJg_c_R4Y81QOQader65IN5d1iOCGdWaH40HVZdDELdu767eK1pdMwC_Dj-FTn16WBU5wqpU$<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>KineJapan mailing list<br>KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu<br>https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan<br><br></blockquote>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/kinejapan/attachments/20240311/09db4666/attachment.html><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>KineJapan mailing list<br>KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu<br>https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of KineJapan Digest, Vol 70, Issue 17<br>*****************************************<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>