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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 12, 2024 4:23:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano <lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano@urjc.es><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [KineJapan] Sessue Hayakawa</font>
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This is a quote from <i>Béla Balázs: Early Film Theory. Visible Man and The Spirit of Film,
</i>Béla Balázs, Edited by Erica Carter, Berghahn Books, 2010:</div>
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An example from one otherwise simple-minded old adventure film. The</div>
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Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is required to act out the following: he is</div>
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captured by bandits, and finds himself face to face with his long-lost wife.</div>
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He must not betray the fact that he knows her. Five pairs of eyes search his</div>
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face as he looks at his wife and five revolvers are cocked to shoot if even a</div>
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single muscle in his face betrays the deep emotion he feels at this unexpected</div>
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reunion. So he restrains himself. Not the slightest expression passes over his</div>
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impassive features. We have to believe that the bandits have to believe him.</div>
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Nevertheless – and this is what is so marvellous – we see clearly from his</div>
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expression that there is something in his face that we do not see. It is present,</div>
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but cannot be pinned down. An invisible but evident expression (p. 103).</div>
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Please, does anyone know which movie he is referring to? </div>
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Thanks!</div>
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