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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi Steve,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I don’t have any knowledge of an upcoming Jinz</span><span lang="mi-NZ" style="font-size:12.0pt">ō</span><span lang="mi-NZ" style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ningen film</span><span lang="JA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-language:JA">、</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">but the first translation of R.U.R. into Japanese in 1923 was apparently
</span><span lang="JA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-language:JA">い</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA">indeed
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">titled Jinz</span><span lang="mi-NZ" style="font-size:12.0pt">ō</span><span lang="mi-NZ" style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ningen. It is also the title of a very interesting manga series from 1929, written by Tagawa Suih</span><span lang="mi-NZ" style="font-size:12.0pt">ō</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (who later create the series around
Norakuro).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA">All best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA">Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Steven A Joyce via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 11:53<br>
<b>To: </b>kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Steven A Joyce <steveajoyce@aol.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[KineJapan] "Jinzo Ningen" as a film circa 1925?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does anyone know more about plans to make a film with the title
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jinzo Ningen</span></em>?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From what little I can gather on the internet, the plans were aborted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I'm especially interested to know if it was going to be a direct interpretation of Karel Čapek's R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots). (I can't help but imagine that it would have
been indirectly influenced by Čapek).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Any details whatsoever would be appreciated. Full disclosure: I'm writing a book on the worldwide performances of R.U.R. I will gladly give acknowledgement for assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Steve Joyce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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