Imamura

[anne mcknight]

Regarding Imamura,

Kevin Alan Martin wrote:

> Is it true that Imamura Shohei has said that "Dr. Akagi (Kanzo sensei)"
> will be his last film?

In the most recent & comprehensive set of English-language essays I've
come across, the program & accompanying book that went with the touring
exhibition put together by Cinematheque Ontario in 1998, it says he says
so (p. 1, program).

Anyone who was at the screening of *Kamigami no fukakiyokubo* might know
better.  How did that Q&A session turn out anyway, whoever was there???

I have a slightly different Imamura question, which is that I've seen both
the original idea & the production of Hara Kazuo's *Yukiyukite shingun*.
Does anybody know any more about the background of this, or how the
collaboration proceeded?  I am guessing
the south seas battles (New Guinea in this case) may have been an object
of inquiry due to Imamura's consistent interest in south seas/nan'yo
"primitivism"  as well as his interest in fictional histories, historical
fiction.

Thanks for any leading leads.
anne mcknight