American characters in Japanese film...

[Daniel Freire]

 hahah I had forgotten about that... it's hilarious... I do think I have an
interview with Ozu somewhere, where this is mentioned... it's not a sign of
flattery

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael E. Kerpan" <kerpan at attglobal.net>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: American characters in Japanese film...


> Ozu's next-to-last film, Kohayakawa-ke no aki (Autumn of the Kohayakawa
Family
> BUT misnamed End of Summer in English) has a blond, football player-esque
> looking young caucasian who is supposed to be the American boyfriend of
the
> protagopnists illegitimate daughter.  He appears only briefly, and says a
few
> words of amateurish Japanese.  so far as I know, this is the only
appearance of
> an American in Ozu's films.
>
> Michael Kerpan
> Boston, MA
>
> (Who finally managed to get a Hong Kong VCD of Kohayakawa-ke no aki --
with
> only Chinese subtitles. It's better than nothing, and with Bordwell close
at
> hand, I can almost figure out what's happening most of the time. Hopefully
a
> nice English-subtitled DVD will come out "one of these days").
>