essential texts on kitano in japanese? (E+J)

[Aaron Gerow]

>my question to 
>kinejapan therefore is: can you recommend any essential texts on 
>kitano in japanese i might want to look at? if so, i would also 
>appreciate any pointers where i should be looking for them.

Some of the best sources are actually special issues of periodicals:

"Kitano Takeshi soshite/arui wa Bito Takeshi," Yuriika rinji sokan (No. 
400, Vol. 30-3, February 1998).
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"Kitano Takeshi", Filmmakers 2 (Kinema Junpo sokan, No. 1247, 1998)
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       ? ; No.1247 . Filmmakers .2)

This book has a major section on Kitano: 

Yomota Inuhiko, Nihon eiga no rajikaruna ishi (Iwanami Shoten, 1999)
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You can also check out Abe Kasho's most recent book:

Nihon eiga ga sonzaisuru. (Seidosha, 2000).
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Where to find them?  Japan is best, but you can order some of them from 
Amazon.co.jp.


Aaron Gerow
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