essential texts on kitano in japanese?

[Mariam]

Hoi!
There is an autobiography simply called "kitano takeshi". It`s fom 2001,
ISBN4-947599-87-1.
It`s available in Japan for 1500Yen.
Mariam

----- Original Message -----
From: antti autio <aa at iki.fi>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 6:41 PM
Subject: essential texts on kitano in japanese?


> hello, world! greetings from the midnight sun...
>
> i am a student of film and japanese language & culture at the
> university of oulu, finland. i'm currently in the process of
> writing a graduate thesis on the films of kitano takeshi. for my
> work i have recently received a modest grant for research material
> from a student guild. this basically enables me to get vcd/dvd
> copies of kitano's recent films and buy two or three books not
> available from finnish university libraries or film centers.
>
> so: in addition to looking up all articles on kitano in english
> in relevant journals and magazines & on the net, i have ordered
> the essay collection published by tadao press and placed a
> pre-order on the forthcoming translation of casio abe's book
> 'beat takeshi vs. takeshi kitano'. but since i can cope with
> japanese text as well (albeit slowly), i'm also thinking about
> looking at writings on kitano in japanese. 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.
>
> many thanks in advance - this list is a wonderful resource for
> anyone interested in japanese cinema. i'll try to make my small
> contribution by summarizing the replies i get to the list, so
> feel free to reply either on or off the list. thank you!
>
> --antti autio
>