Gakko No Kaidan

[Arnold M]

>From: "Tom Mes" <china_crisis at hotmail.com>

>this looks like an omnibus film or collection of tv films [...]
>I'm left wondering if this indeed Kurosawa's 1994 film finally 
>receiving a video release. 

I think I mentioned some of these here before.  You might find a few more 
details if you check the Kine Japan archives, but briefly...

I've never heard of a Kurosawa-directed Hanako "film" (there are several 
Toire no Hanako-san films & videos with other directors) but I think the 
one you want is the 1994 TV special, Realistic Horror: Gakko no Kaidan I.  
Kurosawa's 1994 Hanako (about 25 minutes long?) was part of that.  There's 
also an f (1997) and G (1998) in the series that Kurosawa participated in.  
Earlier this year there was also a Gakko no Kaidan: Haru no Mononoke 
Special on TV that featured another episode called "Hanako" directed by 
Kurosawa.

I found some discographies on the net that might be useful for you:
http://plaza.harmonix.ne.jp/~fumi-t/japanese/filmo.htm
http://www.fjmovie.com/horror/j/p0/44.html

Here's the Daiei video page for G:
http://www.daiei.tokuma.com/VIDEO99/html/kaidan.htm

I can't seem to find pages for the other shows.  The Gakko no Kaidan tapes 
are relatively easy to get, and I rented them all at my local video shop.  
I've been meaning to re-watch some of those shows...  (My "Halloween movie" 
last night was Masumura's Otto ga Mita, and that was pretty chilling too.)

When I was at Teatoru Shinjuku the other day for Pistol Opera I picked up a 
flyer for an upcoming boid.net presentation, "Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Shinozaki 
Makoto no Kyoufu no Eigashi part 2."  It's on November 24 from 1:30 p.m. at 
the Athenee Francais Cultural Center.  I'm definitely planning to go.  
Anyone else?

http://boid.pobox.ne.jp/info/kyofu2.htm

Michael Arnold

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