Ichikawa Book

[Michael Kerpan]

On Friday 21 September 2001 01:00, Bill Glenn <vze29fhz at verizon.net>wrote:

> The retrospective was extremely interesting, but of course difficult to see
> so many films in a month.  I managed to see Enjo,
> Mr. Pu, Kokoro, Punishment Room, Nihonbashi (my favorite), The Key, 10 Dark
> Women, Dora-Heita (great), and The Outcast.  I missed I am a Cat which
> seems interesting, is it worth a trip from Boston to NYC?  I've already
> seen some of the other popular ones like Harp of Burma (an excellent film),
>  Fires on the Plain,  Actor's Revenge.

You got to see more films at the MFA than we did.  We wound up getting to see 
only_Yoiunger Brother_ and _I am a cat_. (Tickets are expensive when you're 
paying for five).  I  generally liked _Younger Brother_ better -- great 
cinematography and I recognized most of the cast.  _Cat_ was weird, but 
interesting -- most of our household preferred it. I thought some of the 
"villains" were too extreme (too much a parody to be credible). but overall 
this film was pretty amusing (until the last couple of minutes).

> Not too many of his films are distributed on video apparently.  Does
> someone know if Nihonbashi is available?

I suspect if Facets in Chicago doesn't have something, it's not available in 
the US. (see www.facets.org).

Michael Kerpan
Roslindale, MA