American movies remade

[Michael E Kerpan Jr]

On Monday 02 June 2003 15:10, Brandon Martino wrote:

> How often are American movies remade for a Japanese audience? All the films
> being remade for America recently got me to thinking which movies were
> remade for Japan/Asia? Please list any you can think of.

In earlier years, it was not uncommon for Japanese film makers to borrow from 
American sources.  Yasujiro Ozu's "Story of Floating Weeds" (which he later 
remade as "Floating Weeds" was based on American film called "The Barker".  
Ozu's "Tokyo Story" was inspired by Leo McCarey's "Make Way For Tomorrow".

Michael Kerpan
Boston