Just joined!

[John Dougill]

There's a lot about the treatment of women in Joan Mellen's The Waves 
at Genji's Door....  The whole of Part 4 for instance.

On Thursday, April 8, 2004, at 12:39  PM, Robyn Dranfield wrote:

> Hi everyone,  I'm Robyn Dranfield-Yamashita.  I live in Aoba-ku, 
> Yokohama.  Originally, I'm from Canada and I've been living in Japan 
> for almost nine years. 
>  
> I'm a graduate student.  I'm researching how women are portrayed in 
> Japanese films.  So, far I've only been able to find research in 
> English, about the "big" name past directors (Ozu, Mizoguchi, 
> Kurosawa, Naruse, a bit about Imamura Shohei and Kinoshita 
> Keisuke). Nothing really specifically dealing with women, but there is 
> a bit.  I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice or help 
> about who has done research, articles or which movies they recommend I 
> should watch. 
>  
> Any help would be welcomed!!! 
> Thank you!  Robyn