Twilight nomination

[mark schilling]

Bit of confusion about dates -- Doro no Kawa was nominated for a 1981 Best
Foreign Film Oscar. The award was not announced,of course,until 1982 -- 
March 29, to be exact.

Mark Schilling
schill at gol.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Gerow" <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:32 AM
Subject: Re: Twilight nomination


>
> On 2004.1.27, at 11:50 ??, Aaron Gerow wrote:
>
> > Can anyone say what was the last Japanese film to be nominated for the
> > best picture Oscar?
>
> Sorry to answer my own question, but I spotted a news article that had
> the answer: Oguri Kohei's _Doro no kawa_ (1981) from 1982. That's a
> long time.
>
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