Koreatano's graveyard of honor and originality

[Alex Zahlten]

Sorry, I don't have any idea about which name Nakahira might have used...
According to Inuhiko Yomota's book "Asia No Naka No Nihon Eiga"
(approximately "Japanese Films in Asia", Nakahira shot two films in Korea,
both after he had hit hard times after leaving Nikkatsu (after their switch
to Roman Porno) to start an independent production. He was invited to Korea
by Shin San Oku (I hope I'm transcribing the name correctly) with whom he
had had friendly relations for quite some time. He shot a remake of his 1958
Yujiro Ishihara vehicle "Ko No Tsubasa" (CRASH LANDING OF YOUTH, that
Stephen was referring to) in 1974. There is no mention of what the other
film was about or what it was titled as-  just that Nakahira shot the film
with an all-Korean staff, and that that (according to Yomota's interview
with Shin) caused some problems.

Alex



> Does anybody know Nakahira Ko's Korean name?  He didn't seem to use the 
> hangul that correspond to his kanji (hanja).  Incidentally, he was 
> officially credited (under his real - albeit mangled - name) for the 
> original story of Kim Dae-hee's 1974 CRASH LANDING OF YOUTH produced by 
> Shin Production Co Ltd, presumably because it was an official remake.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 
> On Sep 2, 2004, at 12:14 PM, Chuck Stephens wrote:
> 
> > [p.s. to Alex: I wasn't aware that Nakahira Ko made films in Korea. 
> > was this after the period (throughout the 1960s) when he worked for 
> > Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong as a contract director?]
> 

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