AW: Mori: Kazuo or Issei?

[Roland Domenig]

The pronuncation of Japanese names and titles is a very tricky problem, because often the answer is far from being clear. Mori was born Mori Kazuo, but that doesn't necessarily mean that Mori Issei is a wrong pronunciation. It is very much like with Yoshida Yoshishige, who prefers now the reading Yoshida Kiju, or Suzuki Shigeyoshi, who is often called Suzuki Jukichi. In several dozen of other cases have the directors changed their names (or characters within their names) like for instance Suzuki Seijun, Sone Chusei, Hara Masato or Makino Masahiro (several times), used their nickname (e.g. Uchida Tomu) or have simply chosen pseudonyms (e.g. Wakamatsu Koji). In some cases it is next to impossible to single out ONE correct pronunciation. 

Roland Domenig
Institute of East Asian Studies
Vienna University


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu im Auftrag von Tom Mes
Gesendet: Sa 20.08.2005 12:59
An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Betreff: Mori: Kazuo or Issei?
 
Could anyone clear up the long-standing confusion about the correct 
pronunciation of this chanbara director's name? Both Kazuo and Issei are 
used frequently, and both versions appear in sources that I would normally 
consider reliable.

For clarity's sake, here are the kanji: ???

Thanks in advance,
Tom









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