Edo influences on modern films

[Michael McCaskey]

Addendum to previous message:

The Chushingura book in German is:

Hans, Rebecca Sabine, 1968-
Bushid?- Ideale anhand von Mayama Seikas Genroku Ch?shingura / Rebecca Sabine Hans.
Frankfurt am Main ; New York : P. Lang, c2000.
x, 284 p. ; 21 cm.

There's another different book in English on Genroku Chushingura as well. The, I believe 1942, Mizoguchi film was based on Mayama's version--which is actually a huge play, or a novel in dialogue form, Genroku Chushingura, 2 vols. Iwanami Bunko, ISBN4-00-311011-0 and ISBN 4-00-311012-9 (that's the 2004 printing). Mizoguchi's film itself is in essence a 2-volume movie.

It's also quite possible that at Uni Leiden they may have a lot of applicable, and perhaps rare, original Edo prints--though perhaps you are currently studying elsewhere.

Best Wishes for Your Research,

Michael McCaskey
Georgetown Univ.
Wash DC USA

----- Original Message -----
From: elkie leenen <elkieleenen at hotmail.com>
Date: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:50 am
Subject: Edo influences on modern films

> Hello, my name is Elkie Leenen. I'm a dutch student, and currently 
> I have a 
> project involving Japanese art. One of the subjects is Japanese 
> cinema. I'm 
> trying to find out if there are any artistic influences from the 
> Edo-Period 
> which affect modern Japanese cinema. If there aren't any, I want 
> to find the 
> main differences between modern cinema and the artistic diciplines 
> from the 
> Edo-period.
> 
> Does anyone have answers to this, or maybe any good resources?
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> 
>