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Some think that the final battle in Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan inspired the final fight scene in KB 1. SUre Shurayuki Hime was a template for all of KB 1 .  . .  IIRC both of the older films were released within a year of each other, and Hong Kong directors were looking closely at Japanese films at the time (and vice-versa).

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> Thanks to everyone for many kinds of helpful suggestions, insights, and 
> assistance. What I'm trying to do is compare the following sets of films: 
> 
> Shall We Dance (Original Japanese Version), written and directed by Suo Masayuki 
> Shall We Dance (US Remake), starring Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan 
> Sarandon 
> (--with a focus on comparisons of climactic dance scenes in each version) 
> 
> Ju-On (Original Japanese Version), written and directed by Shimizu Takashi 
> The Grudge (US Remake), created by Shimizu Takashi and Sam Raimi, starring Sarah 
> Michelle Gellar 
> (--with a focus on the way Sam Raimi worked with Shimizu Takashi to recreate the 
> original "haunted closet" segment) 
> 
> Kill Bill, Vols. 1 and 2, created by Quentin Tarantino (focus on vol. 1) 
> Shurayuki Hime (Lady Snowblood), starring Kaji Meiko 
> Chushingura, directed by Inagaki Hiroshi 
> (--with a focus on the snow garden scenes in Kill Bill Vol. 1 and in these two 
> older Japanese action films) 
> 
> It's for a student audience, so I thought these examples might suit their tastes 
> and interests. With your help, I'll now also be able to provide some comparative 
> reverse examples on Monday, when they ask me about them. 
> 
> Thanks Again, 
> 
> Michael McCaskey 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> From: Aaron Gerow 
> Date: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:31 pm 
> Subject: Re: Inquiry Concerning Japanese Remakes of American Films 
> 
> > Yamamoto Kikuo's massive Nihon eiga ni okeru gaikoku eiga no eikyo 
> > (Waseda Shuppan) covers dozens and dozens of Japanese films that 
> > were 
> > influenced by American films in terms of both plot and style. 
> > 
> > For more recent research on a specific example, Minaguchi Kiseko 
> > has an 
> > article in English on Yamamoto Satsuo's Haha no kyoku, which is a 
> > remake of Stella Dallas. Minaguchi goes into some detail on the 
> > differences between the versions. The article is in Iconics vol. 6 
> > (2002). 
> > 
> > Aaron Gerow 
> > Film Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures 
> > Yale University 
> > 
> > 
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