New intro and a request :-)

[mark schilling]

Paul,

Shiina Makoto's "Umi Sora Sango no Iitsutae" (The Legend of the Sea, Sky and
Coral, 1992) is not a pearl-diving film, but has some wonderful, unfakey
footage of a young fisherman diving thirty meters, minus tank, to spear
squid. The story is the usual one of a remote island under threat from
developers -- and "discovered" by a single mom and her shy, pre-teen
daughter. I have no idea if it's available on video.

I am also originally from the Cleveland area (Barberton) and will be
visiting the Best Location in the Nation (or the Mistake on the Lake) this
July.

Welcome,
Mark Schilling
schill at gol.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Kraly" <seaotter37 at adelphia.net>
To: <kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:26 AM
Subject: New intro and a request :-)


> Hello everyone.
>
> I'm really pleased to find this list and I hope I can contribute now and
> then.  I'm a 39-year-old author in Cleveland, Ohio, with a business of
> writing, research and investment and note brokering.
>
> Well, I guess this is a great place to start.  I was corresponding
> before with Jasper Sharp of Midnight Eye Cinema about the subject of
> pearl diving in Japanese films, as I'm wild about underwater photography
> and adventure in that genre.  I am a little at a loss, because Amazon of
> Japan could not send me certain titles I had been seeking, either on DVD
> or VHS.  So I need to find another source for films like these and others:
>
>
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005HW71/qid=1110882432/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl14/250-9610329-5197024
>
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005MIG4/qid=1110882432/sr=8-9/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i9_xgl14/250-9610329-5197024
>
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000067JWN/qid=1110882432/sr=8-12/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i12_xgl14/250-9610329-5197024
>
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005HXWY/qid%3D1111264714/250-9610329-5197024
>
> I would appreciate anyone that can offer some advice, sources, copies,
> or whatever.  Looking forward to some replies, so don't let me down! :-)
>
> Paul Kraly
>
> Scribes Unlimited