Questions re Manga-based Japanese Live Action Films

[Geert van Bremen]

 Recent (or about to be released) are:

 - Hachimitsu to kuroba (Honey and Clover)

 - Strawberry Shortcakes (the long awaited new film by Hitoshi Yazaki)

 - Warau daitenshi Mikaeru ('Arch Angels' or 'Michael')

 - Rafu (Rough)

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 Geert van Bremen
 coordinator Japan
 www.DejimaFilmFestival.nl/en



> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- 
> Van: "Michael McCaskey" <mccaskem at georgetown.edu>
> Aan: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Verzonden: dinsdag 15 augustus 2006 22:14
> Onderwerp: Questions re Manga-based Japanese Live Action Films
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>>I have have been making up an inventory for my film course of major
>>Japanese "live action" films that are based on original manga, but I'm 
>>sure
>>I must have left some out. Can people help out and name some more of them?
>>I'm certain I must be missing some very important ones in the list below.
>>
>> Azumi
>>
>> Koi no mon
>>
>> Kozure okami
>>
>> Nana
>>
>> Onmyoji
>>
>> Sanchome no yuhi
>>
>> Salaryman Kintaro
>>
>> Shurayuki-hime
>>
>> Yokai dai senso
>>
>> The recent Hotaru no haka live action film goes back to the original text
>> by Nosaka Akiyuki, and there's no manga version--there's Takahata's 
>> anime,
>> and maybe there's a storyboard book by Takahata.  Ashura-jo no hitomi is
>> based on a play. Does Oshii's Red Spectacles count, since there are one 
>> or
>> two related manga, in addition to the Jin-Roh anime?
>>
>> I'm not including anime based on manga, just live action films derived
>> from manga, not from anime..
>>
>> Something else I've noticed is that it seems that most of the US
>> "comics-based" live action movies are about various costumed fantasy
>> figures, mostly "crime-fighters," such as Superman, Batman, Spider Man, 
>> et
>> al. Yokai dai senso seems to have a few similarities to this US strain,
>> but Miike's Zebraman simply seems to be totally the creation of the
>> scenario writer, Kudo Kankuro.
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