Articles/work on modern Japanese horror

[J.sharp]

Sorry I can't be of much assistance about this query, but I think the one
thing to say about Japanese horror in the 80s is that there wasn't a lot of
it. There does however seem to have been a treasure trove (not sure if
that's the perhaps the right term) of V-cinema horror releases from this
period, with stuff like Jouji Iida's Cyclops immediately springing to mind.
Much of this seems to have slipped past the Western radar.

On this subject, I was wondering if anyone is familiar with the ero-horrors
of Ogawa Kinya, a director whose films were distributed by the pink company
OP Productions in the 60s. I never see these discussed at all in the context
of J-Horror, but it seems from the jmdb
(http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0174890.htm) that he was quite active in
these ghostly eroduction hybrids in the 60s. It constantly amazes me how
many stones are left unturned when it comes to Japanese film history. Anyone
seen any of these?

For more info see: http://www.ds-pro.net/v-shop/dvd_01.html

Not much help to the original question, I know!

Jasper





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--------- Original Message --------
From: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
To: Kine Japan <kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Articles/work on modern Japanese horror
Date: 13/01/06 14:39

> Hello KineJapaners,  &nbsp;  There has been quite a few requests for help
with articles and sources, so I apologize for sending another one!  &nbsp; 
Does anybody know where I can find articles or books covering Japanese
horror in the 1980s? A reasonable amount has been written about the
developments of the past decade or so, but the eighties seem to have been
shortchanged somewhat. I already have Jack Hunter's Eros in Hell, Stuart
Galbraith's Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, Pete Tomb's
Mondo Macabro, Patrick Macias' Tokyoscope. Jay McRoy's Japanese Horror
Cinema&nbsp;and Thomas Weisser's Essential Handbooks. Is anyone aware of any
articles or texts that cover this genre/period?  &nbsp;  Thanks for your
time!  &nbsp;  Jim
Harper.http://www.flipsidemovies.comhttp://jimharper.blogspot.com
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