Imamura Shohei

[Peter Larson]

That is truly sad. I remember one of the first films I
saw when I went to Japan as Unagi. There were no
subtitles so I couldn't understand a thing (my
japanese was restricted to "hello", "goodbye",
"where's the toilet" at the time), but I was really
excited to be able to see his new movie at the time. I
remember also using Kuroi Ame in a class I was
teaching on Japanese film and having my students
become really excited about it. he will certainly be
missed.

What was his last film?

Pete

--- Alastair Phillips <a.w.e.phillips at reading.ac.uk>
wrote:

> I've written an essay on Vengeance is Mine for the
> forthcoming anthology I
> am co-editing with Julian Stringer for Routledge:
> Japanese Cinema: Texts and
> Contexts. Eureka printed an excerpt in the booklet
> for the DVD.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Alastair Phillips
> 
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> 
> > 
> > Thank you for this information. It is sad to hear,
> but it is also good to be
> > informed. As it happens, one of my former students
> just discovered last week
> > that Imamura's "Vengeance is Mine" (Fukushu suru
> wa ware ni ari, 1979) has
> > recently become available with English subtitles
> in the UK (Region 2 DVD).
> > It's part of the Masters of Cinema Series, a sort
> of UK complement to the
> > Criterion Collection, which has some titles not
> available in the US.
> > 
> > www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc
> > 
> > My own great Imamura favorite is Kanzo Sensei
> ("Dr. Akagi" 1998), for its
> > social conscience, and honest (though maybe a bit
> extreme) portrayal of the
> > evils of Japanese militarism at the local level.
> > 
> > Michael McCaskey
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Alex Zahlten <Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de>
> > Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 4:44 am
> > Subject: Imamura Shohei
> > 
> >> 
> >> Newspapers report that Imamura Shohei died today
> at age 79. Asahi
> >> Shinbun has a very brief article on it, and
> although it is the
> >> headline in its internet edition, very little
> information is given
> >> other than the fact itself.
> >> 
> >> Alex Zahlten
> >> -- 
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> 
> 


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