Tasaka's war films on location

[Roger Macy]

Hi, Alex,
"[Mud and Soldiers] Though shot on location in China and using extensive newsreel footage, this picture as a whole lacks the impact of the studio-made Five Scouts, perhaps because production conditions put Tasaka too close to his subject this time." Anderson and Richie, 1959, 1960, p128.

See you at Uchida tomorrow, no doubt.
Roger
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alexander Jacoby 
  To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 6:14 PM
  Subject: Tasaka's war films on location


  Dear all,

  Simple question - can anyone tell me exactly (or more or less) where Tasaka's Five Scouts and Earth and Soldiers were shot? I am away from my library at the moment so can't check myself.

  ALEX



  Fujioka Asako <asakof at tkd.att.ne.jp> wrote:
    Mathieu asked about the DVD release of Kanai Katsu films with English
    subtitles some weeks ago. 
    Mr Kanai is thinking of a limited edition (perhaps 100?) of his 5 films to
    be released next year as a Kanai Katsu DVD Box. Mathieu commented that 100
    units is too little. But Mr Kanai does not think that they will sell
    tremendously. Any ideas? 
    His films have not been released on VHS or DVD anywhere yet, though
    apparently there is a pirated VHS by someone who videotaped Tokiga Fubuku
    (Stormy Times) as it played in a theater! which is circulating
    internationally. 
    Born 1936, Kanai Katsu is a maverick pioneer of Japanese independent film.
    He has just finished making English subtitles for his five major films which
    were showcased in a retrospective at Oberhausen Film Festival this year.
    Kanai Katsu's website:
    http://www.hinocatv.ne.jp/~katsu/english-page.html

    Fujioka Asako 






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