Kôkotsu no hito

[Melek Ortabasi]

Hi all,

  I just thought I would pass on this message from John Campbell, who 
posted it to H-Japan. I know a lot of us are also on that list, but I 
thought a few more eyes might see it here. If you do know the answer, 
then please respond to him directly (and you might want to tell him 
that I posted his request here without asking - I figured it was 
faster than explaining to him how he should join the list!) It's a TV 
drama from last year, I believe.

Cheers,
Melek

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From: John Campbell <jccamp at umich.edu>


    Yesterday I asked about the movie of Koukotsu no Hito, with
English subtitles, and foolishly wrote that the English title was
"Man in Ecstacy" for both the movie and the original novel by
Ariyoshi Sawako.  Would that it had been, but in fact the tile of
both was the silly "The Twilight Years."  The book was quite
important in the early development of old-age policy.  The movie was
the first in what is now quite a genre of films and tv dramas
centering on Alzheimer's disease.  My wife Ruth wants to study those.

    So if anyone knows where I can get a copy of the subtitled
version, I would be grateful.

John Campbell
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-- 
Melek Ortabasi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Literature
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY

**Visiting Researcher at The University of Tokyo, 2006-2007**