KINEJAPAN digest 2059

[Marc Walkow]

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On Mar 15, 2007, at 1:08 AM, KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu wrote:

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> 			    KINEJAPAN Digest 2059
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> Topics covered in this issue include:
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>   1) death and life of Japanese films in LA
> 	by "Jonathan M. Hall" <jmhall at uci.edu>
>   2) Sumo
> 	by <mitso2000 at ca.rr.com>
>   3) Re: Sumo
> 	by Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>
>   4) Sumo.....
> 	by Mitsuo Maeda <mitso2000 at ca.rr.com>
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> From: "Jonathan M. Hall" <jmhall at uci.edu>
> Date: March 14, 2007 6:04:00 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: death and life of Japanese films in LA
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> From: <mitso2000 at ca.rr.com>
> Date: March 14, 2007 8:11:03 PM EDT
> To: kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Sumo
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> Do any of you know any films that deal with sumo?  I know of "Sumo  
> do Sumo Don't" but are there others?
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> From: Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>
> Date: March 14, 2007 8:18:56 PM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Sumo
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> On Mar 14, 2007, at 8:11 PM, <mitso2000 at ca.rr.com>  
> <mitso2000 at ca.rr.com> wrote:
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>> Do any of you know any films that deal with sumo?  I know of "Sumo  
>> do Sumo Don't" but are there others?
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> There are early actualities of sumo, perhaps the first sports films  
> in Japanese cinema. They even have a structure similar to current  
> day television?except that the loser's name gets an X through it.  
> And many of the bouts are performed for laughs.
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> A couple other films with sumo scenes come to mind: Shibukawa  
> Bangoro (pretty funny), War at Sea from Hawai'i to Malaya (pretty  
> serious).
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> Markus
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> From: Mitsuo Maeda <mitso2000 at ca.rr.com>
> Date: March 14, 2007 10:14:34 PM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Sumo.....
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> Excuse me for the brevity of my initial post.  It occurred to me  
> that I should introduce myself a bit.  I am a graduate student at  
> the University of Southern California.  I am working on a project  
> that examines how sumo is shown both in Japanese popular culture  
> and the presentation of foreign wrestlers.   I am comparing foreign  
> wrestlers and the sumo system to the Hollywood star system and its  
> total control over talent. During this time,  Sessue Hayakawa, a  
> Japanese-American actor was presented as a "model minority" who  
> successfully assimilated into American culture.  I want to compare  
> him to sumo wrestlers.   I am also looking at Richard Dyer's work  
> on the construction of the Hollywood star and would like to find  
> general materials in film that present sumo as a vehicle for  
> assimilation or even sumo in general.
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