KINEJAPAN digest 2061

Thu Mar 22 01:14:43 EDT 2007

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On Mar 17, 2007, at 3:49 AM, KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu wrote:

>
> 			    KINEJAPAN Digest 2061
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
>   1) Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
> 	by "Marie Iida" <nyc.marie at gmail.com>
>   2) Sakuran
> 	by Melek Ortabasi <mortabas at hamilton.edu>
>   3) RE: Sakuran
> 	by "Don Brown" <the8thsamurai at hotmail.com>
>   4) Re: Sakuran
> 	by "Eija Niskanen" <eija.niskanen at gmail.com>
>   5) Golden Eggs/ Toon-shading
> 	by "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>
>   6) Re: Sakuran
> 	by "Alex Zahlten" <Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de>
>   7) Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
> 	by David Blair <blair at telepathic-movie.org>
>   8) Re: Sakuran
> 	by "Tom Mes" <china_crisis at hotmail.com>
>   9) Re: Five New Books
> 	by Michael McCaskey <mccaskem at georgetown.edu>
>
> From: "Marie Iida" <nyc.marie at gmail.com>
> Date: March 16, 2007 1:42:28 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
>
>
> http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/671/tvguide.asp
>
> The world of golden eggs
>
>
> On 3/15/07, J.sharp <j.sharp at hpo.net> wrote:
>> Since this list is meant to be about all aspects of Japanese  
>> visual culture,
>> not only film, I wanted to ask a little about the background of a  
>> program
>> called The World of GOLDEN EGGS that a friend of mine alerted my  
>> attention
>> to on Youtube:
>>
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgjBIcGc9bM
>>
>> Set in South Park-style American suburbia, it is something of a  
>> curio. It
>> seems like the intent of these brief skits is to teach English to the
>> Japanese. I gather its been quite a popular phenomenon over the  
>> past year,
>> migrating onto other platforms such as iTunes podcasts and mobile  
>> phone
>> downloads, although it originally surfaced on cable TV.
>> One interesting aspect is its use of CG for the animation,  
>> particularly the
>> expedient method known as Toon-Shading.
>>
>> Toon Shading means the models are animated as 3d objects, and then  
>> rendered
>> to give them the finished look of a traditional hand-drawn  
>> cartoon. Using
>> software developed by the company SoftImage by Michael Arias, the  
>> technique
>> was first used to animate the opening Boar God attack in Studio  
>> Ghibli's
>> Princess Mononoke (1997), and is often used as a shortcut for the  
>> more
>> challenging work of the traditional animation, with which it is often
>> combined. The most obvious use if for the 2003 film Appleseed.
>>
>> Anyone caught this?
>>
>> Jasper Sharp
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema
>> www.midnighteye.com
>>
>> ===
>>
>> Available now in bookstores everywhere:
>> The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film (Stone Bridge Press)
>> by Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp
>> http://www.midnighteye.com/features/midnighteye_guide.shtml
>> "Easily one of the most important books on Japanese cinema ever  
>> released in
>> English."
>> - Newtype USA
>>
>>
>>
>> --------- Original Message --------
>> From: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> To: KineJapan <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>> Subject: Mainichi Concours 2006
>> Date: 19/01/07 18:29
>>
>> >
>> > The results of the 2006 Mainichi Concours, one of the last of  
>> the big
>> > yearly film awards, were announced:
>> >
>> > Best Japanese Film: Yureru
>> > Best Director: Negishi Kichitaro (Yuki ni negau koto)
>> > Best Screenplay: Kato Masato (Yuki ni negau koto)
>> > Best Actor: Sato Koichi  (Yuki ni negau koto)
>> > Best Actress: Nakatani Miko (Kiraware Matsuko no issho)
>> > Best Supporting Actor: Sasano Takashi (Bushi no ichibun, Nezo no  
>> ban)
>> > Best Supporting Actress: Aoi Yu (Hula Girl, Neji no megami,  
>> Hachimitsu
>> > to Clover)
>> > Best New Face Award: Tsukaji Muga (Mamiya kyodai), Dan Rei  
>> (Bushi no
>> > ichibun)
>> > Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Kusabue Mitsuko
>> >
>> > Award of Excellence in Japanese Film: Hula Girl
>> > Best Cinematography: Kawakami Masato  (Kiraware Matsuko no issho)
>> > Best Art Direction: Taneda Yohei (The Yuchoten Hotel, Hula Girl)
>> > Best Music: Kako Takashi (Hakase no aishita sushiki)
>> > Best Sound: Shiratori Mitsugu (Hula Girl, Yureru); Onodera Osamu  
>> (Yuki
>> > ni negau koto)
>> > Best Technical Award: Koike Yoshiyuki (editing for Kiraware  
>> Matsuko no
>> > issho)
>> >
>> > Best Documentary: Edward Said: Out of Place
>> > Animation Award: Toki o kakeru shojo
>> > Ofuji Noburo Award: Tekkon kinkurito
>> > Fan Award: Death Note
>> >
>> > Best Foreign Film: Flags of Our Fathers
>> >
>> > Special Awards: Imamura Shohei, Kazami Shoko
>> >
>> > Forgive me if I got any of the name readings wrong. The original
>> > Japanese article is available at:
>> >
>> > http://www.japan-movie.net/news/?i=223
>> >
>> > As I mentioned the other day, the Mainichi tends to be fairly
>> > conservative, but they are one of the few major awards that also
>> > focuses on the technical staff and other genres like documentary  
>> and
>> > animation. Ofuji Noburo is one of Japan's great animators, and the
>> > award named after him commemorates some significant contribution  
>> to the
>> > art of animation.
>> >
>> > Aaron Gerow
>> > KineJapan owner
>> >
>> > Assistant Professor
>> > Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
>> > Yale University
>> >
>> > For list commands, send &quot;information kinejapan&quot; to
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>> > Kinema Club: http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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>
> From: Melek Ortabasi <mortabas at hamilton.edu>
> Date: March 16, 2007 2:16:45 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Sakuran
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Out of curiosity, given the recent discussion of live-action movies  
> based on manga. Has anyone seen _Sakuran_, possibly in Berlin? Any  
> thoughts? Since it's directed by a woman (photographer Ninagawa  
> Mika), based on a manga by a woman (Anno Moyoco), I wonder if the  
> film isn't a fairly rare breed? Also interesting: the fact that the  
> lead actress is half German (Tsuchiya Anna), but plays a (sort of)  
> Edo-period courtesan.....probably part of the reason it was  
> selected to screen in Berlin.
>
> Sorry for the open-ended questions, but the psychedelic color  
> scheme of the film caught my eye, and I was just wondering if  
> someone had anything more profound to say about it.
>
> Cheers,
> Melek
> -- 
> Melek Ortabasi, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Comparative Literature
> Hamilton College
> Clinton, NY
>
> **Visiting Researcher at The University of Tokyo, 2006-2007**
>
>
>
> From: "Don Brown" <the8thsamurai at hotmail.com>
> Date: March 16, 2007 2:30:27 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: RE: Sakuran
>
>
>> Also interesting: the fact that the lead actress is half German  
>> (Tsuchiya Anna), but plays a (sort of) Edo-period  
>> courtesan.....probably part of the reason it was selected to  
>> screen in Berlin.
>
> Her Dad is actually Russian-American, at least according to her  
> Japanese Wikipedia entry.
>
> Don Brown
> www.ryuganji.net
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> ??????????"Wow"????????? 
> ????????????? http://www.showusyourwow.com/
>
>
>
> From: "Eija Niskanen" <eija.niskanen at gmail.com>
> Date: March 16, 2007 2:39:22 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Sakuran
>
>
> Our list's own Mark Schilling wrote articles on the film for Japan
> Times, including Anna Tsuchiya's interview.
> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20070223a1.html
>
> It is a great chick movie, and at the screening I attended most of the
> audience were young women, some of them is cosplay!
>
> Eija
>
> On 3/16/07, Don Brown <the8thsamurai at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >Also interesting: the fact that the
>> >lead actress is half German (Tsuchiya Anna), but plays a (sort of)
>> >Edo-period courtesan.....probably part of the reason it was selected
>> >to screen in Berlin.
>>
>> Her Dad is actually Russian-American, at least according to her  
>> Japanese
>> Wikipedia entry.
>>
>> Don Brown
>> www.ryuganji.net
>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> ??????????"Wow"????????? 
>> ?????????????
>> http://www.showusyourwow.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> From: "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>
> Date: March 16, 2007 4:37:09 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Golden Eggs/ Toon-shading
>
>
> I've tried posting this mail already three times, but for some  
> reason it
> keeps
> getting returned to me, so third time lucky!
>
>
> First, regarding Golden Eggs, according to Wikipedia it seems that the
> characters might be being used in various English language schools  
> - for
> example, Nova, Berlitz, as well as high schools, universities etc.  
> At the
> very least, they seem to be endorsed by the Japan-English Teaching
> Association.
> Also, watching the youtube films, some fo the the comedy seems to  
> be making
> some sort of ironic comment about learning foreign languages in Japan
> (the English subtitles seem to be included in the original MTV Japan
> broadcasts). I was wondering if there are any eikaiwa teachers on  
> this list
> who might know about this. I'm also wondering if anyone found them  
> as funny
> as
> I did, and if perhaps the humour is something that people not  
> familiar with
> Japan might get too.
>
>
> As for Toon Shading, it is the same as Cel-Shading, but the actual  
> software
> plug-in used is called a Toon Shader.
>
> More details are given here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cel-shaded_animation
>
> Basically, Toon shaders are plug-ins provided with the Soft Image/ 
> XSI 3d
> modelling package that make the more exact, hard 3d rendered models  
> look
> more
> like traditional hand-drawn animation. In Princess Mononoke for  
> example, the
> tentacles of the boar on the opening attack were actually animated  
> as 3d
> wireframe worms, and then toon-shading was applied to them to make  
> them
> blend with the hand drawn animation. This sort of 'cheat' technique  
> has been
> used a few times with Ghibli - for example, the animated flags in the
> cbackgrounds of Howls Moving Castle were originally designed as 3d  
> models
> and toon-shaded to look like they'd been drawn by hand (animating  
> around 10
> flapping
> flags in the backgrounds would have taken ages). The technique was  
> also
> used in DreamWork's Prince of Egypt, the second time after Princess
> Mononoke.
>
> As I mention, the most obvious example is in Appleseed, which is  
> covered in
> some detail (in Japanese) on the Softimage site:
>
> www.softimage.jp/user_case/appleseed/index.html
>
> The whole film, like Final Fantasy, is computer created - but the
> characters, unlike the backgrounds, are toon-shaded to give them that
> traditional anime look as opposed to the stiff cinerealistic CGI  
> avatars
> that basically proved Final Fantasy's downfall.
>
> I've written quite a bit about this technique's applications in  
> various
> issues of the technical magazine 3d World. It is very interesting  
> for me
> because whereas American animation (of the big studio variety)  
> seems to
> be concerned with perfecting and refining 3d CG modelling  
> techniques, if not
> creating a mimesis of cinematic reality, then at least attempting  
> to make a
> realistic mimesis of a 3d puppet show, Japanese animation is  
> combing 3D CG
> technology with handdrawn for use within the 2d aesthetic,adopting
> experimental with different modes of representation. Its the reason  
> I've
> given up going to see the latest Pixar animations, yet still get very
> excited to see what folks like Mamoru Oshii and Michael Arias at  
> Studio 4c
> are up to.
>
> Jasper
> --
> Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema
> www.midnighteye.com
>
> ===
>
> Available now in bookstores everywhere:
> The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film (Stone Bridge Press)
> by Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp
> http://www.midnighteye.com/features/midnighteye_guide.shtml
> "Easily one of the most important books on Japanese cinema ever  
> released in
> English."
> - Newtype USA
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________
> Message sent using Hunter Point Online WebMail
>
>
>
>
> From: "Alex Zahlten" <Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de>
> Date: March 16, 2007 4:53:00 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Sakuran
>
>
>
> Hi Melek,
>
> actually Sakuran also has a female scriptwriter, Tanada Yuki.  
> Tanada wrote and directed the fabulous "Moon and Cherry", a parody  
> of the shishosetsu genre with a gender twist.
> Tanada apparently is quite disappointed with the quite heavy  
> alterations that Ninagawa made with her script.
>
> Alex
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:16:45 +0900
> Von: Melek Ortabasi <mortabas at hamilton.edu>
> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> CC:
> Betreff: Sakuran
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Out of curiosity, given the recent discussion of live-action movies
>> based on manga. Has anyone seen _Sakuran_, possibly in Berlin? Any
>> thoughts? Since it's directed by a woman (photographer Ninagawa
>> Mika), based on a manga by a woman (Anno Moyoco), I wonder if the
>> film isn't a fairly rare breed? Also interesting: the fact that the
>> lead actress is half German (Tsuchiya Anna), but plays a (sort of)
>> Edo-period courtesan.....probably part of the reason it was selected
>> to screen in Berlin.
>>
>> Sorry for the open-ended questions, but the psychedelic color scheme
>> of the film caught my eye, and I was just wondering if someone had
>> anything more profound to say about it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Melek
>> -- 
>> Melek Ortabasi, Ph.D.
>> Assistant Professor
>> Department of Comparative Literature
>> Hamilton College
>> Clinton, NY
>>
>> **Visiting Researcher at The University of Tokyo, 2006-2007**
>
> -- 
> alex at nipponconnection.de
>
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>
> From: David Blair <blair at telepathic-movie.org>
> Date: March 16, 2007 6:39:09 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
>
>
> pardon, continuing technical tangent.
> Toon, cell, they are pretty much the same thing, just used  
> different ways. Remembering that the artist is using a 3d model: he/ 
> she choses the branded implementation in their software, and tweaks  
> it for the look they want... 1 color per bounded area, leaving a  
> flat newsprint look, or lots of shades of one color per bounded  
> area, giving the look in Appleseed. The software for Scanner Darkly  
> was done by a fellow named Bob Sabiston, who actually was one of  
> the first to give a cel, or whatever you want to call it,  look to  
> 3d, back in the early 90s ["Grinning Evil Death" I think was the  
> name of his cartoon]. I would guess that what he did for Linklater  
> was maybe 2.5D of some kind, but I don't know... at least it was  
> mainly automated, not done by hand.
>
> Dean Bowman wrote:
>> I think the process in Scanner Darkly is called Rotascoping, and  
>> involves painting digitally directly over real footage. Is Toon  
>> Shading the same thing as Cell Shading? I thought Appleseed was  
>> Cell Shaded, though i'm a bit confused by these terms myself.  
>> Sorry for adding two more pieces of jargon to the mix.
>
>
>
>
> From: "Tom Mes" <china_crisis at hotmail.com>
> Date: March 16, 2007 7:15:46 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Sakuran
>
>
> I'll have a review of Sakuran in the next edition of Midnight Eye,  
> which should go online soon (i.e. in the next week or two). For  
> those of you who don't subscribe to our newsletter, I'd be happy to  
> post the link here once it's out, but of course I'd be even happier  
> if you signed up.
>
> Tom Mes
> Midnight Eye
> http://www.midnighteye.com
>
>
>> From: "Alex Zahlten" <Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de>
>> Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> Subject: Re: Sakuran
>> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:53:00 +0100
>>
>>
>> Hi Melek,
>>
>> actually Sakuran also has a female scriptwriter, Tanada Yuki.  
>> Tanada wrote and directed the fabulous "Moon and Cherry", a parody  
>> of the shishosetsu genre with a gender twist.
>> Tanada apparently is quite disappointed with the quite heavy  
>> alterations that Ninagawa made with her script.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:16:45 +0900
>> Von: Melek Ortabasi <mortabas at hamilton.edu>
>> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> CC:
>> Betreff: Sakuran
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Out of curiosity, given the recent discussion of live-action movies
>> > based on manga. Has anyone seen _Sakuran_, possibly in Berlin? Any
>> > thoughts? Since it's directed by a woman (photographer Ninagawa
>> > Mika), based on a manga by a woman (Anno Moyoco), I wonder if the
>> > film isn't a fairly rare breed? Also interesting: the fact that the
>> > lead actress is half German (Tsuchiya Anna), but plays a (sort of)
>> > Edo-period courtesan.....probably part of the reason it was  
>> selected
>> > to screen in Berlin.
>> >
>> > Sorry for the open-ended questions, but the psychedelic color  
>> scheme
>> > of the film caught my eye, and I was just wondering if someone had
>> > anything more profound to say about it.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Melek
>> > --
>> > Melek Ortabasi, Ph.D.
>> > Assistant Professor
>> > Department of Comparative Literature
>> > Hamilton College
>> > Clinton, NY
>> >
>> > **Visiting Researcher at The University of Tokyo, 2006-2007**
>>
>> --
>> alex at nipponconnection.de
>>
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> From: Michael McCaskey <mccaskem at georgetown.edu>
> Date: March 16, 2007 10:26:09 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Five New Books
>
>
> Thank you very much! These are all good books, and I've been  
> especially waiting for Miyao Daisuke's book on Hayakawa.
>
> Michael McCaskey
> Georgetown Univ.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>
> Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 2:10 pm
> Subject: Five New Books
>
>> The University of Minnesota Press asked if I would forward
>> information about a certain book:
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
>> ++++
>> An original examination of the postwar Japanese documentary.
>>
>> FOREST OF PRESSURE: Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary
>> Ab? Mark Nornes
>> University of Minnesota Press | 288 pages | 2007
>> ISBN 978-0-8166-4907-5 | hardcover | $75.00
>> ISBN 978-0-8166-4908-2 | paperback | $25.00
>> Visible Evidence Series, volume 18
>>
>> A critical biography of filmmaking collective Ogawa Pro, Forest of
>>
>> Pressure explores the emergence of socially committed documentary
>> filmmaking in postwar Japan. Benefiting from unprecedented access
>> to
>> the collective's archives and interviews with former members, and
>> analyzing Ogawa Pro's films and works by other Japanese
>> filmmakers,
>> Ab? Mark Nornes addresses key issues in documentary theory and
>> practice.
>>
>> ?Extraordinarily valuable, illuminating, and even entertaining,
>> Forest of Pressure brims with the types of information that only a
>>
>> key insider can get his hands on.? ?Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
>>
>> For more information, including the table of contents, visit the
>> book?s webpage:
>> http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/N/nornes_forest.html
>>
>> For more information on the Visible Evidence Series:
>> http://www.upress.umn.edu/byseries/visibleevidence.html
>>
>> Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of
>> Minnesota Press:
>> http://www.upress.umn.edu/eform.html
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
>> ++++
>>
>> Yes, Forest of Pressure is out and is now being delivered to the
>> eager masses. Overnight, it jumped all the way from number
>> 1,000,000+
>> to 496,321 in the Amazon.com rankings! Of course, the description
>> they list describes a Deleuzian take on film "hieroglyphs" by a
>> Harvard professor, so it's hard to say if I'm stealing readers
>> from
>> Tom Conley or vice versa! That may explain why it's slumped back
>> down
>> to #1,115,692 and used copies are already going for over $80 a pop.
>>
>> In any case, I also wanted to mention something about the cover.
>> The
>> image you'll see at the online stores was the original mock-up:
>>
>> ?
>> I like the way Ogawa-san's arm drapes over the title.
>> Unfortunately,
>> a fashion-conscious friend noticed that the Penguin mark was on
>> the
>> wrong side of his shirt. The press didn't like the idea of
>> publishing
>> a flip-flopped photo, especially on the cover, and even if the
>> original composition doesn't lend itself as well to the design. I
>> argued that it was perfect?I'd call it my homage to Ogawa, who
>> never
>> hesitated tweaking reality for the sake of "design." They didn't
>> buy
>> it. Instead, the crazy, eclectic approach of the book itself will
>> have to be my design-homage, inspired as it is by Ogawa's last big
>> film.
>> In any case, it's out. The book was a death bed promise to Ogawa,
>> who
>> may not have liked the final product. At least parts of it. Enjoy.
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
>> ++++
>> Just to make the post a little less self-serving, here are a
>> couple
>> other books just out:
>>
>> Daisuke Miyao's Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational
>> Stardom (Duke). This was the talk of SCMS last week. I saw the
>> stack
>> of copies reduce quickly, and overheard the Duke editor hand it to
>>
>> someone saying, "Check this book out. It's the hot seller right
>> now."
>> Here's the webpage: http://www.dukeupress.edu/books.php3?
>> isbn=978-0-8223-3969-4
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
>> ++++
>>
>> D. A. Rajakaruna's latest book of screenplay translations: Ozu
>> Yasujiro's Two Postwar Films (Kandy, Sri Lanka: Godage int'l,
>> 2006).
>> ISBN:  955-208936-0    It contains scripts for Late Spring and
>> Early
>> Summer.
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
>> ++++
>>
>> Yoshida Kiju just published a followup to his 1970 Jikohitei no
>> ronri, entitled Henbo no riri (The Ethics of Changing Form). It's
>> a
>> fat collection of his writings from his entire career, edited by
>> Hasumi.
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
>> ++++
>>
>> My University fo Michigan colleague from the law school, Mark
>> West,
>> published Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in
>> Japan
>> and the United States (Chicago UP). It's a fascinating and quite
>> funny look at scandal management (corporate corruption, sports
>> cheating, political corruption, celebrity sexcapades, etc. etc.).
>> It
>> also has a cover I find incredibly distracting.
>>
>> There are a few other books on the verge of release, but that's
>> all
>> for today.
>>
>> Markus
>>
>>
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