English speakers

[tanaka taro]

Hi Tom,

Except for Ichikawa Jun, I've interpreted for all the directors on your 
list, and Nakata is indeed the only one who's been willing to do on-stage 
interviews in English.

As for other directors not requiring interpreting, Stephen already 
mentioned Harada Masato, and  there's also Kitamura Ryuhei. 
(And Kitano Takeshi tends to bring along his own interpreter)

Often it's not just a matter of English skills, but of confidence as well.
Good luck,

Luk Van Haute



>From: "Thomas Vincent" <thomaswvincent at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: English speakers
>Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 17:07:57 +0100
>
>
>
>Hi there,
>
>I am working on programming for a film festival in the UK, and would very 
much like to include retrospectives of one or more Japanese directors or 
stars. We'd also like to invite&nbsp;people over for 'screentalk' events...
>
>Does anyone happen to know whether the following people have sufficient 
skills in English to enable them to participate in an on-stage interview:
>
>Kore-eda Hirokazu
>
>Tsukamoto Shinya
>
>Ichikawa Jun
>
>Nakata Hideo
>
>Asano Tadanobu
>
>Hiroki Ryuichi
>
>Kurosawa Kiyoshi
>
>Miike Takashi
>
>From what I can gather from DVD extras and TV clips, I suspect the answer 
may be none of them... Is this correct?
>
>Appologies in advance&nbsp;for the rather subjective nature of the 
question!
>
>&nbsp;
>
>Tom Vincent, National Media Museum, Bradford UK
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