Self-Introduction, Rikidozan

Bjrn Vondran uschi3000
Wed Nov 14 11:22:42 EST 2007


Dear Kinejapan-list,

my name is Bjoern Vondran and I?m doing Japanese-Studies at the University of Leipzig in Germany. I?m currently working on my graduation paper about Rikidozan.
In my main part I?m trying to contrast the ways in which Riki was constructed as "national Hero" in the 50s and now. Because my main resources for the contemporary construction of Riki is the biopic "Yeokdosan/Rikidozan" (the English titel is Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinary), I got the link to your list from Ms. Wada-Marciano, who I consulted earlier.
So my first question to the list is: How can I get Box-Office Information for Films in Japan? I?ve been checking the Asahi/Yomiuri Shinbun but I only found the Top-Ten.
And I?m also very interested in personal opinions about the movie. Especially the way his paradox identity (Japanese Hero with Korean ancestry) is displayed and if anybody has seen "Fighter in the Wind", how the two can be compared.
Thanks a lot,
and

best regards from Germany
Bjoern
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