early Japanese cinema anthology / scripts

[Frako Loden]

Mark, did you leave out a reference for the "only clips" of benshi 
performances?

Frako Loden


At 6:41 AM -0400 10/3/07, Mark Nornes wrote:
>This fits the bill. It's only clips, but they're subtitled benshi 
>performances and really, really fun.
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>As for scripts, search the KineJapan archive for extensive 
>discussions. The Kinema Club website explains how to do this. Kinema 
>Club also has the following page:
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>http://pears2.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/searchscripts.html
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>Markus
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>On Oct 3, 2007, at 5:07 AM, John Gorman wrote:
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>>Hello,
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>>I need help in finding the following materials:
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>>An introductory anthology of early Japanese cinema on DVD with 
>>English subtitles.  I'm hoping to find something that begins at the 
>>inception and goes up until either the war years or the Occupation. 
>>I'm especially hoping for something that includes the role of 
>>'benshi', preferably with some footage or just stills of them in 
>>action.
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>>A source for excerpts from Japanese movie scripts, either in 
>>Japanese or English.
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>>Best regards,
>>
>>John