early Japanese cinema anthology / scripts

[amnornes at umich.edu]

Huh. Strange. Here is the link I was trying to send;

http://www.urbanconnections.jp/en/store/dvd/taizen_e.html

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Quoting Frako Loden <frako at well.com>:

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> Mark, did you leave out a reference for the "only clips" of benshi 
> performances?
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> Frako Loden
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> 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.
>>
>> 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,
>>>
>>> I need help in finding the following materials:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> A source for excerpts from Japanese movie scripts, either in 
>>> Japanese or English.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> John
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