Shakespeare and Japanese Film

[Yuna de Lannoy]

Does it have to be a comparison between two Japanese films?
 
If not, how about comparing Kurosawa's Ran with Grigori Kozintsev's King Lear? I am always fascinated by how the two directors treated the same scene in their unique ways eg. the sequence of Gloucester's suicide attempt. Have you checked Jan Kott's Shakespeare Our Contemporary? There is an interesting passage about the sequence.
 
Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well is also loosely based on Hamlet. You might be able to compare it with Kozintsev's Gamlet, although the two films are very far from each other. 
 
And lastly, Orson Wells made Macbeth in 1948. 
 
Yuna


Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:32:36 -0400From: robixsmash at gmail.comTo: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.eduSubject: Re: Shakespeare and Japanese FilmI don't know of any other Japanese versions of Macbeth, but Kurosawa's Ran is based on King Lear.
On 9/26/07, Jerry Turner < jdturner1 at gmail.com> wrote: 
Hello,I need a little help from some of you film buffs. I have a short film adaptation paper due soon. The assignment is to discuss two filmed versions of one play by Shakespeare. It's just a small comparison paper, so I will probably just focus on one or two scenes in particular and how they are done in both films. I really love Kurosawa's Throne of Blood, but don't know of any other Japanese adaptations of Macbeth. If anyone knows of another good Japanese film based on Macbeth (even if it's loosely based) please let me know. Otherwise, if you know of a pair of good film adaptations based on Shakespeare's work I would be most grateful. Thanks!-- -robhttp://www.robixsmash.com/ 
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