films about Yaoya Oshichi

[Frako Loden]

Thanks for the additional details, Mark and David.

Frako Loden
Berkeley


At 7:03 PM -0400 9/6/07, David Lewis wrote:
>?
>yes - google for example :
>???S?????? jmdb 1960
>
>here it doesn't seem to make a difference, but 
>quotes might indeed help at times
>
>David Lewis
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:frako at well.com>Frako Loden
>To: 
><mailto:KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:49 PM
>Subject: Re: films about Yaoya Oshichi
>
>
>Thanks for the suggestions. But
>
>neither David Lewis's
>googling '(name) jmdb' i.e. '(Yaoya Oshichi) jmdb'
>
>nor
>
>Drainer's
>name in quotes " " and jmdb outside of the quotes i.e. "Yaoya Oshichi" jmdb
>
>works for me. Are you both saying I should input 
>the name with kanji in Google too?
>
>Frako Loden
>Berkeley
>
>
>
>At 6:19 PM -0400 9/6/07, <drainer at mpinet.net> wrote:
>
>>I've had the same problem searching. This is 
>>particularly hard when you don't know the 
>>correct kanji for the title...
>>
>>The search only works with kanji (many sites are like that).
>>
>The google trick does work, my suggestion for 
>better results is to redefine the search  -- try 
>the name in quotes " " and jmdb outside of the 
>quotes. So the same thing David suggested, but 
>have the title in quotes.
>
>-d
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lewis" 
><david.lionel.lewis at sympatico.ca>
>To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:25 PM
>Subject: Re: films about Yaoya Oshichi
>
>>a search at jmdb with ???S?????? produces seven matches, the same seven with
>>Yaoya Oshichi in their title that were given by Roland Domenig
>>
>>as far as I know, jmdb doen't offer kana search (unless, of course, kana is
>>part of the name)
>>
>>this being said, sometimes search don't work very well from within jmdb - at
>>such times, googling '(name) jmdb' usually does the trick
>>
>>David Lewis
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Frako Loden" <frako at well.com>
>>To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:28 PM
>>Subject: films about Yaoya Oshichi
>>
>>>
>>>Thank you so much, Sybil . . . Roland . . . Bill! I appreciate your
>>>help. I should have known there would be loads of cinematic material
>>>on this story.
>>>
>>>This is information I could have gotten myself, but I have never
>>>successfully searched anything at http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/, for some
>>>strange reason. I type a kana title, e.g. Yaoya Oshichi [in
>>>hiragana], into the search box and nothing comes up.
>>>"Mitsukarimasen." I wonder what I'm failing to do.
>>>
>>>Frako Loden
>>>Berkeley
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