Shakespeare and Japanese Film

[Ito, Michiko]

Hi,
 
If you don't mind using stage adaptation, Kudo Kankuro and a theater
group Shinkansen played "Metal Macbeth" last year.  The DVD is
available, and you can watch some clips from here:
 
http://www.e-oshibai.com/items/098.html
 
This e-oshibai screens Shinkansen's theater performance as "Gekishine
(oshibai x Cinema)" at movie theaters.  This "Metal Macbeth" was
screened at Shinjuku Baruto 9 (Cinema Wald 9) in February.
 
Shinkansen recently performed "Oboro no mori ni sumu oni (Lord of the
Lies)" adaptation of Richard III and Macbeth.  This will be screened at
several movie theaters in October.
 
http://www.oboro-no-mori.jp/
 
Michiko Ito
Japanese Studies Librarian
East Asian Library
University of Kansas Libraries
Watson Library
1425 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence KS 66045-7544
TEL: (785) 864-4669
FAX: (785) 864-3850

  

 


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From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
[mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Melek
Ortabasi
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:03 PM
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: Shakespeare and Japanese Film


Hi Jerry,

I'm just stabbing in the dark here, but actor/director Ninagawa Yukio
(father of Ninagawa Mika, director of last year's _Sakuran_) has done a
lot of Shakespeare - on stage. I wonder if anyone out there knows of any
video recordings of the performances?

I also remember watching a TV drama last year in which one of the main
characters was a Shakespearean actor - the final episode features his
interpretation of King Lear. "Yakusha damashii" aired in Fall 2006.
Check out http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yakusha_Damashii for more info. Not
exactly what you were looking for, maybe, but hth.

Cheers,
Melek


	Thanks for all the responses thus far. I'm pretty familiar with
most of the Kurosawa films. One member emailed me a link to this film
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053919/ by Kato Tai that is a version of
Hamlet.
	
	For my short paper, that I'm eventually hoping to flesh out
later, I don't necessarily have to view two Japanese versions of
Shakespeare, I just thought it would be interesting to do so if I could
find two versions of the same play. Like I mentioned it can be loosely
based. I'm having a hard time finding anything other than the Kurosawa
films. I want to go off the beaten path and see if there is anything
available by other Japanese directors past and present (if possible).
	
	Thanks for the responses, and if you run across anything else
please don't hesitate to drop me a line.
	
	
	
	
	

	On 9/26/07, Yuna de Lannoy <yuna_tasaka at hotmail.com> wrote:
	

		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
		

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			Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:32:36 -0400
			From: robixsmash at gmail.com
			To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
			Subject: Re: Shakespeare and Japanese Film



			I 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
<mailto: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!
				




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			-rob
			http://www.robixsmash.com/
			


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Melek Ortabasi, Ph.D.
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Department of Comparative Literature
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY

**Visiting Researcher at The University of Tokyo, 2006-2007**
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