Toru Takemitsu and the Films of the Japanese New Wave

[Asako_Yoshida at Umanitoba.ca]

   Hi Angelo,

   I'm a great fun of his music myself.  When I Googled, I found an  
interesting 5-volume publication about Takemitsu and his art which  
came out in 2002:  Takemitsu Toru Zenshu from Shogakkan  
(http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/takemitsu/all/05.html).

   The publication tries to gather many unpublished or not well noted  
among Japanese audiences in one collection.  It, for example, includes  
an essay by Shinoda, if you can read Japanese.  The page above  
includes Table of Contents and indicates that the materials written by  
Donald Richie, Daniel Shmid, and Peter Grilli gathered in the  
collection might be related to his movie music.  Unfortunately,  
worldcat does not include this publication, but you can draw some  
hints from the page and search worldcat to see what might be available  
and accessible here. For example, I found a collection of interviews  
including Takemitsu himself in this DVD through worldcat:

   http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174128399&referer=brief_results,

   or VHS:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222789680&referer=brief_results

   Cheers,

   Asako

   At Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:19:49 -0400, Angelo Masucci wrote:

> Hi, my name is Angelo Masucci and I just signed on. I'm a graduate student
> at the New School University here in New York City and am now taking a class
> on Japanese New Wave Film.
>
> I'm about to begin a research paper on the role of Toru Takemitsu's music in
> a few of the films of the Japanese New Wave (Crazed Fruit, Double Suicide,
> and probably Woman in the Dunes). Unfortunately, in doing my research I'm
> discovering that there is little out there on Takemitsu's film work. The
> majority of the books and articles I cam across focus primarily on his
> orchestra pieces which are outside the scope of what I'm looking to do. I
> know there's a short documentary on his film work which is useful, but I'm
> very much in need of some deeper material.
>
> I'm wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some materials
> that might be useful.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Angelo Masucci
>

Asako Yoshida
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