tamura...

[Jonathan Bett]

The Japanese version of Wikipedia is a great resource for looking up the
readings for the names of celebrities, directors, etc. While the validity of
this website as an academic resource may be doubtful to some, its merit as a
source of popular information is substantial. Also, even when the people you
are looking for lack devoted articles, you can sometimes find other figures
who share the same name, thus limiting the possibilities. The Waseda
University Library Catalog (WINE) is also a great resource for deciphering
the readings of people's names. Each catalog entry lists the names of
authors in kanji, hiragana, and romaji. Here is a link to the catalog's
homepage: http://wine.wul.waseda.ac.jp/screens/mainmenu.html

Jonathan Bett
University of Massachusetts

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:31 AM, Jasper Sharp <jasper_sharp at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  That definitely reads as Tamura Takeshi.
> best
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> Jasper
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> Midnight Eye www.midnighteye.com
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> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:18:44 +0100
> From: mathieucapel at gmail.com
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: tamura...
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> Dear Kinejapaners,
>
> Working lately on Oshima's films for a DVD edition, I was a little bit
> surprised by one objection made by someone at Shochiku : according to
> everything I've read about japanese cinema, and including the credits in the
> Shôchiku edition of Yoshida Kijû films, I always thought that 田村孟 should be
> read "Tamura *Tsutomu".*
> Would some one please confirm that this pronunciation is ok, for Shôchiku
> won't accept anything but *Takeshi* ? Did Tamura change his name some day
> ? Or, against all I've ever thought, is "Tsutomu" wrong ?
> Thanks
>
> Mathieu Capel
> Paris
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Jonathan Samuel Bett
University of Massachusetts 2009
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