AW: Self introduction + Representations of intoxication

[Alex Zahlten]

Hi Alex,

Horoyoi Jinsei is an interesting film in itself. It was the first official feature film production by PCL (later to become one of the main building blocks in the founding of Toho), and was largely funded by a certain beer company (not hard to identify).

As far as I remember there are no scenes with a subjective view of intoxication; it is the story of a young man who's life's dream it is to open a beer hall. In the end he succeeds, and everyone - the good and the bad guys - come together in the hall to drink and be merry. 

I'm not sure and I'd have to look into my not-so-great copy, but I don't actually remember any singing scenes except at the very end in the beer hall. The film's title is often listed as "Ongaku Kigeki Horoyoi Jinsei", though... This might once again raise some questions about the use of the term "musical" for film from Japan; however that's been discussed before on the list, of course.

Alex



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> Datum: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:42:09 +0000 (GMT)
> Von: Alexander Jacoby <a_p_jacoby at yahoo.co.uk>
> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Betreff: Re: AW: Self introduction + Representations of intoxication

> I'm not sure how it treats the theme, but Sotoji Kimura's 1933 Horoyoi
> jinsei / Intoxicated Life has a promising title. It was an early Japanese
> musical.
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> ALEX
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> --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Christiane Borchert <christiane86 at freenet.de> wrote:
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> From: Christiane Borchert <christiane86 at freenet.de>
> Subject: AW: Self introduction + Representations of intoxication
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Date: Wednesday, 1 July, 2009, 3:35 PM
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> Hello again,
>  
> thanks for your thoughts Roger. (Always nice to 'meet' you again.)
>  
> I'm afraid I should have been more precise when asking you about
> intoxication. Sorry about that. I'm mainly interested in the representation of the
> altered state of consciousness because of intoxication (by drugs, alcohol
> or any invented substance) or the cinematic excess, for example, when
> intoxication is used to reflect on the medium's materiality ... That's why
> I'm interested in scenes that entangle exterior and interior in some way and
> go beyond showing someone who is drunk or high. 
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>  
> Best regards,
> Christiane   
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> Von: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] Im Auftrag von Roger Macy
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. Juli 2009 10:04
> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Betreff: Re: Self introduction + Representations of intoxication 
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> 
> Hi, Christiane,
> Narrow world again!
> I'm sure they'll be more than a few examples of intoxication, but here's
> what comes to mind immediately:-
> Naruse's Bangiku, 1954;
> The Nakadai character in Harada's Jubaku, 1999;
> They're defintely high on something in Matsumoto's Barano s?retsu, 1969
> Ichikawa brings on the drunks, but he makes quite a point of conveying
> K?da Rohan as a drinker in Ot?to;
> Imamura also, but there's a definite intoxiction in ?janaika;
> Kawamoto's Hana-ori, 1968;
> Kurosawa's Yoidore tenshi, 1949;
> Ogawa pro's Dokkoi!- Ningen bushi ?kotobuki, 1975 also has a negative
> take;
> Uchida's Koi ya Koi Nasuna Koi, 1962 is brilliant on the intoxication of
> love (but has anyone ever done it without tragedy?);
> and two in your Nippon Connection, last year got legless:
> Hirayama's Shaberedomo, shaberedomo, 2007
> and at last, for better or worse, an intoxicated woman in Kumakiri's
> Non-ko, 2008
> best,
> Roger
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Christiane Borchert 
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:09 PM
> Subject: Self introduction + Representations of intoxication 
> 
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> 
> Hello everyone,
>  
> after I have been on this mailing list incognito for quite some time, I
> think it's time for me to finally introduce myself:  
>  
> Name: Christiane Borchert
> Institutional affiliation or job: Programmer for film and cultural
> sections (Nippon Connection. Japanese Film Festival, Frankfurt am
> Main); research assistant (Department of Film Studies, Johannes Gutenberg-University,
> Mainz)
> City and country: Frankfurt am Main/ Mainz, Germany
>  
> Research projects or publications: Master's thesis on the dissolution of
> boundaries in the Boys' Love phenomenon (at an early stage)  
> Interests with regard to Japanese film and moving image media: Japanese
> film and ~ popular culture, ~ Queer Studies, ~ corporeality, ~
> transnational flows, ~ media convergence, ~ trauma, film festival research
> and otaku culture
>  
>  
> First of all, thank you all for your insightful discussions, your notes
> on events, publications and films on this list! Your contributions have
> been pretty inspiring and motivating for me. Hence, I wondered whether you
> could inspire me once again:   
>  
> At present I am working on a paper and am looking for films containing
> representations of intoxication (or/ and drunkenness). I am especially
> interested in sequences in which external and internal perspectives are
> entangled. The only examples that I know are KAKUTO by ISEYA Yusuke
> and DAYDREAM by TAKECHI Tetsuji. I would really appreciate if you could help me
> out with some further examples. 
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>  
> Best regards and many thanks in advance,
>  
> Christiane 
> (christiane86 at freenet.de)     
> 
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