release year of non-Japanese films in Japan

[Mark Nornes]

If you have problems, let me know and I could look it up when I get  
back to Michigan in mid-July.

Best,

markus


On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Frako Loden wrote:

>
> Markus, I failed to thank you for this valuable info earlier this  
> month. I'll have to get someone to get info from UCLA for me, but in  
> the meantime I'll order a copy of your (and Aaron's) Research Guide  
> to Japanese Cinema.
>
> Frako Loden
> Berkeley, CA
>
>
> At 3:18 PM -0400 6/5/09, Mark Nornes wrote:
>>
>> Frako,
>>
>> You are very much in luck. There is one-stop shopping for this kind  
>> of info. It's drawn from a number of sources, so it's something  
>> like a clearing house of release information. There are separate  
>> volumes for Japanese and foreign films, as well as great  
>> filmographies for actors, staff members and directors. Here's the  
>> one you need.
>>
>> îïóàÉLÉlÉ}çÏïié´ìT. êÌå“ï-. I : ì™ñ{Ç 
>> ‰êÌå“(19145-1988)ÇŠè“âfÇ„ÇÍLJäOçëâfâÊàÍóó(I) = Complete dictionary  
>> of [imported movies] from August 1945 to December 1988 /
>> Hakurai kinema sakuhin jiten. Sengo hen. I : Nihon de sengo  
>> (1945-1988) ni jo¯ei sareta gaikoku eiga ichiran (I) = Complete  
>> dictionary of [imported movies] from August 1945 to December 1988
>> Author:ê¢äEâfâÊéjÊŽãÜâÔï". ; ; Sekai Eigashi  
>> Kenkyu¯kai.Publisher:â»äwèëâ@ : î‚îÑå„âýÉñä÷èoî‰, To¯kyo¯ : Kagaku  
>> Shoin : Hatsubaimoto Kasumigaseki Shuppan, 2004.Series:Sekai, Nihon  
>> eiga sakuhin jiten shiri¯zu, dai 4-shu¯Edition/Format:Book :  
>> Japanese : Shohan
>> Unfortunately, not many libraries can afford this very important  
>> reference work....or even recognize how important it is; Berkeley  
>> seems to be one of these, but I see that UCLA has it.
>>
>> Markus
>>
>> PS:  This is precisely the kind of research question we wrote our  
>> Research Guide to Japanese Cinema for. To give you a sense for why  
>> you need to buy this book (I know, so shameless), here is our entry  
>> for this dictionary:
>>
>>
>> Nihon eiga sakuhin jiten/Complete Dictionary of Japanese Movies from
>> 1896 to 1945 August, edited by Nihon Eigashi Kenkyûkai.
>> Tokyo: Kagaku Shoin, 1996.
>> ì™ñ{âfâÊéjå§ãÜâÔï"
>> Åwì™ñ{âfâÊçÏïié´ìT  êÌëOï- = Complete dictionary of
>> Japanese movies from 1896 to 1945 AugustÅx â»äwèëâ@:  
>> î‚îÑå„ âýÉPä÷èoî‰
>> äîéÆâÔé-, 1996.
>> Nihon eiga sakuhin jiten/Complete Dictionary of Japanese Movies from
>> 1945 August to 1988 December, edited by Nihon Eigashi Kenkyûkai.
>> Tokyo: Kagaku Shoin, 1998.
>> ì™ñ{âfâÊéjå§ãÜâÔï"
>> Åwì™ñ{âfâÊçÏïié´ìTÅ@êÌå“ï- = Complete dictionary of
>> Japanese movies from 1945 August to 1988 DecemberÅx â»äwèëâ@:  
>> î‚îÑå„ âý
>> ÉPä÷èoî‰äîéÆâÔé-, 1998.
>> This massive dictionary of films and filmmakers takes up an entire  
>> book-
>> shelf and is an indispensable tool for Japanese cinema studies. A  
>> project
>> run by the Nihon Eigashi Kenkyûkai, it is an attempt to list every  
>> film and
>> filmmaker in Japan (other related Kagaku Shoin projects cover staff  
>> and ac-
>> tors as well foreign films shown in Japan [see pp. 99 and  
>> 104-105]). Much
>> of the information is culled from only three sources-Kinema junpô,  
>> Kura-
>> shikku eiga nyûsu, and government censorship records-but this is by  
>> far
>> the most reliable resource for identifying release dates and  
>> filmographies
>> on this scale. It is composed of two six-volume sections on prewar  
>> and
>> postwar Japanese films (the other publications on prewar and  
>> postwar for-
>> eign films, Japanese actors and staff, and foreign actors are cross- 
>> referenced
>> when possible). For some sense of the coverage, shikku eiga nyûsu,  
>> and
>> government censorship records-but this is by far
>> the most reliable resource for identifying release dates and  
>> filmographies
>> on this scale. It is composed of two six-volume sections on prewar  
>> and
>> postwar Japanese films (the other publications on prewar and  
>> postwar for-
>> eign films, Japanese actors and staff, and foreign actors are cross- 
>> referenced
>> when possible). For some sense of the coverage, the Japanese  
>> section on
>> staff members lists 16,441 people, eight times that of the Kinema  
>> junpô refer-
>> ence dictionary. (For our entry on the biographical dictionary  
>> volumes, see
>> pp. 104-105.) This series also represents an important first step  
>> for entering
>> the archive. Because Japanese film periodicals are so poorly  
>> indexed, one
>> must often browse through volumes page-by-page. Entries here give  
>> exact
>> release dates, which makes trolling for articles much more  
>> expeditious, as
>> you can begin by pulling journals around that date. Prewar listings  
>> also in-
>> dicate first-run theaters, which allows one to navigate collections  
>> of theater
>> programs. Finally, all titles and personal names are thankfully  
>> rendered in
>> hiragana, although one should always cross-check readings when  
>> possible.
>> Do note, however, that given the size of the project, each  
>> filmographic entry
>> is rather short, only listing some personnel and a limited number  
>> of cast
>> members without character names. Given the selectiveness of the  
>> filmogra-
>> phy, one cannot assume that the filmographies given for actors and  
>> other
>> individuals are complete. These works are thus most helpful for  
>> core infor-
>> mation, not for full filmographies.
>>
>> On Jun 5, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Frako Loden wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is there a handy online source in either Japanese or English  
>>> giving the year of release in Japan of non-Japanese films?
>>>
>>> I'm especially interested in the month and year Richard Lester's  
>>> 1967 film How I Won the War was released in Japan.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Frako Loden
>>> Berkeley, CA
>
>

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