release year of non-Japanese films in Japan

[Frako Loden]

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{ljêÌå“(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". ; 
>; <http://berkeley.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ASekai+Eigashi+Kenkyu%CC%84kai.&qt=hot_author>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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