Hanafuda movies

[Bill Thompson]

Summer Wars actually opened at the IFC Center in New York yesterday.
The NY Times used Rachel Seitz, a second stringer who frequently
reviews Bollywood and other Asian films, as its critic, and she
gave it a brief but positive notice:

http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/movies/29summer.html?ref=movies

Among Hosoda Mamoru's other works is the quirky but too
neglected The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o Kakero Shoju),
unfortunately not related to Frako's posting topic.

Bill Thompson
wct1 at columbia.edu





Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:29:36 +0100
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From: "Ariane Beldi" <beldi9 at etu.unige.ch>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: RE: Hanafuda movies

Hello !



I would definitely recommend the animation film    Summer Wars     by
Mamoru
Hosoda.  Actually, Hanafuda is an important part of the plot in this
movie,
as it plays the role of tradition coming to the rescue of  high-tech
modernity.  It has come out on DVD in France, with French, Dutch and
Spanish
subs (if any can also be useful to you), but unfortunately, no English
subs.
There is an American edition due to come out on February 15, 2011, which
definitely has English subs:
http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Wars-Michael-Sinternicklaas/dp/B004DMIIVO/re=
f=3Ds
r_1_2?s=3Ddvd
<http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Wars-Michael-Sinternicklaas/dp/B004DMIIVO/r=
ef=3D
sr_1_2?s=3Ddvd&ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1293704489&sr=3D1-2>
&ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1293704489&sr=3D1-2.
Besides this movie, I don=92t have any other example to offer. Actually,
I
didn=92t know at all about Hanafuda until I watched Summer Wars.



I hope this helps somehow!



Kind regards,



Ariane Beldi

Ph.D. candidate

Doctoral school in Media & Communication Studies

University of Geneva, Switzerland

________________________________________



Beldi9 at etu.unige.ch

Ariane.beldi at live.com

http://abeldirew.wordpress.com



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[mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] De la part de Frances
Loden
Envoy=E9 : mardi 28 d=E9cembre 2010 07:20
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Objet : Hanafuda movies



What's a decent Japanese film that features a hanafuda (flower card)
game

in which we can clearly see the cards and which figures in the plot
somehow?

Ideally the film would be available on DVD and have English subtitles.



Frako Loden

Berkeley, CA