Movie ID help

[ryan.cook at yale.edu]

Here's a link to the DVD of the Miike stage show:

http://www.dvdasian.com/_e/Japan/product/32004/Demon_Pond_aka_Yashagaike_DVD_.htm

I'm surprised to see that it's advertised as having English subtitles!  
I first
saw the Shinoda film around the time that the Miike show was being 
produced and
I had read something about a DVD then, but at the time it was 
Japanese-only. Also surprising is that the liner notes describe Miike's 
version as "sparse,
almost minimalistic."  Sounds out of character.  Does anyone know the
background of this production?

-Ryan



Quoting Susan B Klein <sbklein at uci.edu>:

> The "scientists" in both Izumi Kyoka's play and the movie adaptation 
> are folklorists.
>
> Kabuki-za did Izumi Kyoka's Yashagaike, directed by Bando Tamasaburo, 
> in 2008 (I think -- can't quite remember). The Neo-Kabuki troupe, 
> Hanagumi-Shibai revived their version in January of 2009 (of the two, 
> I preferred Hanagumi-Shibai). I haven't gone on-line recently, but I 
> don't think either has been released on dvd (yet).
>
> Since I teach Demon Pond (using an ancient copy of the movie), I'd be 
> very interested to hear about where one could purchase a dvd of a 
> performance directed by Miike Takashi!
>
> ~~Susan Klein
> UC Irvine
>
> ryan.cook at yale.edu wrote:
>>
>> Also interesting to note that Miike Takashi directed a live stage 
>> adaptation of
>> Yashagaike in, I think, 2005.  A recording of the performance seems to be
>> available on DVD.
>>
>> -Ryan
>>
>>
>> Quoting Melek Ortabasi <mso1 at sfu.ca>:
>>
>>> And loosely based on Izumi Kyoka's much earlier play of the same 
>>> name? Only there it's a folklorist instead of a scientist. Hmmm. 
>>> Interesting.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Melek
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "noble 1362" <noble1362 at hotmail.com>
>>> To: kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 8:24:57 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
>>> Subject: RE: Movie ID help
>>>
>>> That's the one! Right on the money! Thank you very much, Mr. Heitzman!
>>>
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:45:02 -0600
>>> From: kheitzma at carleton.edu
>>> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>> Subject: Re: Movie ID help
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure it's a perfect match, but I'll throw out Demon Pond by 
>>> Shinoda Masahiro (Yashagaike, 1979).
>>>
>>> Kendall
>>>
>>> Kendall Heitzman
>>> Visiting Instructor of Japanese
>>> Carleton College
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "noble 1362" <noble1362 at hotmail.com>
>>> To: kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:11:32 PM
>>> Subject: Movie ID help
>>>
>>> A friend of mine is trying to find the name of a film he saw in 
>>> college in the 80's. His memory and description is sketchy but it 
>>> involves scientists in an area where a goddess, who has failed at 
>>> love, has caused a drought. The only other thing he remembers is 
>>> the end which shows the area replenished with shots of water and 
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>>>
>>> -- 
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>>>
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>>>
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