Imports: a correction and a question

[Jasper Sharp]

One idea Roger, is to check the Japanese language websites Moviewalker and Goo, which (not always) give Japanese release dates and the Japanese distributor.

Walkerplus is by far the better of the two, but check out the kind of information for these- my example being Bwana Devil:

http://movie.goo.ne.jp/movies/p8016/index.html
http://movie.walkerplus.com/mv7995/

The pain is you have to know the Japanese release title (or probably more easily, search by the director's kana), but there are ways of finding this using wikipedia or google.

I personally don't think Shintoho were influenced by Hammer, because a number of Nakagawa's more famous works actually proceeded the Hammer versions of Dracula and Frankenstein.
Also, remember Daiei were pretty active in the genre already in the early 1950s with their Ghost Cat films. Put it down to synchronicity, I would.





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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:04:34 +0100
From: macyroger at yahoo.co.uk
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: Imports: a correction and a question










Well, thanks for suggesting this, Markus.
It's merely a loose hunch at the moment but I want to 
explore the possibility that Shintoho were picking up concepts from Hammer Films 
in the UK in the late '50s.  
It may simply be that the Shintoho guys read their 
'Variety', recognised some rogues like themselves, and saw what the latest 
stories that Hammer were getting round not paying for.  They couldn't have 
failed to notice the controversy around UK and US publicity for 'Camp on Blood 
Island', 1958.
 
I'd be interested in details of any Hammer releases in 
Japan at the time, such as for The Steel Bayonet, 
1957; The Enchanted Island, 1958; Yesterday's Enemy, 
1959; The Stranglers of Bombay, 1959; The Mummy, 
1959.
The list is longer, and I don't know of any Japanese 
titles, which is why I was reluctant to post it here.  But any advice 
appreciated.
Roger
 
----- Original Message ----- 

  From: 
  Nornes, 
  Markus 
  To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
  
  Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:20 
  AM
  Subject: Re: Imports: a correction and a 
  question
  

  Well, one of the ideas behind KineJapan is to help each other out. 
   Why not post a specific question to the group.  There are copies 
  out there.
  

  M



  
On Apr 13, 2011, at 9:08 PM, "Roger Macy" <macyroger at yahoo.co.uk> 
  wrote:


  
  
    
    Thanks Markus.
    Luck is a bit relative here.  I can't see the 
    Hakurai kinema sakuhin jiten volumes outside of Japan and the US (The nihon 
    eiga ones are at Oxford).  So, at 240,000 yen and up, if it ain't 
    in Pia, or online, it seems it's gonna have to wait.
    But at least I've got confirmation of where I 
    stand.
    best,
    Roger
    
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: 
      Mark 
      Nornes 
      To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
      
      Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 8:50 
      PM
      Subject: Re: Imports: a correction 
      and a question
      
Roger,  
      

      You are in luck (depending on the time period)!  Pull out the 
      research guide and check out these titles: 
      

      Pia cinema club, gaikoku eiga hen 
      

      
      Hakurai kinema sakuhin jiten: Nihon de senzen ni jôei sareta gaikoku 
      eiga ichiran = Complete dictionary of imported movies up to 1945 August, 
      edited by Sekai Eigashi Kenkyûkai————Tokyo: Kagaku Shoin, 
      1997. 
      

      
      Hakurai kinema sakuhin jiten. Sengo hen. 1: Nihon de sengo 
      (1945-1988) ni jôei sareta gaikoku eiga ichiran (1)———Tokyo: Kagaku Shoin, 
      2004
      

      Wikipedia and IMDB are increasingly good for this data as 
      well. 
      

      Markus
      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      
      On Apr 12, 2011, at 5:24 AM, Roger Macy wrote:
      
        
        Dear KineJapaners,
         
        First, the correction:
        A few months back, I recall answering to a 
        question on German-Japanese collaborations about Riefenstahl's 'Olympia' 
        and saying something to the effect that the four-year delay would 
        be incomprehensible today.  I've just stumbled on the fact that the 
        2006 UK film 'Amazing Grace' is currently on release in Japan and is 
        being heavily advertised.  In my defense, the age of the film is 
        not exactly being pushed ...
         
        My question is - and I'm sure this has been asked 
        before, but I can't locate it - I'll write it into the index of my 
        'Research Guide' this time - is what is an accessible resource for the 
        release dates of foreign films into Japan.  The period I'm 
        interested in right now is some UK films of the 50s.  For later 
        periods, there's runs in the UK of Kinema Junpo, but is there any volume 
        I could acquire which would hold this information please ?
         
        Roger
 		 	   		  
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