Book on Somai Shinji

[Frederick Veith]

Actually, there were English subbed releases of Wait and See and
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun in Hong Kong.

It looks like there's another new book on Somai, besides the one Aaron
wrote about. During the retro I picked up a chirashi in the lobby for
another volume, apparently just out from Kinema Junposha, called
Cineaste Somai Shinji. Their listing for the book is here:

http://www.kinejun.com/book/detail/tabid/89/pdid/978-4-87376-380-4/Default.aspx

Fred.

2011/12/2 Jasper Sharp <jasper_sharp at hotmail.com>:
> Hi Petra,
> I don't think of of Somai's work ever got released on DVD outside of Japan,
> but the Japanese DVD release from 2000 of his final film, Kaza Hana,
> certainly did.
> We screened this as part of the Japan Foundation UK touring season back in
> 2008, so I also am pretty sure the JF has a English-subbed 35mm print of the
> film too.
>
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> ________________________________
> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:22:20 +0100
> From: petrap at nipponconnection.com
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Book on Somai Shinji
>
> Dear Aaron Gerow and hello to the list,
>
> I take the opportunity with this mail this mail to introduce myself to the
> list which I am following for a while. My apologies ! for the omission.
>
> Since 2008 I am part of the Nippon Connection Film Festival in Frankfurt and
> after being in charge for the press and public relations, my interest in
> Japanese film and culture gave me the way to focus on the film programming.
>
> This year I had the chance to attend Tokyo FILMeX for the first time and to
> see some of the fantastic Shinji Somai films unfortunately some of them
> without subtitles. I researched for DVDs with English subs without any
> results yet. Does possibly anybody heard or knows about DVD releases with
> subtitles in English or even Spanish or French? I am very thankful for any
> information.
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Best
>
> Petra Palmer
> 2011/12/1 Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
>
> I mentioned this on my blog:
>
> http://www.aarongerow.com/news/reviving-somai-shinji.html
>
> But there is a new anthology out on the great director Somai Shinji that is
> worth a look:
>
>        Kimura Tatsuya, Nakamura Hideyuki, Fujii Jinshi, eds. Yomigaeru Somai
> Shinji (Tokyo: Insukuriputo, 2011)
>
>        木村建哉、中村秀之、藤井仁子編『甦る相米慎二』インスクリプト、2011年。
>
>        ISBN 978-4-900997-32-5
>
> It came out in time for the Tokyo FilmEx retro on him, so hopefully this
> will generate a bit more interest in this neglected genius.
>
> Aaron Gerow
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