Sugata Sanshiro 2

[Mathieu Li-Goyette]

Hey Pete,

According to the Toho booklet of the DVD, an agency called "Uehara-gumi" gave film productions foreigners actors when they were needed. Turks, Norwegians and Swedish were in majority.

As for the two main "foreign characters" credited in the film Roy James and E.H. Eric, the first one seems British while the second one (confirmed by IMDB) is French.

As for James, he played another american soldier in Naruse's Ukigumo and K. Ichikawa's Dokonjo monogatari. Eric played in the live-action movie of Lupin the Third and the role of Lafcadio Hearn (foreign author that lived in Japan whose works were the inspiration for Kobayashi's Kwadai) in Yabunirami Nippon. Hope it can help you,

Regards

Mathieu




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> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:48:08 -0400
> From: pslarson2 at gmail.com
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Sugata Sanshiro 2
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Just watched Sugata Sanshiro 2 last night for the first time (!).  A 
> really great film,you can tell that Kurosawa really pulled few punches, 
> even that early on.
> 
> Does anyone know who the gaijin are in the film? They can't be Americans.
> 
> What's the story there?
> 
> Pete
 		 	   		  
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