[KineJapan] scripts/films based on novels

Tue Jul 5 08:30:13 EDT 2016

Dear Anne,

Adaptation studies has become a well-established field of study during the last decade or so. Alas, there isn't all that much written (in English) on Japanese novels-turned-films yet (if we exclude McDonald's earlier books on theatre and modern literature in Japanese film). In Japanese, there are useful collections of in-depth case studies such as:

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.co.jp_&d=DQIGbw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=8B4DaTkP2KZCLWhYxY7TW_HenEn9MjFu0KVDAduJNg0&s=ZWRpcqJww0dvh4SPLrpAhQKWHFcKj9Bd9qLzkKssGJ0&e= ºá¶Ï¤¹¤ëÓ³»¤ÈÎÄÑ§-ÈÕ±¾Ó³»Ê·…²•ø-Ê®ÖØÌï-Ô£Ò»/dp/4864050260/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1467721153&sr=8-2&keywords=ºá¶Ï¤¹¤ë

This one looks interesting, too, although I haven't had a chance to look at it yet:

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.co.jp_&d=DQIGbw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=8B4DaTkP2KZCLWhYxY7TW_HenEn9MjFu0KVDAduJNg0&s=ZWRpcqJww0dvh4SPLrpAhQKWHFcKj9Bd9qLzkKssGJ0&e= Ó³»¤ÈÎÄÑ§-½»í‘¤¹¤ëÏëÏñÁ¦-ÖÐ´å-Èý´º/dp/4864050929/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467721475&sr=1-2&keywords=Ó³»%E3%80%80ÎÄÑ§

My own contribution to the topic appeared some time ago in the Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema:

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.academia.edu_8789757_Gazing-5Fat-5FKaoru-5Fstar-5Fimage-5Fin-5Ffilm-5Fadaptations-5Fof-5FThe-5FDancing-5FGirl-5Fof-5FIzu&d=DQIGbw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=8B4DaTkP2KZCLWhYxY7TW_HenEn9MjFu0KVDAduJNg0&s=6nEfN-tbJBGyK5O_qoNCsEcBUu49mvavJ2D0q6O5uBI&e= 

More recently, I compared the source text and its adaptation in a chapter to the forthcoming collection on Imamura Shohei that should come out from Edinburgh UP next year.

Thanks for bringing this up; a lot of work remains to be done on Japanese literary adaptations.

Best,

Lauri Kitsnik

PhD Cantab

Sainsbury Institute

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I wonder if there isn't more scholarly work on literary adaption for Japanese film than other national cinemas. Keiko McDonald, for example, devoted much of her career to this. And we enjoy the added twist of manga adaptions thrown into the mix.

Check out those books. They're fascinating!

Markus

On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu<mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>> wrote:

Hi Markus,

Anne McKnight here! Indeed, there is an unholy amount of Annes around here, LOL.

thanks for the reply. I¡¯m sure it would be a life¡¯s work, and maybe a fools¡¯ errand, to quantify and compare adaptation rates in national cinemas. But I¡¯m often surprised that people rarely compare text and film, or refer to the novel (even read it?) in the case of many literary adaptations. Film studies ends up seeming more autonomous than it is, and I have to imagine that links with the print-industrial complex and publishing world also feed into decisions about what gets made, etc. Or that there is a feedback loop of some sort, even, such that print editors chase certain kinds of properties viewed as ¡°film-able.¡±

Congrats on the book¡ªI¡±ll order copies for the library ASAP! They¡¯ll be good for class.

Anne

On Jul 3, 2016, at 11:09 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu<mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>> wrote:

Hi Anne,

There are, indeed an amazing number of adaptations. Whether there are more that other countries would be very hard to quantify with any confidence. Needless to say, tyre are more than you'd even think. To get a good sense for this, check out the following reference books, which actually list adaptations.

Eiga, terebi dorama, gensaku bungei d¨¥ta bukku, by Et¨ Shigehiro

Tokyo: Bensei Shuppan, 2005.

Nihon eiga gensaku jiten = Original works of Japanese films. Tokyo: Nichigai Asoshi¨¥tsu: Hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten, 2007.

Ego is. The more interesting book, but both are necessary since neither is complete. Please check out Aaron and my research guide (now in Japanese!) for analytical kaisetsu about these books.

Markus

PS: Kinejapan now strips email addresses from posts. If there's no signature in the message, it is hard to tell who is writing. Anne, which Anne are you?!?

On Sunday, July 3, 2016, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu<mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>> wrote:

hi all,

I wonder if someone can help me find a concrete cite or figure for a phenomenon I remember seeing quantified somewhere, but cannot find now.

which is, that some shocking % of Japanese fiction films are made from novels or existing literary works.

the most obvious recent example would be ¡º»ð»¨¡»/Hibana, on Netflix. If there¡¯s a breakdown or tracking over time, I would enjoy seeing it.

thanks for any (memory) aid!

Anne

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