[KineJapan] "Why do Japanese actresses give such good performances?"

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And what a lure for the films of Toyoda, absent, in London at least, since 1993..Roger


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I think Alo wins the prize. A very impressive feat of memory!
https://books.google.com/books?id=8RQIAQAAMAAJ&dq=notes+for+a+study+on+imamura&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Actresses
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On Sep 11, 2017, at 3:51 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu> wrote:


Dear Alex,

I do not have an exact reference for you either, but it was indeed
Richie who said it somewhere in "Notes for a Study on Shohei Imamura"
(and possibly elsewhere). I seem to recall the quote originated from
Toyoda Shiro.

Best,
Alo Jõekalda

On 11 September 2017 at 19:36, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via
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I seem to remember this being a Donald Richie quote. It certainly is the


kind of thing Richie would have said, although I can't remember the source.

















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Dear all,





Hisashiburi, etc, etc!





I'm wondering if anyone might be able to help me out by identifying a


puzzling sourceless quotation that I might like to use in an article


introducing a forthcoming season of films about Japanese actresses at the


British Film Institute.





The quotation, as I remember it, is that either a famous Japanese actress,


or a famous director, was asked something along of the lines of: "Why are


Japanese actresses so good?" And the reply was something like, "Because


Japanese women have to spend their whole lives acting." Several people I've


talked to confirm that they think they've heard the line, but no one can


remember where it comes from and where it's cited. I felt pretty sure that


it was in one of the older books, e.g., an early Richie or a Mellen, but the


closest I've found either googling or looking through my library is Ian


Buruma, but he's making a general comment about Japanese society, not


specifically about women, and it's his own point, not something ascribed to


a Japanese commentator.





It would be especially interesting if it had been an actress who had come


out with the line - less interesting if I'm misremembering and it was a


foreign critic who said it.





Thanks in advance for any leads,





ALEX JACOBY





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