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

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

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

Kerim Yasar

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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
> KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>> 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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>> ________________________________
>> From: KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Japanese
>> Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>
>> Sent: 11 September 2017 10:04:16
>> To: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu
>> Subject: [KineJapan] "Why do Japanese actresses give such good
>> performances?"
>> 
>> 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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