Most Miike requires warning. Ichi the Killer's pretty harsh, too, though in a different way.
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> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:35:34 -0700
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Hard-Boiled Japan
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> I am no way squeamish when it comes to film.
> But recommending Miike's Audition without fair warning is kinda wrong.
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> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Hard-Boiled Japan
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> Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 11:16 AM
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> Although I watch a lot of Japanese crime flicks (Takeshi Kitano, Rokuro Mochizuki and Takeshi Miike are favourites, and Miike's Audition in particular) I haven’t read all that much Japanese literature. One collection of stories which I did read and did enjoy was Seicho Matsumoto's 'The Voice.'
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> If you like graphic novels you might want to check out: 'The Push Man and other Stories' and 'Abandon the Old in Tokyo' by Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Bleak, nourish tales of no hope lives.
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> I also enjoy Edogawa Rampo (the name is a play on Edgar Allen Poe) but that’s a little closer to horror than to noir.
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> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:58:20 PM
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> Hi! Any favorite novels or stories set in Japan?
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> Thanks!
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