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translation of Soichi Oya book

posted 13 years ago by ahall-3
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I wonder if there is a translation of Soichi Oya's book that I can
order though my University of Hawaii Inter-Library Loan option. I don't
read Japanese unfortunately. So please let me know if there is a
translation anywhere.

Secondly, I noticed only one female in the cast, the woman in the prime
minister's residence which the occupants had evacuated when they heard
assassins were en route. She looked familiar but I couldn't place her
or discover her identity among the voluminous cast members (I tried to
guess which name was a woman's but; again, my guesses (click-ons) did
not click on a name that revealed whether the actor was an "actress" or
just identified generically as "actor".

[–] jadow81 13 years ago

The Book

http://www.kodansha-intl.com/books/9784770028877/

You may wonder why Oya's name is not found on the cover. I'll explain.
When the original book was published, Oya was credited as "editor/supervisor", not "author/writer".
The actual writing was done by Katsutoshi Hando without being credited,
because he was an employee of the publisher back then.

Hando has become a famed writer himself afterwords.
In 1995 he published the revised edition under his own name.

The Actress

I've seen this movie only once in my childhood, so I can't recall the scene.
But from the cast list in Japanese movie website,
I believe the actress you referred is Michiyo Aratama.

If she looks familiar to you, I guess you saw her in either
"The Human Condition" trilogy, "Kwaidan", or "The Sword of Doom".