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Japanese adaptation of american movie 2007/11/30 01:46
are there any japanese adaptations of american movies?
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Akira Kurosawas's 'High and Low' ... 2007/11/30 11:44
... or 'Tengoku to Jigoku' in Japanese (1963), was adapted from a pulp novel - King's Ransom - by Ed McBain. Not sure if there was a film of that, although much later it became the basis for a Mel Gibson movie.

Kurosawa also did adaptations from Shakesepeare (Throne of Blood, Ran). And his Dodes'kaden is a blend of several stylisitc sources, incl Hollywood sound stage musicals.

The 1988 romantic mystery Kaito Ruby was adapted from a UK novel by one Henry Slesar. Again, I only know a book source, although stylistically it owes much to MGM musicals of the late 1950s.

And the Miyazaki animation Howl's Moving Catle was also based on a British (book) source.
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