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To: Ilaine who wrote (132413)	8/14/2005 1:41:28 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 793771

Or does he make them use unusual body language to express emotions for his films? I always thought it was a holdover from Noh or other Japanese theater traditions. Kind of like how early movie stars still used highly exaggerated stage theater body language. Hong Kong kung-fu movies are highly exaggerated, too. Wonder if there is a common element. Derek

To: Ilaine who wrote (132413)	8/14/2005 2:52:31 PM
From: Constant Reader	Respond to of 793771

If I may interject, I think the answer is c) a bit of both. It is probably true, however, that Japanese are far more sensitive to body language because genuine verbal cues are not generally available.

To: Ilaine who wrote (132413)	8/14/2005 4:33:03 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Respond to of 793771

Not speaking as an expert, I would say this: many elements of Japanese culture are highly stylized...including Kurosawa's films themselves. He was a meticulous artist portraying the meticulous highlights of a meticulous culture. Most other Japanese directors I've gotten familiar with (Ozu, Mizoguchi, and a few others) are all equally stylized and meticulous. So every great Japanese film seems to have a perfect sense of choreography in all its visual elements. I don't know how much that may spill over into the real living world of Japanese culture today...in other words, no doubt it may be weakened and weakening as Japan has modernized, but it was certainly a strong element (meticulous stylization) throughout Japanese culture over the centuries. The size of the rooms in traditional Japanese houses, for instance, was strictly governed by the number of mats used for the floor, because the dimensions and production of the mats themselves were standardized.