yasujiro
12-22-2007, 10:33 AM
Here (ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBJNLETomc0) is a clip from a Japanese TV show broadcasted in 1977. The woman who sings 'Empty Saddles' is Mieko Takamine who is one of the greatest Japanese actress who starred in the coutless great Japanese films of, notably, Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita. BTW she was about to marry Akira Kurosawa in their younger days.
Leos Carax is a great admire of Naruse, and wanted to meet Takamine while he visited Japan for promoting his flick, POLA X. Reportedly, Carax could meet her then. If you have ever seen a film of Naruse with Takamine, you could see Carax has identified his actress, Juliette Binoche with Takamine in his two films with Binoche.
Leos Carax is a great admire of Naruse, and wanted to meet Takamine while he visited Japan for promoting his flick, POLA X. Reportedly, Carax could meet her then. If you have ever seen a film of Naruse with Takamine, you could see Carax has identified his actress, Juliette Binoche with Takamine in his two films with Binoche.