Re: Getting nailed from Way Far Away (tm)

Hello

The story about the Japanese sniper is true, AFAIK. I have seen it
mentioned
in books about Japanese firearms, before Kagemusha.

Greetings
Karl Heinz

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Brewer" <david@brewer.to>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: Getting nailed from Way Far Away (tm)

> Ryan Gill wrote:
>
> > Similar thing happened in Ran, though I don't know if
> > Kurosawa was reading Confederate exploits or not.
>
> FWIW, not Ran but Kagemusha. Kurosawa was very influenced by
> American films, especially Westerns, so perhaps he might have
> heard this story.
>
> --
> David Brewer
>