《By the River》 - By the River

Japanese: 《川のほとり》 - かわのほとり
《By the River》 - By the River

...In the section on Asian films in the Encyclopedia of World Cinema edited by Roger Manbell, it is said that, apart from Indian, Japanese and Chinese films, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Hong Kong produce the most interesting films, but as of 1984, only Hong Kong films have been released on the world film market. In 1982, the Sri Lankan films Jungle Village (1980, directed by Lester James Peiris) and By the River (1980, directed by Sumitra Peiris) were introduced for the first time in Japan at the South Asian Film Festival organized by the Japan Foundation. Since then, new Asian films have been thriving and attracting attention in the form of Chinese and Korean film festivals. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ロジャー・マンベル編《世界映画百科》の〈アジア映画〉には,インド映画と日本映画と中国映画を別にすれば,スリランカとパキスタンと香港がもっとも興味深い映画を生み出しているという評価があるが,世界の映画市場に出ているのは84年までのところ香港映画だけである。82年には,日本にも国際交流基金主催の南アジア映画祭で,スリランカ映画《ジャングルの村》(1980,レスター・ジェームズ・ピーリス監督),《川のほとり》(1980,スミトラ・ピーリス監督)が初めて紹介された。また,その後も中国映画祭,韓国映画祭などの形で〈新しいアジア映画〉が活況を呈し,注目を集めてきている。…

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