Packet 9: Tossup 7

This author’s son composed the scores of films like The Castle of Sand, Fires on the Plain, and a 1953 film about a warrior who tries to wed a married woman he rescued. To play a character created by this author, a director asked an actor to emulate lions in nature films by Martin and Osa Johnson. The title assassin steals a collection of fiction by this author during a mob hit, then gives it to a girl in a park, in (15[1])Jim Jarmusch’s (-5[1])(“JAR-mush’s”) Ghost Dog. (-5[1])In a film based on (15[1])works by this author, a riff on Ravel’s Boléro plays over a scene including what (15[1])is often considered (15[1])the first shot (*) pointing at the sun. (10[2])This author (10[2])created a female (10[1])medium possessed (10[3])by a male ghost in one of two (-5[1])stories combined into Shinobu Hashimoto’s debut screenplay. For 10 points, a narrative “effect” (10[1])draws from Akira Kurosawa’s film of what author’s stories (10[1])“In a Grove” and (10[1])“Rashomon”? ■END■ (10[2])

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