Sawada

[STSH]

http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng

This name is probably Sawada Kenji, but the first character is missing.
Can anyone confirm ?

(I have PM'd Magic Wong about this).

[Brian Thibodeau]

If this writer isn't a newcomer at all, I'd be more likely to believe it's Sawada Kenya, since he's been more active in the Hong Kong industry off an on over the years. Kenji seems rather unlikely.

http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng


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[STSH]

If this writer isn't a newcomer at all, I'd be more likely to believe it's Sawada Kenya, since he's been more active in the Hong Kong industry off an on over the years. Kenji seems rather unlikely.

http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng


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1. The personal names don't match.
2. The conventional reading of the personal name on "Sawada" is Kenji.

However, that one is the alternate name of the other cannot be ruled out.
Anyone have proof either way ?

[Brian Thibodeau]

2. The conventional reading of the personal name on "Sawada" is Kenji.

But we are talking about two separate people, right? Despite conventional readings, KenYA has been billed as such in English in most of his Hong Kong movie appearances. KenJI hasn't had any connection to the HK film industry that I know of.

I just have difficulty believing that the "other" Kenji (well, to me the only one, really), a nearly 60-year old Japanese pop musician (and sometime actor) would suddenly start writing Hong Kong movies. And yes, I'm aware that anything's possible, but I'll see what I can find.

My suspicions, for the record, are that this Sawada chap is a newcomer, like this fellow, perchance...
http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng



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[STSH]

2. The conventional reading of the personal name on "Sawada" is Kenji.

But we are talking about two separate people, right? Despite conventional readings, KenYA has been billed as such in English in most of his Hong Kong movie appearances. KenJI hasn't had any connection to the HK film industry that I know of.

Yes, it looks very much like two separate people

My suspicions, for the record, are that this Sawada chap is a newcomer, like this fellow, perchance...
http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng
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If that alias is correct, then "Sawada" and Zexin should be merged.

[calros]

if nobody stops me in 15 days I will merge them.

[STSH]

if nobody stops me in 15 days I will merge them.

And to add to the evidence, here is Magic Wong's reply to my query :
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From: Magic Wong
To: STSH
Posted: 11 Mar 2007 19:42
Subject: Re: Sawada

>STSH wrote:
>http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=30267&display_set=eng
>This name is probably Sawada Kenji, but the first character is missing.

i think Sawada (田研二) and Zexin (田彥二) are the same writer. Both worked with Herman Yau.

[calros]

merged:

Zexin
田彥二
Cantonese: Tin Yin Yee
Mandarin: Tian2 Yan4 Er4
Aliases: "Sawada", Tin Yin Yee, 田研二

Writer
Papa Loves You (2004)
The Wild Ninja (2005)

and

Sawada
田研二
Aliases: Tin Yin Yee

Writer
On the Edge (2006)