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(emphatic) or by no (non-emphatic). If you like, you may

think of no as replacing the particle wa in modifying clauses:

あの人はその映画を見ました。

Ano hito wa sono eiga o mimashita.
He saw THAT MOVIE.

あの人の見た映画はそれです。
Ano hito no mita eiga wa sore desu.
THE MOVIE (that) he saw is that one.

あの人がその映画を見ました。
Ano hito ga sono ega omimashita.

HE saw that movie.

あの人が見た映画はそれです。
Ano hito ga mita eiga wa sore desu.

The movie (that) HE saw is that one.

In other words, only sentences have topics; clauses have
subjects (or objects). The particle used for the non-emphatic

subject of a clause is no; the particle used for the emphatic
subject is ga. If the modifying clause is quite long and the

subject is separated from the verb by a number of words,
the emphatic subject particle ga is usually used.

私の行ったゴルフ場は安いところです。

Watashi no itta gorufujō wa yasui tokoro desu.
The golf course I went to is an inexpensive
place.

私が加藤部長と先週行ったゴルフ場は結構よかったで
す。