Japanese And American Horror
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Japanese And American Horror
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Author : Katarzyna Marak
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-11-19
Japanese And American Horror written by Katarzyna Marak and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-19 with Social Science categories.
Horror fiction is an important part of the popular culture in many modern societies. This book compares and contrasts horror narratives from two distinct cultures—American and Japanese—with a focus on the characteristic mechanisms that make them successful, and on their culturally-specific aspects. Including a number of narratives belonging to film, literature, comics and video games, this book provides a comprehensive perspective of the genre. It sheds light on the differences and similarities in the depiction of fear and horror in America and Japan, while emphasizing narrative patterns in the context of their respective cultures.
Japanese Horror Films And Their American Remakes
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Author : Valerie Wee
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-23
Japanese Horror Films And Their American Remakes written by Valerie Wee and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-23 with Social Science categories.
The Ring (2002)—Hollywood’s remake of the Japanese cult success Ringu (1998)—marked the beginning of a significant trend in the late 1990s and early 2000s of American adaptations of Asian horror films. This book explores this complex process of adaptation, paying particular attention to the various transformations that occur when texts cross cultural boundaries. Through close readings of a range of Japanese horror films and their Hollywood remakes, this study addresses the social, cultural, aesthetic and generic features of each national cinema’s approach to and representation of horror, within the subgenre of the ghost story, tracing convergences and divergences in the films’ narrative trajectories, aesthetic style, thematic focus and ideological content. In comparing contemporary Japanese horror films with their American adaptations, this book advances existing studies of both the Japanese and American cinematic traditions, by: illustrating the ways in which each tradition responds to developments in its social, cultural and ideological milieu; and, examining Japanese horror films and their American remakes through a lens that highlights cross-cultural exchange and bilateral influence. The book will be of interest to scholars of film, media, and cultural studies.
Japanese Horror Films And Their American Remakes
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Author : Valerie Wee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-01-29
Japanese Horror Films And Their American Remakes written by Valerie Wee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-29 with Film remakes categories.
This study explores the complex process of adaptation involved in Hollywood's remakes of popular contemporary Japanese horror films through a lens that highlights bilateral influence on the films' narrative, aesthetic style, themes and ideology. This book would appeal to readers with an interest in film, media and cultural studies.
Introduction To Japanese Horror Film
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Author : Colette Balmain
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-14
Introduction To Japanese Horror Film written by Colette Balmain and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-14 with Performing Arts categories.
This book is a major historical and cultural overview of an increasingly popular genre. Starting with the cultural phenomenon of Godzilla, it explores the evolution of Japanese horror from the 1950s through to contemporary classics of Japanese horror cinema such as Ringu and Ju-On: The Grudge. Divided thematically, the book explores key motifs such as the vengeful virgin, the demonic child, the doomed lovers and the supernatural serial killer, situating them within traditional Japanese mythology and folk-tales. The book also considers the aesthetics of the Japanese horror film, and the mechanisms through which horror is expressed at a visceral level through the use of setting, lighting, music and mise-en-scene. It concludes by considering the impact of Japanese horror on contemporary American cinema by examining the remakes of Ringu, Dark Water and Ju-On: The Grudge.The emphasis is on accessibility, and whilst the book is primarily marketed towards film and media students, it will also be of interest to anyone interested in Japanese horror film, cultural mythology and folk-tales, cinematic aesthetics and film theory.
Japanese Horror Culture
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Author : Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-11-17
Japanese Horror Culture written by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book investigates the philosophical, socio-cultural, and artistic world of Japanese horror through a varied range of case studies, including video games (Rule of Rose), manga (Uzumaki), and anime (the classic Devilman). Film is represented with well-known works such as Ringu and overlooked filmmakers like Mari Asato.
Horror Translation
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Author : Peijen Beth Tsai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Horror Translation written by Peijen Beth Tsai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Horror films categories.
Hollywood remakes of Japanese horror present opportunities for an analysis of diverse cultural approaches to ghosts. This thesis aims to identify the similarities and differences in the rendering of the ghost in American and Japanese media culture in a case study of The Ring (2002) and Ringu (1998). By approaching these two films from the viewpoint of cultural studies, I argue that in horror genre, remake films are necessarily works of reinterpretation to allow new audiences to understand and recognize the fear originally set in a different cultural context. American horror films have long been obsessed with bodies. The spiritual manifestations in American cinema are frequently materialized, or transfigured into physical characters. On the other hand, Japanese awareness of a spiritual world and perceptions of horror are different from those in American culture. To the Japanese, ghosts are part of their lives and the tales they tell are instinctively related to the specters, particularly female ones. Through comparative studies of the original and the U.S. remake, Ringu and The Ring reflect different kinds of fear in divergent renditions of two areas--the imagery on the cursed videotape and the ghosts' appearance. The Ring replaced the fear of the unseen with denial of death or fear of physicality in the cinematic rendering of the ghost--a habitual representation seen in the monster motif throughout the American horror film history. In doing so, The Ring adapts the materiality of bodies, places, and time to American audiences, and reminds them what the horror repressed.
Japanese Horror Cinema
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Author : Jay McRoy
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2005-04-30
Japanese Horror Cinema written by Jay McRoy and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-30 with Performing Arts categories.
A much-needed critical introduction to some of the most important Japanese horror films produced over the last fifty years, Japanese Horror Cinema provides an insightful examination of the tradition’s most significant trends and themes. The book examines the genre’s dominant aesthetic, cultural, political, and technological underpinnings, and individual chapters address key traditions; the popular "avenging spirit" motif; the impact of atomic warfare, rapid industrialization, and apocalyptic rhetoric in Japanese visual culture; the extents to which changes in the economic and social climate inform representations of monstrosity and gender; the influence of recent shifts in audience demographics; and the developing relations (and contestations) between Japanese and "Western" (Anglo-American and European) horror film tropes and traditions. Japanese Horror Cinema includes a preface by Christopher Sharrett; case studies of internationally renowned films such as Nakata Hideo’s Ringu, Ishii Takashi’s Freeze Me, and Fukasaku Kinji’s Battle Royale; and a filmography of Japanese horror films currently available in the U.S. and the U.K. Contributors: Christopher Bolton, Phillip Brophy, Ian Conrich, Gareth Evans, Ruth Goldberg, Richard Hand, Steffen Hantke, Matt Hills, Frank Lafond, Graham Lewis, Jay McRoy, Xavier Mendik, Gary Needham, Steven Jay Schneider, Christopher Sharrett, Eric White, Tony Williams.
Ghost In The Well
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Author : Michael Crandol
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-05-20
Ghost In The Well written by Michael Crandol and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-20 with Performing Arts categories.
Ghost in the Well is the first study to provide a full history of the horror genre in Japanese cinema, from the silent era to Classical period movies such as Nakagawa Nobuo's Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (1959) to the contemporary global popularity of J-horror pictures like the Ring and Ju-on franchises. Michael Crandol draws on a wide range of Japanese language sources, including magazines, posters and interviews with directors such as Kurosawa Kiyoshi, to consider the development of kaiki eiga, the Japanese phrase meaning "weird" or "bizarre" films that most closely corresponds to Western understandings of "horror". He traces the origins of kaika eiga in Japanese kabuki theatre and traditions of the monstrous feminine, showing how these traditional forms were combined with the style and conventions of Hollywood horror to produce an aesthetic that was both transnational and peculiarly Japanese. Ghost in the Well sheds new light on one of Japanese cinema's best-known genres, while also serving as a fascinating case study of how popular film genres are re-imagined across cultural divides.
The Encyclopedia Of Japanese Horror Films
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Author : Salvador Jimenez Murguía
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-07-29
The Encyclopedia Of Japanese Horror Films written by Salvador Jimenez Murguía and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-29 with Performing Arts categories.
The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films covers virtually every horror film made in Japan from the past century to date. In addition to entries on productions, both major and modest, this encyclopedia also includes entries for notable directors, producers, and actors. Each film entry includes comprehensive details, situates the film in the context and history of Japanese horror cinema, and includes brief suggestions for further reading. Although emphasizing horror as a general theme, this encyclopedia also encompasses other genres that are associated with this theme, including Comedy Horror, Science Fiction Horror, Cyber-punk Horror, Ero Guru (Erotic Grotesque), and Anime Horror. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films is a comprehensive reference volume that will appeal to both cinema scholars as well as to the many fans of this popular genre.
Japanese Horror Films And Their American Remakes
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Author : Valerie Wee
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-23
Japanese Horror Films And Their American Remakes written by Valerie Wee and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-23 with Art categories.
The Ring (2002)—Hollywood’s remake of the Japanese cult success Ringu (1998)—marked the beginning of a significant trend in the late 1990s and early 2000s of American adaptations of Asian horror films. This book explores this complex process of adaptation, paying particular attention to the various transformations that occur when texts cross cultural boundaries. Through close readings of a range of Japanese horror films and their Hollywood remakes, this study addresses the social, cultural, aesthetic and generic features of each national cinema’s approach to and representation of horror, within the subgenre of the ghost story, tracing convergences and divergences in the films’ narrative trajectories, aesthetic style, thematic focus and ideological content. In comparing contemporary Japanese horror films with their American adaptations, this book advances existing studies of both the Japanese and American cinematic traditions, by: illustrating the ways in which each tradition responds to developments in its social, cultural and ideological milieu; and, examining Japanese horror films and their American remakes through a lens that highlights cross-cultural exchange and bilateral influence. The book will be of interest to scholars of film, media, and cultural studies.