Japanese Cinema And Otherness
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Japanese Cinema And Otherness
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Author : Mika Ko
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-05-13
Japanese Cinema And Otherness written by Mika Ko and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-13 with Social Science categories.
Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films. However, the way these groups are presented has not been a subject of investigation. This study examines the representation of so-called Others – foreigners, ethnic minorities, and Okinawans – in Japanese cinema. By combining textual and contextual analysis, this book analyses the narrative and visual style of films of contemporary Japanese cinema in relation to their social and historical context of production and reception. Mika Ko considers the ways in which ‘multicultural’ sentiments have emerged in contemporary Japanese cinema. In this respect, Japanese films may be seen not simply to have ‘reflected’ more general trends within Japanese society but to have played an active role in constructing and communicating different versions of multiculturalism. In particular, the book is concerned with how representations of ‘otherness’ in contemporary Japanese cinema may be identified as reinforcing or subverting dominant discourses of ‘Japaneseness’. the author book also illuminates the ways in which Japanese films have engaged in the dramatisation and elaboration of ideas and attitudes surrounding contemporary Japanese nationalism and multiculturalism. By locating contemporary Japanese cinema in a social and political context, Japanese Cinema and Otherness makes an original contribution to scholarship on Japanese film study but also to bridging the gap between Japanese studies and film studies.
Japanese Film And The Floating Mind
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Author : Justin Vicari
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-06-05
Japanese Film And The Floating Mind written by Justin Vicari and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-05 with Performing Arts categories.
Japanese film is enduringly fascinating, challenging and rewarding. This book provides a cultural, historical and philosophical study of Japanese film, from the silent era to the present-day, focusing on its expansive consciousness. The author examines masterpieces by Ozu, Mizoguchi, Oshima and many other directors, discussing their influence on the Japanese culture of esoteric Zen Buddhism and relating them to recent neuroscientific theories of brain trauma.
The Crisis Of Identity In Contemporary Japanese Film
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Author : Timothy Iles
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008
The Crisis Of Identity In Contemporary Japanese Film written by Timothy Iles and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Performing Arts categories.
This study, from a variety of analytical approaches, examines ways in which contemporary Japanese film presents a critical engagement with Japan's project of modernity to demonstrate the 'crisis' in conceptions of identity. The work discusses gender, the family, travel, the 'everyday' as horror, and ways in which animated films can offer an ideal space in which an ideal conception of identity may emerge and thrive. It presents close, theoretically-informed textual analyses of the thematic issues contemporary Japanese films raise, through a wide range of genres, from comedy, family drama, and animation, to science fiction and horrror by directors such as Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Morita Yoshimitsu, Miike Takashi, Oshii Mamoru, Kon Satoshi, and Miyazaki Hayao, in language that is accessible but precise.
To The Distant Observer
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Author : Noël Burch
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1979-01-01
To The Distant Observer written by Noël Burch and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-01-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Japanese Cinema
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Author : Alastair Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-12-18
Japanese Cinema written by Alastair Phillips and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with Performing Arts categories.
Japanese Cinema includes twenty-four chapters on key films of Japanese cinema, from the silent era to the present day, providing a comprehensive introduction to Japanese cinema history and Japanese culture and society. Studying a range of important films, from Late Spring, Seven Samurai and In the Realm of the Senses to Godzilla, Hana-Bi and Ring, the collection includes discussion of all the major directors of Japanese cinema including Ozu, Mizoguchi, Kurosawa, Oshima, Suzuki, Kitano and Miyazaki. Each chapter discusses the film in relation to aesthetic, industrial or critical issues and ends with a complete filmography for each director. The book also includes a full glossary of terms and a comprehensive bibliography of readings on Japanese cinema. Bringing together leading international scholars and showcasing pioneering new research, this book is essential reading for all students and general readers interested in one of the world’s most important film industries.
Western Japaneseness Intercultural Translations Of Japan In Western Media
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Author : Frank Jacob
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2021-03-02
Western Japaneseness Intercultural Translations Of Japan In Western Media written by Frank Jacob and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-02 with History categories.
Our images of non-Western cultures are often based on stereotypes that are replicated over the years. These stereotypes often appear in popular media and are responsible for a pre-set image of otherness. The present book investigates these processes and the media representation of otherness, especially as an artificial construct based on stereotypes and their repetition, in the case of Japan. 'Western Japaneseness' thereby illustrates how the Western image of Japan in popular media is rather a construct that, in a way, replicated itself, instead of a more serious encounter with a foreign and different cultural context. This book will be of great value to students and academics who hold interest in media studies, Japanese studies, and cultural studies. It will also appeal to a broader audience with interests in Japan more generally.
Archetypes In Japanese Film
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Author : Gregory Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Release Date : 1989
Archetypes In Japanese Film written by Gregory Barrett and has been published by Associated University Presse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Performing Arts categories.
This study examines the significance of the archetypal heroes and heroines of Japanese cinema and traces both their prior development in literature, drama, and folklore, and their subsequent variations in popular culture.
Cinema East
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Author : Keiko I. McDonald
language : en
Publisher: Rutherford [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Release Date : 1983
Cinema East written by Keiko I. McDonald and has been published by Rutherford [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Performing Arts categories.
Contemporary Japanese Film
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Author : Mark Schilling
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 1999-11-01
Contemporary Japanese Film written by Mark Schilling and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-01 with Performing Arts categories.
This comprehensive look at Japanese cinema in the 1990s includes nearly four hundred reviews of individual films and a dozen interviews and profiles of leading directors and producers. Interpretive essays provide an overview of some of the key issues and themes of the decade, and provide background and context for the treatment of individual films and artists. In Mark Schilling's view, Japanese film is presently in a period of creative ferment, with a lively independent sector challenging the conventions of the industry mainstream. Younger filmmakers are rejecting the stale formulas that have long characterized major studio releases, reaching out to new influences from other media—television, comics, music videos, and even computer games—and from both the West and other Asian cultures. In the process they are creating fresh and exciting films that range from the meditative to the manic, offering hope that Japanese film will not only survive but thrive as it enters the new millennium.
Myth And Masculinity In The Japanese Cinema
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Author : Isolde Standish
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Myth And Masculinity In The Japanese Cinema written by Isolde Standish and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Social Science categories.
This study argues that in Japanese popular cinema the 'tragic hero' narrative is an archetypal plot-structure upon which male genres, such as the war-retro and yakuza films are based. Two central questions in relation to these post-war Japanese film genres and historical consciousness are addressed: What is the relationship between history, myth and memory? And how are individual subjectivities defined in relation to the past? The book examines the role of the 'tragic hero' narrative as a figurative structure through which the Japanese people could interpret the events of World War II and defeat, offering spectators an avenue of exculpation from a foreign-imposed sense of guilt. Also considered is the fantasy world of the nagare-mono (drifter) or yakuza film. It is suggested that one of the reasons for the great popularity of these films in the 1960s and 1970s lay in their ability to offer men meanings that could help them understand the contradictions between the reality of their everyday experiences and the ideological construction of masculinity.