EALC-27233 credit hours

Japanese Cinema

East Asian Languages & Culture · 3 hrs Lecture

Offered: Fall Or Winter

No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.

Description

This course surveys Japanese cinema from the 1960s to the present day. To understand the context of the films, relevant literature (short stories, novels, and traditional Japanese theater on which the films are based) is discussed. In the process, the focus is on transitions from modern to postmodernism, alterity, and subjectivity in film. Directors examined include, among others, Ozu, Mishima, Kurosawa, Teshigahara, Miyazaki, and Kitano.

Lecture

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