Japanese Cinema

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) 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.