Course Details
Country:
Japan
Institution:
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Course Title:
A Critical Overview of the Japanese Cinema 2
Course Number:
19J4016
Course Description:
This course surveys the Japanese cinema, from the postwar to the contemporary. The Japanese film industry, with its long history, vibrant culture, and prolific output as produced a wide range of works, many of them reaching “canonical” status in film history, others remaining largely obscure, both in Japan and abroad. It has also produced an expansive array of scholarly responses, and played a crucial role in the development of film studies as an academic discipline.
In this class, we will survey the history as well as the historiography of Japanese narrative film by reading a selection of the aforementioned scholarly responses, chosen either for their prominence (or notoriety) or due to their discussion of a significant film or film-historical movement. By focussing on articles or book chapters published in English, we will also gain an impression on how Japanese cinema is being presented, received, discussed, and categorised outside Japan.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
JAPA 320
Course URL:
https://gakumu-web1.tufs.ac.jp/Portal/Public/Syllabus/DetailMain.aspx?lct_year=2023&lct_cd=19J4016
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