<div>Although I'm probably pinning a target to my back here, but I think there are films from the last thirty-or-so years that bear consideration. In decades to come it may not be spoken of in the same terms as the best of Ozu or Kurosawa, but I think Battle Royale is a landmark Japanese film of recent years. I think it's a significant film in world cinema, let alone Japanese, so I think there's a case for it's inclusion, whether you're focusing on quality or just giving a general overview.</div> <div> </div> <div>Jim Harper.<BR><BR><B><I>Lewis Cook <lcoqc@earthlink.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>After a deliberate hiatus of a few years I'm teaching an informal <BR>(non-technical) course on Japanese film and modern fiction (by <BR>popular demand, in effect). Some of my students are asking why I'm <BR>not screening any films made after around 1970. The answer may
very <BR>well be that I haven't been paying enough attention, but I'm not <BR>aware of any films produced in Japan in the past 30 some years that <BR>are of comparable stature to the best of Mizoguchi, Ozu, Kurosawa, <BR>Kobayashi, et al. What am I missing and what should I be seeing? I <BR>don't mean this as a provocation, just asking for suggestions.<BR><BR><BR>Lewis Cook<BR>Associate Professor, Japanese Literature<BR>Queens College, CUNY <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR>http://www.flipsidemovies.com<br>http://jimharper.blogspot.com<p> 
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