There's Kitano Takeshi's film <i>Brother</i>--it has black characters in it.<br><br>There's also Reggie Life's documentary <i>Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan</i>.<br><br>Frako Loden<br>
Berkeley, CA<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Mark%20Mays <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tetsuwan@comcast.net">tetsuwan@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Kobayashi didn't have much representations of blackness as I recall aside from the child's birth. It's been awhile since I've seen it, but I think the director was talking about his prejudices (or lack).<br>
<br>I recall a movie with Claude Maki, Dean Stapleton and Yuki Uchida, BEAT from the late 90s. It's set in Vietnam era Okinawa, complete w/ hooker w/ heart of gold (Uchida) who is raising her daughter, born of rape by a GI (for some reason I recall the daughter as being half Black but memory fails. It isn't such a memorable film). Again, not much on "representations" except the shadowy figure of a scary Black GI at one point. <br>
<br>Isn't Maki a rapper now?<br><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: <a href="mailto:eigagogo@free.fr" target="_blank">eigagogo@free.fr</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:55:33 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central<br>Subject: Re: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese & Korean Cinema<br><br>+ Kurahara's Black Sun !<br><a href="http://auteursnotebook.s3.amazonaws.com/multiple%20images/Kurahara/spK09.jpg" target="_blank">http://auteursnotebook.s3.amazonaws.com/multiple%20images/Kurahara/spK09.jpg</a><br>
<br><br><br>Selon JORDAN ANTONY SMITH <<a href="mailto:oyabaka@ucla.edu" target="_blank">oyabaka@ucla.edu</a>>:<br><br>><br>> Robin,<br>> Your email has been circulating on the KineJapan listserv.. hope you find<br>
> some good ideas here.<br>><br>> Don't forget EXTREME PRIVATE EROS (極ç§�エãƒã‚¹æ�‹æŒï¼‘９７４) from<br>> Hara and Kobayashi--great film with a live birth of a mixed-race baby and<br>> much more.<br>
><br>> I have the Oshima film you mention on DVD. I can send it to you if you like.<br>> If not, look out for some Oshima box sets which are floating around (many are<br>> Chinese pirate versions, so be careful/ethical, etc.)--or see if you can con<br>
> NYU into springing for it!<br>><br>> See the messages below from others too...<br>><br>> Best,<br>> Jordan<br>><br>><br>><br>> On Today 6:32 PM, <a href="mailto:thomas.lamarre@mcgill.ca" target="_blank">thomas.lamarre@mcgill.ca</a> wrote:<br>
><br>> > Suzuki Seijun's Nikutai no mon (1964) would be very interesting for<br>> > this project.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 8/26/09 9:27 PM, "Michael Kerpan" <<a href="mailto:mekerpan@verizon.net" target="_blank">mekerpan@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>> > Two films I can think of offhand....<br>> ><br>> > Imai's Kiku and Isamu -- focus is on two children of a Japanese mother<br>> > (now deceased) and a black GI (long ago returned to the US) being brought<br>
> > up by their grandmother.<br>> ><br>> > Shinozaki's Not Forgotten -- has a side story about a young half-black<br>> > boy who is befriended by none of the central characters.<br>> ><br>
> > --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Melek Ortabasi <<a href="mailto:mso1@sfu.ca" target="_blank">mso1@sfu.ca</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > > From: Melek Ortabasi <<a href="mailto:mso1@sfu.ca" target="_blank">mso1@sfu.ca</a>><br>
> > > Subject: Fwd: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese<br>> > & Korean Cinema<br>> > > To: "KineJapan" <<a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a>><br>
> > > Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 8:34 PM<br>> > > Forwarding this from H-Japan, apropos<br>> > > the recent discussion on "whitewashing!" Perhaps someone can<br>> > > write back to Robyn, who may not know of this list.<br>
> > ><br>> > > Best,<br>> > > Melek<br>> > > ----- Forwarded Message -----<br>> > > From: "H-Japan Editor" <<a href="mailto:j-edit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU" target="_blank">j-edit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU</a>><br>
> > > To: <a href="mailto:H-JAPAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU" target="_blank">H-JAPAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU</a><br>> > > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:00:23 PM GMT -08:00<br>> > > US/Canada Pacific<br>> > > Subject: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS,<br>
> > > Japanese & Korean Cinema<br>> > ><br>> > > On-line editor: Janet R. Goodwin <<a href="mailto:jan@cs.csustan.edu" target="_blank">jan@cs.csustan.edu</a>><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>
> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > H-JAPAN<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > August 23, 2009<br>> > ><br>> > > From: Robyn Citizen <<a href="mailto:rc1434@nyu.edu" target="_blank">rc1434@nyu.edu</a>><br>
> > ><br>> > > Hi all,<br>> > ><br>> > > My dissertation project concerns the representation of<br>> > > blackness in<br>> > > Japanese and Korean cinema - this includes black bodies<br>
> > > (African-Americans<br>> > > or people of African descent as characters), black<br>> > > culture/hip-hop<br>> > > culture, and blackness as a visual or linguistic signifier<br>> > > of absolute<br>
> > > difference, racial or otherwise (it is my understanding<br>> > > that in earlier<br>> > > Japanese cinema people from the South Seas were referred to<br>> > > as "blacks",<br>
> > > for example).<br>> > ><br>> > > While I have a modest list of films which I can use, I'd be<br>> > > very grateful<br>> > > for more suggestions of post-WWII movies that touch upon<br>
> > > these topics.<br>> > ><br>> > > If anyone knows where I can find a copy of Oshima's "The<br>> > > Catch" (Japanese<br>> > > title "Shiiku", 1961) it would also be extremely helpful.<br>
> > ><br>> > > Thank you for help!<br>> > ><br>> > > Best,<br>> > > Robyn<br>> > ><br>> > > Robyn Citizen<br>> > > PhD Candidate<br>> > > Cinema Studies<br>
> > > New York University<br>> > > alternate e-mail: <a href="mailto:ladykaede1221@gmail.com" target="_blank">ladykaede1221@gmail.com</a><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > ********************************************************<br>
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