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<DIV>Jim Harper. <BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 27/8/09, Frances Loden <I><frako@well.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv1586539330>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="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tetsuwan@comcast.net" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:tetsuwan@comcast.net">tetsuwan@comcast.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=eigagogo@free.fr" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:eigagogo@free.fr">eigagogo@free.fr</A><BR>To: <A
href="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=KineJapan@lists.acs..ohio-state.edu" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">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 rel=nofollow>http://auteursnotebook.s3.amazonaws.com/multiple%20images/Kurahara/spK09.jpg</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>Selon JORDAN ANTONY SMITH <<A href="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=oyabaka@ucla.edu" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:oyabaka@ucla.edu">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�エロス�歌１９７４) 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="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thomas.lamarre@mcgill.ca" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:thomas.lamarre@mcgill.ca">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="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mekerpan@verizon.net" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:mekerpan@verizon.net">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="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mso1@sfu.ca" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:mso1@sfu.ca">mso1@sfu.ca</A>> wrote:<BR>>
><BR>> > > From: Melek Ortabasi <<A href="http://uk.mc259..mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mso1@sfu.ca" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:mso1@sfu.ca">mso1@sfu.ca</A>><BR>> > > Subject: Fwd: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese<BR>> > & Korean Cinema<BR>> > > To: "KineJapan" <<A href="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">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="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=j-edit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:j-edit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU">j-edit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU</A>><BR>> > > To: <A href="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=H-JAPAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:H-JAPAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU">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="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jan@cs.csustan.edu" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:jan@cs.csustan.edu">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="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rc1434@nyu.edu" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:rc1434@nyu.edu">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="http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ladykaede1221@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow
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