Re-posting my private comments to Roger and Markus, to facilitate discussion:<br><br>1. To Markus--<br><br>The reason for my 2000 starting point is because the
motivating factor for my research is to examine the recent phenomenon
(post 2000) of many of these films on WWII being made at the same time,
and to compare and contrast current Chinese and Japanese "memories" and
the reasons for these representations. Since around 2000, there has
been a flood of films and public discourse on the topic of WWII in both
China and Japan, partially exacerbated by the textbook scandal
and Chinese protests/riots about five years ago as well as Chinese
nationalist fervor in the approach to the Olympics and 60th
anniversary. In China, since 2000 there have been Devils on the Doorstep, Nanjing
Nanjing, One Man Olympics, Tokyo Trial, etc.<br>
<br>In Japan, there have been a series of WWII films/TV shows made in
the past tens years that have a decidedly different tenor than the
films made in, for example, the sixties. I am looking for more Japanese films, books, etc.
that directly or indirectly present WWII. I know it will be difficult
to find Japanese films set in WWII China, so anything vaguely related
would be helpful. Right now I have:<br>
<br>Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)<br>Battle Under Orion (2009)<br>Yamato (2005)<br>1942 (2005)<br><br>Thank you for the recommendation of the catalog.<br><br>2. To Roger:<br><br>Thanks for the tips! I saw Nanjing! Nanjing! In fact, I worked in
the Chinese film industry for a while, and one of my good friends (and
my first Japanese teacher) was one of the main Japanese soldiers in the
film. It is a small world. John Rabe was a German production, I believe
(financing-wise).<br>
<br>With regards to Lust, Caution, interesting! I never thought to ask
Japanese impressions on it--perhaps it was not the scandal it was in
China. The main actress was blacklisted a bit by the government, and
pretty much everyone saw it in theatres (the censored version, that
is)...<br>
<br>Thanks again!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Amanda<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/21 Roger Macy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:macyroger@yahoo.co.uk">macyroger@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial">Welcome, Amanda,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">I expect you are aware of the film by LU Chuan,
<i>Nanjing, Nanjing!</i> that I mentioned recently in a posting about the
London Film Festival, but you might want to consider whether to include the new
film by Florian GALLENBERGER, <i>John Rabe</i>. I have a ticket for the
screening in London on 3rd December. Unfortunately the blurbs for that
festival only give plot details without mentioning the filmmaking, but I know it
has German, Japanese and Chinese actors, with dialogue in those languages and
location shooting in Shanghai. I suggest you contact the Goethe-Institut
in Tokyo and ask them about a screening, which might interest some other
list-members.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">The extent to which depictions from various countries
are screened, or not, in their 'other' is, of course, highly relevant to an
international medium and industry. I asked at the panel in Tokyo this year
on <i>Lust, Caution</i>, what the reception history of that film was in Japan,
but no one had an answer.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Unfortunately, the literature that I have seems
to cover depictions prior to 2000, so I will look at other postings with
interest.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">best wishes,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Roger</font></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<div><br></div><u>Name: </u><br>Amanda Weiss<br><br><u>Institutional
affiliation or job: </u><br>PhD candidate, University of Tokyo<br><br><u>City
and country: </u><br>Tokyo, Japan<br><br><u>Research projects or
publications:</u><br>Currently researching Sino-Japanese
memory/representations of WWII, focusing on how Chinese and Japanese films
post-2000 have represented the Japanese in China.<br><br><u>Interests with
regard to Japanese film and moving image media:</u><br>I would like to hear
about Japanese films--I am new to Japanese studies, having spent the majority
of my research up until this point on Chinese cinema. <br>An