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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Amanda,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Although I feel sure there are listmembers resident
in Japan who could think of some recent depictions of the Japanese colonial
experience, I can't think of any that have travelled abroad. I can only
think of the unmade film, Koreeda's on Yamaguchi Yoshiko, that stays at the top
of Koreeda's IMDb list. Some research into the causes of the
permanent shelving of such a promising subject might reveal something of the
factors that are still shaping Japanese war-period film-making.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The only other recent film I've seen that would come
within your search area was a Taiwanese film:-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The Song of Cha-Tian Mountain = Cha-Tien Shan zi Ge, 2007,
by Huang Yu-shan (although it's not in his IMDb list). The BFI notes have
a long quote from Eric Lin's piece on the author of the original
novel 'Braving Turbid Waters: Life and History in the Work of Zhong
Zhaozheng' [which seems to have been subsequently re-alliterated to Chong
Chao-cheng and much shortened] at taiwan-panorama.com.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/show_issue.php?search=1&id=200539403036e.txt&cur_page=1&table=2&keyword=Braving">http://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/show_issue.php?search=1&id=200539403036e.txt&cur_page=1&table=2&keyword=Braving</A>
Turbid&type=1&height=1&scope=&order=0&lstPage=1&num=10</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The BFI notes quote, for 2005: "<EM>The Song of Cha-Tian
Mountain</EM> was a novel filled with political overtones. On the surface,
it was a tale of a Taiwanese intellectual on the run from the Japanese, escaping
to Cha-Tian mountain. In fact, while on the surface it took an
anti-Japanese stance, it described what Zhong suffered under the White Terror of
the Nationalist government. ..."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>However, the film that I saw only took the surface view
and did not hint at the underlying story that Zhong has confessed to. In
the film, in the uncredited and ropy translation that I had to rely on, [spoiler
ahead] the Japanese chief-of-police, when he finally catches his man says,
in pure Klingon 'You were a worthy opponent'. I read that as an attempt to
swing back onto the surface version, whilst simultaneously giving the Japanese a
partial rehabilitation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Roger</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Self-Introduction</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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
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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>
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<A title=kinejapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
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Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:40 AM</DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Subject:</B>
Self-Introduction</DIV>
<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>Any
recommendations on books and recent (after 2000) Japanese films/TV shows
related to Japanese in China (or even other Pacific countries) during
WWII-era would be appreciated.
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