japanese films in atlanta

[Lang Thompson]

The series is at Emory University.  Unfortunately these all sound pretty
dull so is there anything I should make an effort to see?  



Minorities in Japan Explored Through Japanese Film

Thursday, February 8 
Hakai 
(Outcast/The Broken Commandment, 1948, 99 min.) 
7:30pm, White Hall 206 
Director Kinoshita Keisuke known for his sentimental humanism, skillfully
outlines the social problem of burakumin, or untouchables.  Although the
Tokugawa class system was abolished with the Meiji Restoration (1867),
discrimination continued well after that point.  The film exhibits
Kinoshita's youthful tendency towards experimentation with its daring
camerawork and its complex psychological montage swquences.  This film is
based on Shimazaki Toson's work which was considered quite progressive for
its time in its call for equality and human rights. 

Thursday, February 15 
Kiku To Isamu (Kiku and Isamu), 1959, 117 min.) 
7:30pm, White Hall 206 
The occupation of Japan by U.S. Forces after the end of World War II
resulted in many dual nationality children with American fathers and
Japanese mothers.  Their acceptance into Japanese society as a whole was
tepid, at best.  Directed by Tadashi Imai, Kiku to Isamu is the story of
two children of a black soldier, who has returned to the U.S., and a
Japanese woman who has disappeared, leaving them to be raised by their
grandmother.  Sponsored by The Japan Foundation and organized by The
Consulate General of Japan and Emory's Film Studies Program. 

Thursday, March 1 
Kayoko No Tameni (For Kayoko), 1984, 117 min.) 
7:30pm, White Hall 205 
Approximately 600,000 Korean residents live in Japan and they have suffered
a variety ofproblems including discrimination and a loss of their identity
as Koreans.  Based on award winning writer Lee Hwe-Song's novel, Kayoko No
Tameni focuses on young Koreans in postwar Japan--their thoughts about life
and love; their feelings about their nation and their race.  This is the
second film by director Oguri kohei who made an impressive debut with the
award-winning Doro no Kawa (Muddy Water) in 1981.  Sponsored by The Japan
Foundation and organized by The Consulate General of Japan and Emory's Film
Studies Program. 

Thursday, March 8 
Harukoma No Uta (Song of the Spring Pony, 1985, 108 min.) 
7:30pm, White Hall 206 
Director Koyama Seijiro has been called "a poet of films" and his works
include the 1983 Furusato (Home Village).  Based on a novel by Miyakawa
Hiro, Harukoma No Uta is the story of a young boy who suffered from
infantile paralysis leaving him severely handicapped.  Tormented by his
schoolmates, this is a story about young Keiji and his family's personal
tragedy.  Sponsored by The Japan Foundation and organized by The Consulate
General of Japan and Emory's Film Studies Program. 



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