The law in Japanese film

[Jonathan M. Hall]

Kurosawa Akira's I LIVE IN FEAR moves quickly from the dentist's office to
the family law court.  Not lawyers per se, but a cynical sense of the new
postwar legitimacy.

And how could you beat Kurosawa's RASHOMON for court-room drama?

Jonathan




on 10/12/04 5:03 PM, jlaza at umich.edu at jlaza at umich.edu wrote:

> Hi, my name is Justine Lazarus and I am a second-year student at the
> Univeristy
> of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  I am currently enrolled in a
> class on Japanese Law and I plan to write a paper on depictions of lawyers or
> the legal process in Japanese film.  Can you recommend any subtitled films
> depicting lawyers or the legal process?  I am also interested in films dealing
> with situations in which lawyers/the legal process could potentially be
> present, but are not (for example, a crime drama where someone is arrested,
> but
> his/her attorney or trial is never shown).  Thanks for your help!
>