Japanese Religion in Film

[Mark Mays]

Oshii keeps coming up. When I asked him about this topic he said it's only
imagery basically, just for show.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark schilling" <schill at gol.com>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: Japanese Religion in Film


> For comic takes on religion, try "Fancy Dance" (Suo Masayuki, 1989) or
> "Kyoso no Tanjo" (Temma Toshihiro, 1993). The later film, whose English
> title is "Many Happy Returns," stars Beat Takeshi as the chief enforcer
for
> a phony cult.
>
> As for animation, both Anno Hideaki's "Evangelion" TV series and films and
> Oshii Mamoru's "Ghost In the Shell 2: Innocence" delve into religion and
> philosophy, in highly individual, borderless ways.
>
> And remember, there's a "God" in "Godzilla."
>
> Mark Schilling
>
> E-mail: schill at gol.com
> Web site: http://japanesemovies.homestead.com/index.html
>