children consuming electronic technology in Japanese films?

[Roland Domenig]

Very useful in this respect is Ichikawa Jun's NO LIFE KING (1989) about video games and urban legends. In the film a group of boys acquire the latest version of the video game "The Legend of the Lif King IV" which rumors say is cursed. All those who fail to finish will die. The sudden dead of their school principal while delivering a diatribe against video games, confirms in the eyes of the boys the curse. 
 
Roland Domenig
Institute of East Asian Studies
University of Vienna
 



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	Would anybody have suggestions for film images of Japanese children using electronic stuff, particularly as entertainment?  Ozu's Ohayo on television & Nakata's Ringu for video come to mind.  There are scenes in Koreeda's Daremo shiranai at a game parlor and with a TV game. I would be very grateful for any advice.  
	
	Greg Johnson
	Comparative Culture
	Otsuma Women's University
	Tokyo 

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