Sumo.....

Alex Zahlten Alex.Zahlten
Thu Mar 15 03:38:21 EDT 2007


Toshiki Sato shot a film called "Chanko" (the english title is "Sumo Hot Pot") last year, which deals with a sumo club at a university on, if I remember correctly, Kyushu. The club is very unpopular, and end up recruiting all the foreigners on campus. 

Alex


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Datum: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:14:34 -0700
Von: Mitsuo Maeda <mitso2000 at ca.rr.com>
An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
CC: 
Betreff: Sumo.....

> Excuse me for the brevity of my initial post.  It occurred to me that  
> I should introduce myself a bit.  I am a graduate student at the  
> University of Southern California.  I am working on a project that  
> examines how sumo is shown both in Japanese popular culture and the  
> presentation of foreign wrestlers.   I am comparing foreign wrestlers  
> and the sumo system to the Hollywood star system and its total  
> control over talent. During this time,  Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese- 
> American actor was presented as a "model minority" who successfully  
> assimilated into American culture.  I want to compare him to sumo  
> wrestlers.   I am also looking at Richard Dyer's work on the  
> construction of the Hollywood star and would like to find general  
> materials in film that present sumo as a vehicle for assimilation or  
> even sumo in general.
> 
> 
> 

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