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
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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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