H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese & Korean Cinema

Thu Aug 27 18:32:24 EDT 2009

You can also add Kumashiro's Bedtimes's eyes!
http://eigagogo.free.fr/Articles/ATG/Photo_ATG/ok/53.jpg

and sexploitation such as Ishii's Orgies of Edo, Negishi's Sex Huner, Ohara's
LAdy Caligula

Selon shota ogawa <shota.ogawa at gmail.com>:

> I recently saw Agata Morio's *Boku ha Tenshi ja Naiyo *(1977) which has an
> anonymous black dancer who appears repeatedly
> as the characters prepare for a strike.
>
> Shota Ogawa
>
> 2009/8/27 Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
>
> > And Brother has Claude Maki in, too.
> >
> > Jim Harper.
> >
> > --- On *Thu, 27/8/09, Frances Loden <frako at well.com>* wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Frances Loden <frako at well.com>
> > Subject: Re: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese & Korean
> > Cinema
> > To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> > Date: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 10:24 PM
> >
> >
> > There's Kitano Takeshi's film *Brother*--it has black characters in it.
> >
> > There's also Reggie Life's documentary *Struggle and Success: The African
> > American Experience in Japan*.
> >
> > Frako Loden
> > Berkeley, CA
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Mark%20Mays
>
<tetsuwan at comcast.net<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tetsuwan@comcast.net>
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>  The Kobayashi didn't have much representations of blackness as I recall
> >> aside from the child's birth. It's been awhile since I've seen it, but I
> >> think the director was talking about his prejudices (or lack).
> >>
> >> I recall a movie with Claude Maki, Dean Stapleton and Yuki Uchida, BEAT
> >> from the late 90s. It's set in Vietnam era Okinawa, complete w/ hooker w/
> >> heart of gold (Uchida) who is raising her daughter, born of rape by a  GI
> >> (for some reason I recall the daughter as being half Black but memory
> fails.
> >> It isn't such a memorable film). Again, not much on "representations"
> except
> >> the shadowy figure of a scary Black GI at one point.
> >>
> >> Isn't Maki a rapper now?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From:
>
eigagogo at free.fr<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=eigagogo@free.fr>
> >> To:
>
KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=KineJapan@lists.acs..ohio-state.edu>
> >> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:55:33 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> >> Subject: Re: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese & Korean
> >> Cinema
> >>
> >> + Kurahara's Black Sun !
> >>
> >>
>
http://auteursnotebook.s3.amazonaws.com/multiple%20images/Kurahara/spK09.jpg<http://auteursnotebook.s3..amazonaws.com/multiple%20images/Kurahara/spK09.jpg>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Selon JORDAN ANTONY SMITH
>
<oyabaka at ucla.edu<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=oyabaka@ucla.edu>
> >> >:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Robin,
> >> > Your email has been circulating on the KineJapan listserv.. hope you
> >> find
> >> > some good ideas here.
> >> >
> >> > Don't forget EXTREME PRIVATE EROS
> (æ¥µç§?ã?¨ã?ã?¹æ??æ?ï¼?ï¼?ï¼?ï¼?)
> >> from
> >> > Hara and Kobayashi--great film with a live birth of a mixed-race baby
> >> and
> >> > much more.
> >> >
> >> > I have the Oshima film you mention on DVD. I can send it to you if you
> >> like.
> >> > If not, look out for some Oshima box sets which are floating around
> >> (many are
> >> > Chinese pirate versions, so be careful/ethical, etc.)--or see if you can
> >> con
> >> > NYU into springing for it!
> >> >
> >> > See the messages below from others too...
> >> >
> >> > Best,
> >> > Jordan
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Today 6:32 PM,
>
thomas.lamarre at mcgill.ca<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thomas.lamarre@mcgill.ca>wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Suzuki Seijun's Nikutai no mon (1964) would be very interesting for
> >> > > this project.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On 8/26/09 9:27 PM, "Michael Kerpan"
>
<mekerpan at verizon.net<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mekerpan@verizon.net>>
> >> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Two films I can think of offhand....
> >> > >
> >> > > Imai's Kiku and Isamu -- focus is on two children of a Japanese mother
> >> > > (now deceased) and a black GI (long ago returned to the US) being
> >> brought
> >> > > up by their grandmother.
> >> > >
> >> > > Shinozaki's Not Forgotten -- has a side story about a young half-black
> >> > > boy who is befriended by none of the central characters.
> >> > >
> >> > > --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Melek Ortabasi
> <mso1 at sfu.ca<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mso1@sfu.ca>>
> >> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > From: Melek Ortabasi
> <mso1 at sfu.ca<http://uk.mc259..mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mso1@sfu.ca>
> >> >
> >> > > > Subject: Fwd: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese
> >> > > & Korean Cinema
> >> > > > To: "KineJapan"
>
<KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> >> >
> >> > > > Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 8:34 PM
> >> > > > Forwarding this from H-Japan, apropos
> >> > > > the recent discussion on "whitewashing!" Perhaps someone can
> >> > > > write back to Robyn, who may not know of this list.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Best,
> >> > > > Melek
> >> > > > ----- Forwarded Message -----
> >> > > > From: "H-Japan Editor"
>
<j-edit at MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=j-edit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
> >> >
> >> > > > To:
>
H-JAPAN at H-NET.MSU.EDU<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=H-JAPAN@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
> >> > > > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:00:23 PM GMT -08:00
> >> > > > US/Canada Pacific
> >> > > > Subject: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS,
> >> > > > Japanese & Korean Cinema
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On-line editor: Janet R. Goodwin
>
<jan at cs.csustan.edu<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jan@cs.csustan.edu>
> >> >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >     H-JAPAN
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >    August 23, 2009
> >> > > >
> >> > > > From: Robyn Citizen
> <rc1434 at nyu.edu<http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rc1434@nyu.edu>
> >> >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Hi all,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > My dissertation project concerns the representation of
> >> > > > blackness in
> >> > > > Japanese and Korean cinema - this includes black bodies
> >> > > > (African-Americans
> >> > > > or people of African descent as characters), black
> >> > > > culture/hip-hop
> >> > > > culture, and blackness as a visual or linguistic signifier
> >> > > > of absolute
> >> > > > difference, racial or otherwise (it is my understanding
> >> > > > that in earlier
> >> > > > Japanese cinema people from the South Seas were referred to
> >> > > > as "blacks",
> >> > > > for example).
> >> > > >
> >> > > > While I have a modest list of films which I can use, I'd be
> >> > > > very grateful
> >> > > > for more suggestions of post-WWII movies that touch upon
> >> > > > these topics.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > If anyone knows where I can find a copy of Oshima's "The
> >> > > > Catch" (Japanese
> >> > > > title "Shiiku", 1961) it would also be extremely helpful.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Thank you for help!
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Best,
> >> > > > Robyn
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Robyn Citizen
> >> > > > PhD Candidate
> >> > > > Cinema Studies
> >> > > > New York University
> >> > > > alternate e-mail:
>
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> >> > > >
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> Shota Ogawa
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> Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies
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