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

Frances Loden frako at well.com
Thu Aug 27 17:24:50 EDT 2009


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> 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
> To: KineJapan at 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
>
>
>
> Selon JORDAN ANTONY SMITH <oyabaka at 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 (極�エロス�歌1974)
> 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 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> 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> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Melek Ortabasi <mso1 at sfu.ca>
> > > > Subject: Fwd: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese
> > > & Korean Cinema
> > > > To: "KineJapan" <KineJapan at 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>
> > > > To: H-JAPAN at 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>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >     H-JAPAN
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >    August 23, 2009
> > > >
> > > > From: Robyn Citizen <rc1434 at 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: ladykaede1221 at gmail.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >    ********************************************************
> > > >             TO POST A MESSAGE
> > > > TO THE H-JAPAN LIST
> > > >
> > > >       SEND MAIL TO
> > > >
> > > >    h-japan at h-net.msu.edu
> > > >
> > > >    ********************************************************
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Melek Ortabasi, Ph.D.
> > > > Assistant Professor
> > > > World Literature Program
> > > > Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
> > > > Simon Fraser University
> > > > Unit 250-13450
> > > > 102 Ave., Surrey, BC
> > > > V3T0A3 CANADA
> > > > Phone: 778-782-8660
> > > >
> > > > "Education is what survives when what has been learned is
> > > > forgotten." -- B. F. Skinner, "Education in 1984," _New
> > > > Scientist_ (1969)
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/kinejapan/attachments/20090827/131fe208/attachment.html 


More information about the KineJapan mailing list