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

[JORDAN ANTONY SMITH]

Robin,
Your email has been circulating on the KineJapan listserv.. hope you find some good ideas here. 

Don't forget EXTREME PRIVATE EROS (極私エロス恋歌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.
> 
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> 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
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> > Subject: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS,
> > Japanese & Korean Cinema
> >
> > On-line editor: Janet R. Goodwin <jan at cs.csustan.edu>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     H-JAPAN
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> >
> >    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
> >
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