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

[Michael Kerpan]

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
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>    August 23, 2009
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> 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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