Self-Introduction

[AD Weiss]

Re-posting my private comments to Roger and Markus, to facilitate
discussion:

1. To Markus--

The reason for my 2000 starting point is because the motivating factor for
my research is to examine the recent phenomenon (post 2000) of many of these
films on WWII being made at the same time, and to compare and contrast
current Chinese and Japanese "memories" and the reasons for these
representations. Since around 2000, there has been a flood of films and
public discourse on the topic of WWII in both China and Japan, partially
exacerbated by the textbook scandal and Chinese protests/riots about five
years ago as well as Chinese nationalist fervor in the approach to the
Olympics and 60th anniversary. In China, since 2000 there have been Devils
on the Doorstep, Nanjing Nanjing, One Man Olympics, Tokyo Trial, etc.

In Japan, there have been a series of WWII films/TV shows made in the past
tens years that have a decidedly different tenor than the films made in, for
example, the sixties. I am looking for more Japanese films, books, etc. that
directly or indirectly present WWII. I know it will be difficult to find
Japanese films set in WWII China, so anything vaguely related would be
helpful. Right now I have:

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
Battle Under Orion (2009)
Yamato (2005)
1942 (2005)

Thank you for the recommendation of the catalog.

2. To Roger:

Thanks for the tips! I saw Nanjing! Nanjing! In fact, I worked in the
Chinese film industry for a while, and one of my good friends (and my first
Japanese teacher) was one of the main Japanese soldiers in the film. It is a
small world. John Rabe was a German production, I believe (financing-wise).

With regards to Lust, Caution, interesting! I never thought to ask Japanese
impressions on it--perhaps it was not the scandal it was in China. The main
actress was blacklisted a bit by the government, and pretty much everyone
saw it in theatres (the censored version, that is)...

Thanks again!

Cheers,
Amanda


2009/11/21 Roger Macy <macyroger at yahoo.co.uk>

>  Welcome, Amanda,
> I expect you are aware of the film by LU Chuan, *Nanjing, Nanjing!* that I
> mentioned recently in a posting about the London Film Festival, but you
> might want to consider whether to include the new film by Florian
> GALLENBERGER, *John Rabe*.  I have a ticket for the screening in London on
> 3rd December.  Unfortunately the blurbs for that festival only give plot
> details without mentioning the filmmaking, but I know it has German,
> Japanese and Chinese actors, with dialogue in those languages and location
> shooting in Shanghai.  I suggest you contact the Goethe-Institut in Tokyo
> and ask them about a screening, which might interest some other
> list-members.
> The extent to which depictions from various countries are screened, or
> not, in their 'other' is, of course, highly relevant to an international
> medium and industry.  I asked at the panel in Tokyo this year on *Lust,
> Caution*, what the reception history of that film was in Japan, but no one
> had an answer.
> Unfortunately, the literature that I have seems to cover depictions prior
> to 2000, so I will look at other postings with interest.
> best wishes,
> Roger
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* AD Weiss <amandadweiss at gmail.com>
> *To:* kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:40 AM
> *Subject:* Self-Introduction
>
> *Name: *
> Amanda Weiss
>
> *Institutional affiliation or job: *
> PhD candidate, University of Tokyo
>
> *City and country: *
> Tokyo, Japan
>
> *Research projects or publications:*
> Currently researching Sino-Japanese memory/representations of WWII,
> focusing on how Chinese and Japanese films post-2000 have represented the
> Japanese in China.
>
> *Interests with regard to Japanese film and moving image media:*
> I would like to hear about Japanese films--I am new to Japanese studies,
> having spent the majority of my research up until this point on Chinese
> cinema.
> Any recommendations on books and recent (after 2000) Japanese films/TV
> shows related to Japanese in China (or even other Pacific countries) during
> WWII-era would be appreciated.
>
>
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