Japanese queer/gay cinema

[shota ogawa]

Oshima's Gohatto has been mentioned, but many other Oshima films depict gay
or queer characters; the Korean conscript who performs a harakiri after
sodomizing a dutch prisoner of war in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, the
Catholic priest in Death by Hanging, and the opening scene of In the Realm
of the Senses.

Also, there is a lesbian couple in Jissouji's Typhoon Club.

best.

shota

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Claudia Anderson <204172 at soas.ac.uk> wrote:

> There is also "Watashi wa watashi de aru tame ni" which is a film about a
> young transsexual woman and the struggles she faces with her family and
> relationships - with three main characters played by transsexual women,
> including Nakamura Ataru. It is a film which is more true to life rather
> than with pornographic and violent themes, and has transgenderism as a
> central theme, so may be useful.
>
> Claudia
>
> On 15 April 2010 11:08, Valeria Soddu <v_soddu at yahoo.it> wrote:
>
>>
>> Not to forget is also the beautiful movie "Kira kira hikaru" by Matsuoka
>> Joji about homosexuality.
>>
>> And of course "Gohatto" by Oshima Nagisa.
>>
>> In countless japanese movies homosexuality is not the major theme but it
>> is all the same very present like for instance in the horror sequels
>> "Eko Eko Azaraku" by Sato Shimano which deals also with lesbian love
>> (mainly platonic) at school.
>>
>>
>>
>> Valeria Soddu
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Dick Stegewerns" <dick.stegewerns at xs4all.nl>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:49 PM
>>
>> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>> Subject: Japanese queer/gay cinema
>>
>>
>>>  Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>> I have a graduate student who wants to write on Japanese films dealing
>>> with homo- or trans-sexuality but who is not terribly successful in finding
>>> films and sources. I am afraid my mind is blank and I cannot think of more
>>> than a handful of films (not pink or porn) in which homosexuality is a major
>>> theme and cannot recollect having read one book or article on the subject.
>>>
>>> Film titles and reading suggestions (both English and Japanese) most
>>> welcome.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dick Stegewerns
>>> Oslo University
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13.04.2010 04:51, Alex Bates wrote:
>>>
>>>> How was the film?  I'm looking forward to seeing it.
>>>> There is a great resource at the Japan Foundation for finding
>>>> translations:
>>>> http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/culture/media/exchange/translationsearch.html
>>>> A search there showed translations in German, Spanish, Polish, Italian,
>>>> Hungarian and Czech, as well as English.
>>>> Here is the citation for the English version:
>>>> "Villon's Wife" translated by Donald Keene, in New Directions 15, 1955.
>>>> pages: 176-195
>>>> best,
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> Alex Bates
>>>> East Asian Studies
>>>> Dickinson College
>>>> Carlisle, PA 17013
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Michael Kerpan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just enjoyed seeing Negishi's new adaptation of Dazai's Villon's Wife --
>>>>>  and wonder if there is an English translation of the source story?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>


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