Re: Always - san chôme no yûhi question

[Steve Ridgely]

Dear Jan-Christoph,

You might look at Asaba Michiaki's chapters on "Always" and the sequel in his book, Shōwa 30-nendai shugi: Mō seichō shinai Nihon (Gentōsha, 2008). Asaba's doing a broad critique of the Showa nostalgia boom here, analyzing a number of films and popular novels.  

Steve Ridgely
UW-Madison

On Jan 28, 2011, at 6:17 AM, Eija Niskanen wrote:

> Not really research, but part 3 is in the making. It takes place during the Tokyo Olympic in 1964 (I was an extra last Sunday, which is why I know :D). I showed a couple of clips from part 1 to my students as an example of Showa nostalgia.
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> Eija
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> 2011/1/28 =%UTF-8?Q? Jan-Christoph_M=C3=BCller <j-c.mueller at web.de>
> Dear KineJapaners,
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> has anyone recently done some academic research on the 2005 Yamazaki Takashi film "Always" or its sequel?
> Any hints would be very much appreciated!
> 
> Jan-Christoph Mueller
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> Japanese Studies MA program
> Frankfurt University
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