[KineJapan] Kawashima and metareferences

[Michael Raine]

Hello Alo,

In terms of direct address, Enoken no seishun suikoden is probably the most
obvious. I remember a seemingly complicit look in one of the Yotamono films
(Jogakusei to yotamono?) too...

Michael



On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Alo Jõekalda <alojoekalda at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear KineJapaners,
>
> I've been writing something on early Kawashima Yuzo recently, and have run
> into a couple of issues that I'm hoping some of you can help to straighten
> out.
>
> First, I'd be interested to know if the metareferencing and overtly
> self-conscious narration that one begins to see in the Kawashima of late
> 1940s and Ichikawa of early 1950s was something entirely new in Japan. In
> Hollywood, breaking the fourth wall has hardly been an issue ever since the
> Marx Brothers or so, but what about the Japanese pre-war? There was, of
> course, a number of films that referenced or parodied both foreign and
> local product -- the Japanese King Kongs, for instance, have been brought
> up here before, as has been Yamamoto Kikuo's book, which lists a number of
> citational titles. But does anyone know if any of these or other older
> films actually addressed the audience in the literal sense?
>
> Also, I''ve been wondering about Kawashima's availability overseas, and
> whether Eureka's recent release of *Bakumatsu taiyo-den* really set a
> historical precedent. Is anyone aware of any other foreign release of a
> Kawashima film on any home video format? It's hard to believe it actually
> took them fifty years. As for international screenings, I believe a few
> films have been shown at Toronto and FILMeX, and *Taiyo-den* and *Susaki
> paradaisu* have, of course, been all over the place since last year's
> Nikkatsu centennial. Anything else of note?
>
> Thanks in advance and all the best,
> Alo
>
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