From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Tue May 16 07:34:35 2017 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 11:34:35 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=98Japanese_women_protest_at_being_fo?= =?utf-8?q?rced_to_appear_in_X-rated_films=E2=80=99?= References: <50172673.673794.1494934475890.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Dear KineJapaners,A report in today?s?Guardian? for which I am grateful again to Justin McCurry - ?Japanese womenprotest at being forced to appear in X-rated films?.https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.theguardian.com_world_2017_may_15_forced-2Dinto-2Dporn-2Djapan-2Dmoves-2Dto-2Dstop-2Dwomen-2Dbeing-2Dcoerced-2Dinto-2Dsex-2Dfilms&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=BXvYd5L7xczTrPn8hOsWAb2sEjG87YFodykpOJx-koc&s=gMapRZTbXclN_y94Ybt0ET7SZz-BzBaGfF9Z_TRnhco&e= ?The term ?X-rated? may needtranslating out of a British context, where it relates to an over-18 censorshipcertificate.? Still, I prefer that to theedited piece?s final descent into the use of the industry?s preferred marketingtag of ?adult? to mean close to the opposite of grown-up and responsible.?Roger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I am a little wary of the most horrific bodily violent films, but I am very interested in the slightly more strange and other worldly works, as well as anything that deals with youth and girls (I know those that are violent in this category). My thematic is going to be around gender and somatics/technologies of visual/kinaesthetics, that is the physical "feel" of visual and performative "horror," but I am also very interested in good articles, books etc. that you all find cut to the chase both theoretically and technically and culturally. I don't have to do a history but I am interested in older black and white films also (which I have used in other courses) and of course any horror anime would be greatly appreciated. ?If you have any comparative works from China, Taiwan, or Korea, this might be fun too.Please reply off-list to kmezur at sbcglobal.net to save everyone's mailbox and if you are interested in what I compile, I will be happy to send this to you on request.My very best in this tumultuous times,Katherine?Dr. Katherine Mezur?LecturerDepartment of Comparative LiteratureUniversity of California Berkeley 1100 Miller Ave. Berkeley, CA 94708 ?Mobile: 1-415-265-2144 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I am a little wary of the most horrific bodily violent films, but I am very interested in the slightly more strange and other worldly works, as well as anything that deals with youth and girls (I know those that are violent in this category). My thematic is going to be around gender and somatics/technologies of visual/kinaesthetics, that is the physical "feel" of visual and performative "horror," but I am also very interested in good articles, books etc. that you all find cut to the chase both theoretically and technically and culturally. I don't have to do a history but I am interested in older black and white films also (which I have used in other courses) and of course any horror anime would be greatly appreciated. ?If you have any comparative works from China, Taiwan, or Korea, this might be fun too.Please reply off-list to kmezur at sbcglobal.net to save everyone's mailbox and if you are interested in what I compile, I will be happy to send this to you on request.My very best in this tumultuous times,Katherine?Dr. Katherine Mezur?LecturerDepartment of Comparative LiteratureUniversity of California Berkeley 1100 Miller Ave. Berkeley, CA 94708 ?Mobile: 1-415-265-2144 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As some of you might know, Alex Jacoby and I have been working on this for quite a while and I would like to thank everyone who has lent their support during the preparation process, especially people who have kindly agreed to present at the event. As you can see from the programme outline below, the symposium is free to attend but requires registration. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__kinemaclub.org_conference_kinema-2Dclub-2Dxvi-2Dbeyond-2Dcanon-2Dreconsidering-2Djapanese-2Dcinema-2D1950s&d=DwIFAw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=iIKks8wV-lYeWzMMojWhz5k-rqV4JerG8diflFmrgTE&s=hIN1vfOgRfJ9plSgDBDMWoRHiiwmockOSR5v-eGvEjE&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sainsbury-2Dinstitute.org_news-2Devents_film-2Dsymposium_&d=DwIFAw&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=iIKks8wV-lYeWzMMojWhz5k-rqV4JerG8diflFmrgTE&s=dV6FMD6TOqMBVE535VYGj8H8eZ1OuOxpwhHguW7olMk&e= Film symposium ? Sainsbury Institute for the Study of ... sainsbury-institute.org About the Symposium. The symposium seeks to establish a forum for re-opening the discussion on the era traditionally identified as the Golden Age of Japanese cinema ... I hope that those of you based in the UK will be able to take a trip to Norwich for what promises to be a very exciting symposium on the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. Best wishes, Lauri Kitsnik PhD Cantab Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures Norwich, UK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers,SAT?Sybil Thornton, MA, PhD (Cantab)? Associate Professor (Ret.)Premodern Japanese History?School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies? Arizona State University?Tempe, AZ 85287-4302?Tel: 480-965-5778?Fax: 480-965-0310 "The Return Song and the Myth of the Founding of the Nation in Vreme na nasilie," Athens Journal of History 2 no. 3 (October 2016), 149-167. ?Meitokuki:? Earthquakes and Literary Fabrication in the gunki monogatari.?Japan?Review 28 (October 2015): 225-234. ?Shint? Art,? in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts,ed. by Frank Burch?Brown(Oxford:? Oxford University Press, 2014). From: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 1:52 AM Subject: [KineJapan] Kinema Club XVI. Beyond the Canon: Reconsidering Japanese Cinema of the 1950s. 8-9 June 2017 Dear KineJapaners, It is with utmost pleasure that I announce the next Kinema Club workshop which is held at the Sainsbury Institute?in Norwich, UK on 8 to 9 June 2017. As some of you might?know, Alex Jacoby and I have been working on this for quite a while and I would like to thank everyone who has lent their support during the preparation process, especially people who have kindly agreed to present at the event. As you can see from the programme outline below, the symposium?is free to attend but requires registration. ?? https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__kinemaclub.org_conference_kinema-2Dclub-2Dxvi-2Dbeyond-2Dcanon-2Dreconsidering-2Djapanese-2Dcinema-2D1950s&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=afMEwMJvrc1td0qd9RdEXB2vIZB08sn_38K2vDJTFfU&s=PvGZ1qRPxmNws__MH70oJFb82RtOujWVF8nfufN4Em4&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sainsbury-2Dinstitute.org_news-2Devents_film-2Dsymposium_&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=afMEwMJvrc1td0qd9RdEXB2vIZB08sn_38K2vDJTFfU&s=xvwvaWWYEdvShI_H5nIGV3O0J3JxLSdP-B57lz20JIw&e= | Film symposium ? Sainsbury Institute for the Study of ...sainsbury-institute.orgAbout the Symposium. The symposium seeks to establish a forum for re-opening the discussion on the era traditionally identified as the Golden Age of Japanese cinema ... | I hope?that those of you based in the UK will be able to take a trip to Norwich for what promises to be a very exciting symposium on the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. Best wishes, Lauri KitsnikPhD CantabRobert and Lisa Sainsbury FellowSainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and CulturesNorwich, UK _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=afMEwMJvrc1td0qd9RdEXB2vIZB08sn_38K2vDJTFfU&s=qqcIEOeJ1lnfor1iZgAZ36j_hwuovD3oS9qbQUbTQkc&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The same applies to the live action, ?I Am aHero?.? Both are adaptations of mangawhich have been translated into german but published in Germany with english titles. ?Hence, no doubt, sufficient popularity towarrant specific german subtitling.? Butit is a pitfall for the unwary. ?Shin Godzilla? and ?Tony Takitani? also comewith german-only subtitles.? ?A SilentVoice? is with hard-of-hearing english subtitles.?I feel obligated to makethis correction, following a letter in this month?s ?Sight and Sound? (June)where some pedant takes writers to task for omitting information ontranslation.?Roger From: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Sent: Monday, 1 May 2017, 7:59 Subject: [KineJapan] Nippon Connection 2017 Dear KineJapaners,The full programme for ?NipponConnection? has been announced which takes place in Frankfurt from 23rd to the 28th of this month.?The programme, of more thana 100 Japanese films, speaks for itself. I see that Jasper Sharp is introducingthe retrospective of ?Roman Porno? films which run at the Filmmuseum.? I?m particularly pleased to be able to catchthe anime, ?In this Corner of the World?, of which I have read nothing butpraise.? Besides so many films, known andunknown, there?s also a genuinely witty contemporary play, screened as a stagedplay, ?At the Terrace? by Yamauchi Kenji.?Look, see.https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nipponconnection.com_nc-2D2017-2Denglish.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=29EMK2twZo5NKDqVqZ_TIpnMOeRgHv_4W2boxSbp64I&s=pQYBjmYs0BqdkvqwG_Lso3khYTLoKPC_kwdSjPvHvUU&e= ?Roger _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=29EMK2twZo5NKDqVqZ_TIpnMOeRgHv_4W2boxSbp64I&s=IBuCmGQbrYM-xp2NeJ3qQbJaKq-0ceWpbPS9Hw_u9MU&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I see that Jasper Sharp is introducingthe retrospective of ?Roman Porno? films which run at the Filmmuseum.? I?m particularly pleased to be able to catchthe anime, ?In this Corner of the World?, of which I have read nothing butpraise.? Besides so many films, known andunknown, there?s also a genuinely witty contemporary play, screened as a stagedplay, ?At the Terrace? by Yamauchi Kenji.?Look, see.https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nipponconnection.com_nc-2D2017-2Denglish.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=KgxM30ms1ydqpfgJ4GLYd0hlah5WFvPnI_kY7CSXesA&s=OeaimWcTVFimK46Ds_d5ZgjFliKk5HowkUOVdBDSwvk&e= ?Roger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks lots, programme looks fabulous, Verina Quoting Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan? : > Dear KineJapaners,The full programme for ?NipponConnection? has been? > announced which takes place in Frankfurt from 23rd to the 28th of? > this month.?The programme, of more thana 100 Japanese films, speaks? > for itself. I see that Jasper Sharp is introducingthe retrospective? > of ?Roman Porno? films which run at the Filmmuseum.? I?m? > particularly pleased to be able to catchthe anime, ?In this Corner? > of the World?, of which I have read nothing butpraise.? Besides so? > many films, known andunknown, there?s also a genuinely witty? > contemporary play, screened as a stagedplay, ?At the Terrace? by? > Yamauchi Kenji.?Look,? > see.https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nipponconnection.com_nc-2D2017-2Denglish.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=3kvGwMBFv0lmZeMXbcUnOlBN2JcxSgmO1FZKPFM4gqs&s=AU9NCRdJMCYcGDO8pSXMohGsOD8hFmtjERvqzvBkrzg&e= ?Roger _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=3kvGwMBFv0lmZeMXbcUnOlBN2JcxSgmO1FZKPFM4gqs&s=xJxVW09Mw4urjbEGFRddbIcB9B3jusgx86emCOW_9F8&e= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Star Joe Odagiri will join the screening to receive the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film. Other early announcements for JAPAN CUTS 2017 include the East Coast Premiere of Sion Sono?s ANTI-PORNO, the New York Premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa?s Daguerrotype, the North American Premiere of Masatoshi Kurakata's Neko Atsume House, as well as the East Coast Premiere of Konrad Aderer?s Resistance at Tule Lake. 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And not only Japanese comedies; it seems as though comedy cinema and humour in general are out-of-bounds for academic research: too light, too frivolous, too transient... I've come across only one journal dedicated to comedy--"Warai gaku kenkyu." As worthwhile as it is, it can't be the "only" venue for scholars interested in comedy? Japanese directors have produced some truly great comedies. From droll and dry to madcap and silly, frenetic to deadpan... Is the academic mood really that comedy is too frivolous to study? Or maybe we don't want to kill the humour through analytical interpretation--we keep our favourite comedies to ourselves... Just some late-spring musings... Best, Tim Iles University of Victoria _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=sWz3A7D1d42xD0yadkDsiB1bU7wQouFqQSnX80uh7k8&s=nAbPvWTNFd7CutVdA5vYhq313v7KpAAvhbwj22NIJEM&e= From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Thu May 11 23:03:42 2017 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 12:03:42 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Japanese comedies... In-Reply-To: References: <1575995154.7599740.1494538737778.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Dear Tim, I devoted one chapter of my thesis [downloadable here www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/392627] to try to explain why comedy films, and especially Japanese comedies, are generally neglected by critics and scholars. Also, based on this chapter I wrote another one for a book [2016. ?De Kitano a Matsumoto (?or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Japanese Film Comedy?).? in *El Jap?n Contempor?neo: Una Aproximaci?n Desde Los Estudios Culturales*, edited by Artur Lozano-M?ndez, 55?78. Barcelona: Bellaterra]. Both are in Spanish, I hope I can also publish something about this in English. In short, my principal conclusion is that criticism acts as an institution aimed to self-affirmation. Cinema, as a relatively new thing and mainly regarded as a consumption good for mass audience, lacks of the prestige that arts or literature hold. Therefore, film critics and scholars tend to focus on "serious" aspects in order to justify and legitimize its field of expertise. In the Japanese case, the stereotipe of the imposibility to grasp Japanese humour by the non Japanese makes things worse. Then, after my self-promotion, I reccomend you to check: - Yoshida, J. (2006), Origins of Japanese Film Comedy and Questions of Colonial Modernity, Eugene, University of Oregon. - Sontag, S. (1987), ?In Conclusion??, East-West Film Journal, 2 (1), Honolulu, East-West Center, pp. 99-106. - Costa, J., ed. (2010), Una risa nueva: posthumor, parodias y otras mutaciones de la comedia, Molina de Segura, Naus?ca?. (This is also in Spanish. Its introduction is really worthy). Best regards, Jose Monta?o On 12 May 2017 at 06:38, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan < kinejapan at lists.osu.edu> wrote: > At the risk of sounding thoroughly out-of-touch (entirely possible, as I > most certainly am!)--why oh why are there so few scholarly works on > Japanese comedies? And not only Japanese comedies; it seems as though > comedy cinema and humour in general are out-of-bounds for academic > research: too light, too frivolous, too transient... > > I've come across only one journal dedicated to comedy--"Warai gaku > kenkyu." As worthwhile as it is, it can't be the "only" venue for scholars > interested in comedy? > > Japanese directors have produced some truly great comedies. From droll and > dry to madcap and silly, frenetic to deadpan... Is the academic mood really > that comedy is too frivolous to study? Or maybe we don't want to kill the > humour through analytical interpretation--we keep our favourite comedies to > ourselves... > > Just some late-spring musings... > > Best, > > > Tim Iles > University of Victoria > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=vVpSlwievBRwTQdajogrooVrHercMxdSYSmc6a3Vea0&s=o0HT2E_6ncBiTVM6Wqgg0nDQRfrShrXtn4K8E3Wh5jw&e= > -- Jose Monta?o ????????? *Cine y cultura japonesa:* *https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eigavision.wordpress.com_&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=vVpSlwievBRwTQdajogrooVrHercMxdSYSmc6a3Vea0&s=IwBValoptxMTFeKU9wF0KOAGiwrWy7CB0cucvMOLqw4&e= * *https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__upf.academia.edu_JoseMonta-25C3-25B1o&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=vVpSlwievBRwTQdajogrooVrHercMxdSYSmc6a3Vea0&s=IwSW_iXQUJzoLXgWfue-Gt4FBXYQ0xjbLldtySuNNiY&e= * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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References: <555495802.399135.1494704246142.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I agree with the suggestions that critics/scholars have to present a "serious" face to the world, the better to justify what may seem like a frivolous activity to outsiders--film scholars especially, given, as you point out, the historical situation of cinema as a new and popular, and therefore inferior, art... To quote someone famous beyond his merits, "Sad!" Many thanks for your kind recommendations--I'll have a look. Best, Tim -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 5/11/17, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Japanese comedies... To: "Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum" Received: Thursday, May 11, 2017, 8:03 PM Dear Tim, I devoted one chapter of my thesis [downloadable here www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/ 392627] to try to explain why comedy films, and especially Japanese comedies, are generally neglected by critics and scholars. Also, based on this chapter I wrote another one for a book [2016. ?De Kitano a Matsumoto (?or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Japanese Film Comedy?).? in El Jap?n Contempor?neo: Una Aproximaci?n Desde Los Estudios Culturales, edited by Artur Lozano-M?ndez, 55?78. Barcelona: Bellaterra]. Both are in Spanish, I hope I can also publish something about this in English. In short, my principal conclusion is that criticism acts as an institution aimed to self-affirmation. Cinema, as a relatively new thing and mainly regarded as a consumption good for mass audience, lacks of the prestige that arts or literature hold. Therefore, film critics and scholars tend to focus on "serious" aspects in order to justify and legitimize its field of expertise. In the Japanese case, the stereotipe of the imposibility to grasp Japanese humour by the non Japanese makes things worse. Then, after my self-promotion, I reccomend you to check:- Yoshida, J. (2006), Origins of Japanese Film Comedy and Questions of Colonial Modernity, Eugene, University of Oregon.- Sontag, S. (1987), ?In Conclusion??, East-West Film Journal, 2 (1), Honolulu, East-West Center, pp. 99-106.- Costa, J., ed. (2010), Una risa nueva: posthumor, parodias y otras mutaciones de la comedia, Molina de Segura, Naus?ca?. (This is also in Spanish. Its introduction is really worthy).?Best regards,Jose Monta?o On 12 May 2017 at 06:38, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: At the risk of sounding thoroughly out-of-touch (entirely possible, as I most certainly am!)--why oh why are there so few scholarly works on Japanese comedies? And not only Japanese comedies; it seems as though comedy cinema and humour in general are out-of-bounds for academic research: too light, too frivolous, too transient... I've come across only one journal dedicated to comedy--"Warai gaku kenkyu." As worthwhile as it is, it can't be the "only" venue for scholars interested in comedy? Japanese directors have produced some truly great comedies. From droll and dry to madcap and silly, frenetic to deadpan... Is the academic mood really that comedy is too frivolous to study? Or maybe we don't want to kill the humour through analytical interpretation--we keep our favourite comedies to ourselves... Just some late-spring musings... Best, Tim Iles University of Victoria ______________________________ _________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=IzwE2SEcBim5ZIFnW89S35ly2maYuob98P6aomC_izw&s=lqxEoCY7ILF8PJR9KWGIVtX4FfetVTv-unt4QYN_V4w&e= listinfo/kinejapan -- Jose Monta?o?????????Cine y cultura japonesa: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eigavision.wordpress.com_https-3A__upf.academia.edu_JoseMonta-25C3-25B1o&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=IzwE2SEcBim5ZIFnW89S35ly2maYuob98P6aomC_izw&s=18HiRCzG9KmtmPFWAM_DpXN5KtQnJcqbRm3apmftGfA&e= _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=IzwE2SEcBim5ZIFnW89S35ly2maYuob98P6aomC_izw&s=fqZCUaDBpFVYEoRC2nJ-qvN5DBADHcWUQwCHDUP04lg&e= _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=IzwE2SEcBim5ZIFnW89S35ly2maYuob98P6aomC_izw&s=fqZCUaDBpFVYEoRC2nJ-qvN5DBADHcWUQwCHDUP04lg&e= From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Mon May 15 04:44:35 2017 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 10:44:35 +0200 Subject: [KineJapan] Japanese comedies... In-Reply-To: References: <555495802.399135.1494704246142.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Dear Tim, Sorry for this late reply, but I would also suggest that you try and find a copy of one of the film books from Udine Far East Film festivals called ?Asia Laughs!? (2011). It was edited by Roger Garcia and the section on Japanese cinema was written by Mark Schilling, who also provided a list of Top Ten comedies. Having visited most of the editions of this particular film festival, this one is full of extremely fond memories which still make me laugh. I particularly enjoyed the series of Hong Kong movies from the early 1960s. All best, Boel 13 maj 2017 kl. 21:37 skrev Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan : > I agree with the suggestions that critics/scholars have to present a "serious" face to the world, the better to justify what may seem like a frivolous activity to outsiders--film scholars especially, given, as you point out, the historical situation of cinema as a new and popular, and therefore inferior, art... To quote someone famous beyond his merits, "Sad!" > > Many thanks for your kind recommendations--I'll have a look. > > Best, > > > Tim > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 5/11/17, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > > Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Japanese comedies... > To: "Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum" > Received: Thursday, May 11, 2017, 8:03 PM > > Dear > Tim, > I devoted one > chapter of my thesis [downloadable here www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/ > 392627] to try to explain why comedy films, and > especially Japanese comedies, are generally neglected by > critics and scholars. Also, based on this chapter I wrote > another one for a book [2016. ?De Kitano a Matsumoto (?or > How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Japanese Film > Comedy?).? in El Jap?n Contempor?neo: Una > Aproximaci?n Desde Los Estudios Culturales, edited by > Artur Lozano-M?ndez, 55?78. Barcelona: Bellaterra]. Both > are in Spanish, I hope I can also publish something about > this in English. > In > short, my principal conclusion is that criticism acts as an > institution aimed to self-affirmation. Cinema, as a > relatively new thing and mainly regarded as a consumption > good for mass audience, lacks of the prestige that arts or > literature hold. Therefore, film critics and scholars tend > to focus on "serious" aspects in order to justify > and legitimize its field of expertise. In the Japanese case, > the stereotipe of the imposibility to grasp Japanese humour > by the non Japanese makes things worse. > Then, after my self-promotion, I > reccomend you to check:- Yoshida, J. (2006), > Origins of Japanese Film Comedy and Questions of Colonial > Modernity, Eugene, University of Oregon.- Sontag, > S. (1987), ?In Conclusion??, East-West Film Journal, 2 > (1), Honolulu, East-West Center, pp. 99-106.- > Costa, J., ed. (2010), Una risa nueva: posthumor, parodias y > otras mutaciones de la comedia, Molina de Segura, > Naus?ca?. (This is also in Spanish. Its introduction is > really worthy). Best > regards,Jose Monta?o > > On 12 May 2017 at 06:38, > Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan > wrote: > At the > risk of sounding thoroughly out-of-touch (entirely possible, > as I most certainly am!)--why oh why are there so few > scholarly works on Japanese comedies? And not only Japanese > comedies; it seems as though comedy cinema and humour in > general are out-of-bounds for academic research: too light, > too frivolous, too transient... > > > > I've come across only one journal dedicated to > comedy--"Warai gaku kenkyu." As worthwhile as it > is, it can't be the "only" venue for scholars > interested in comedy? > > > > Japanese directors have produced some truly great comedies. > From droll and dry to madcap and silly, frenetic to > deadpan... Is the academic mood really that comedy is too > frivolous to study? Or maybe we don't want to kill the > humour through analytical interpretation--we keep our > favourite comedies to ourselves... > > > > Just some late-spring musings... > > > > Best, > > > > > > Tim Iles > > University of Victoria > > ______________________________ _________________ > > KineJapan mailing list > > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=1a8UyZRkd726tpu1F1N959Ycb5UiAxrg2-X40RT5zio&s=zUKPhD1JAjDHJI3b1kFCcENXmu8_r3v8oB7Z-6xRvQY&e= > listinfo/kinejapan > > > > > -- > Jose > Monta?o?????????Cine y > cultura japonesa: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eigavision.wordpress.com_https-3A__upf.academia.edu_JoseMonta-25C3-25B1o&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=1a8UyZRkd726tpu1F1N959Ycb5UiAxrg2-X40RT5zio&s=iZ8V5XxmxdDBXdkRMJHNzECLoil0_FGuFyHiExn0vwI&e= > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=1a8UyZRkd726tpu1F1N959Ycb5UiAxrg2-X40RT5zio&s=TP5s1wsGDkMF2mIJVEoWqvbd9CMIWRWhPU1O4c4yeZs&e= > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=1a8UyZRkd726tpu1F1N959Ycb5UiAxrg2-X40RT5zio&s=TP5s1wsGDkMF2mIJVEoWqvbd9CMIWRWhPU1O4c4yeZs&e= _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=1a8UyZRkd726tpu1F1N959Ycb5UiAxrg2-X40RT5zio&s=TP5s1wsGDkMF2mIJVEoWqvbd9CMIWRWhPU1O4c4yeZs&e= From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Mon May 15 15:29:39 2017 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 19:29:39 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Japanese comedies... References: <1686046837.1543668.1494876580002.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thanks for the suggestion, Boel! I'll have a look. Best, Tim -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 5/15/17, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Japanese comedies... To: "Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum" Received: Monday, May 15, 2017, 1:44 AM Dear Tim, Sorry for this late reply, but I would also suggest that you try and find a copy of one of the film books from Udine Far East Film festivals called ?Asia Laughs!? (2011). It was edited by Roger Garcia and the section on Japanese cinema was written by Mark Schilling, who also provided a list of Top Ten comedies. Having visited most of the editions of this particular film festival, this one is full of extremely fond memories which still make me laugh. I particularly enjoyed the series of Hong Kong movies from the early 1960s. All best, Boel 13 maj 2017 kl. 21:37 skrev Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan : > I agree with the suggestions that critics/scholars have to present a "serious" face to the world, the better to justify what may seem like a frivolous activity to outsiders--film scholars especially, given, as you point out, the historical situation of cinema as a new and popular, and therefore inferior, art... To quote someone famous beyond his merits, "Sad!" > > Many thanks for your kind recommendations--I'll have a look. > > Best, > > > Tim > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 5/11/17, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > > Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Japanese comedies... > To: "Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum" > Received: Thursday, May 11, 2017, 8:03 PM > > Dear > Tim, > I devoted one > chapter of my thesis [downloadable here www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/ > 392627] to try to explain why comedy films, and > especially Japanese comedies, are generally neglected by > critics and scholars. Also, based on this chapter I wrote > another one for a book [2016. ?De Kitano a Matsumoto (?or > How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Japanese Film > Comedy?).? in El Jap?n Contempor?neo: Una > Aproximaci?n Desde Los Estudios Culturales, edited by > Artur Lozano-M?ndez, 55?78. Barcelona: Bellaterra]. Both > are in Spanish, I hope I can also publish something about > this in English. > In > short, my principal conclusion is that criticism acts as an > institution aimed to self-affirmation. Cinema, as a > relatively new thing and mainly regarded as a consumption > good for mass audience, lacks of the prestige that arts or > literature hold. Therefore, film critics and scholars tend > to focus on "serious" aspects in order to justify > and legitimize its field of expertise. In the Japanese case, > the stereotipe of the imposibility to grasp Japanese humour > by the non Japanese makes things worse. > Then, after my self-promotion, I > reccomend you to check:- Yoshida, J. (2006), > Origins of Japanese Film Comedy and Questions of Colonial > Modernity, Eugene, University of Oregon.- Sontag, > S. (1987), ?In Conclusion??, East-West Film Journal, 2 > (1), Honolulu, East-West Center, pp. 99-106.- > Costa, J., ed. (2010), Una risa nueva: posthumor, parodias y > otras mutaciones de la comedia, Molina de Segura, > Naus?ca?. (This is also in Spanish. Its introduction is > really worthy). Best > regards,Jose Monta?o > > On 12 May 2017 at 06:38, > Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan > wrote: > At the > risk of sounding thoroughly out-of-touch (entirely possible, > as I most certainly am!)--why oh why are there so few > scholarly works on Japanese comedies? And not only Japanese > comedies; it seems as though comedy cinema and humour in > general are out-of-bounds for academic research: too light, > too frivolous, too transient... > > > > I've come across only one journal dedicated to > comedy--"Warai gaku kenkyu." As worthwhile as it > is, it can't be the "only" venue for scholars > interested in comedy? > > > > Japanese directors have produced some truly great comedies. > From droll and dry to madcap and silly, frenetic to > deadpan... Is the academic mood really that comedy is too > frivolous to study? Or maybe we don't want to kill the > humour through analytical interpretation--we keep our > favourite comedies to ourselves... > > > > Just some late-spring musings... > > > > Best, > > > > > > Tim Iles > > University of Victoria > > ______________________________ _________________ > > KineJapan mailing list > > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=-ICK8JNFC2x0CLeqKgVSmZzWWgFIJAZdFBdV4YZuwzE&s=bCZbcoX72B9lHo5qne4j3FkRxS4zIaXIaTog5PozuN8&e= > listinfo/kinejapan > > > > > -- > Jose > Monta?o?????????Cine y > cultura japonesa: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eigavision.wordpress.com_https-3A__upf.academia.edu_JoseMonta-25C3-25B1o&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=-ICK8JNFC2x0CLeqKgVSmZzWWgFIJAZdFBdV4YZuwzE&s=F3sjZZFqIkewP-wklTyaG6ywA4sMHDYJIPdzsimZIf8&e= > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=-ICK8JNFC2x0CLeqKgVSmZzWWgFIJAZdFBdV4YZuwzE&s=s5M1Kcr01fJMfqhz6qIkkIV8OnxyK50MjHPwK-j8fwY&e= > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=-ICK8JNFC2x0CLeqKgVSmZzWWgFIJAZdFBdV4YZuwzE&s=s5M1Kcr01fJMfqhz6qIkkIV8OnxyK50MjHPwK-j8fwY&e= _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=-ICK8JNFC2x0CLeqKgVSmZzWWgFIJAZdFBdV4YZuwzE&s=s5M1Kcr01fJMfqhz6qIkkIV8OnxyK50MjHPwK-j8fwY&e= _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.osu.edu_mailman_listinfo_kinejapan&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=-ICK8JNFC2x0CLeqKgVSmZzWWgFIJAZdFBdV4YZuwzE&s=s5M1Kcr01fJMfqhz6qIkkIV8OnxyK50MjHPwK-j8fwY&e= From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Sat May 13 06:20:18 2017 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 13:20:18 +0300 Subject: [KineJapan] Nakadai Tatsuya & Kobayashi Masahiro at FCCJ Message-ID: Dear KineJapaners, The Foreign Correspondents' Club in Yurakucho will welcome screen legend Tatsuya Nakadai on May 31, with director Masahiro Kobayashi, with their new film ?Umibe no Lear.? The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with both men. Since FCCJ is a private club, you must reserve your seats through Screenings Curator Karen Severns: *karenseverns at gmail.com .* Be sure to reserve at least two days before the screening, as seats are limited. *FCCJ SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING* WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 at 7:00 pm *LEAR ON THE SHORE (Umibe no Lear)* Japan, 2017 105 minutes Japanese with English subtitles Followed by a Q&A session with screen legend Tatsuya Nakadai and director Masahiro Kobayashi In this lean, elegiac tragicomedy, Chokitsu Kuwabatake (Nakadai) is trying to escape from the luxury nursing home where his daughter Yukiko (Mieko Harada) and son-in-law Yukio (Hiroshi Abe) have stashed him, after forcing him to write a will leaving them everything. Chokichi has dementia and only fleetingly recalls their betrayal. But he is a thespian to the core, and can still recite great chunks of dialog from heralded performances (like his King Lear). He is determined to find his adoring audience, wherever they are. When he comes across Nobuko (Haru Kuroki), on the beach, he isn?t sure if she is an assistant, a fellow actor or, as she claims, his estranged younger daughter. Does it matter? Chokitsu is free to discourse at will, and that he does, delivering what may be his penultimate performance. *For more *(in Japanese): https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__umibenolear.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=9TXshbCZXD5Ct714N1CNEWKXYre6UCmEpq9-RWZ9SRg&s=JKNsLeSLGDzys_WDeN5wO6oHPkDb7H96RfGV_M22q3A&e= -- posted by Eija Niskanen University of Helsinki +358-50-355 3189 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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