[KineJapan] Films on Catholicism/Christianity in Japanese cinema

[Roger Macy]

Dear Kyle,

Welcome to KineJapan.

Your subject is potentially very broad, so it is wise to limit yourthesis to a few films. I haven’t seen Violent Virgin – I would neverhave thought to go to Wakamatsu as a source on Catholicism so I’ll beinterested in what you make of it.

It’s perfectly logical to concentrate on Shinoda’s version of Silence,as the Japanese-made one, but the problem there is that Shinoda’s wasemphatically made outside of a Catholic world, whereas Scorsese’s was very muchmade within the strictures of his Church (although there is an Anglican bishopin the story), and made much more to the later wishes of the deceased ENDŌ Shūsaku who had latterly also broughthimself more within the Church’s strictures. I make a stab at that in my reviewhere.

At Kineclub XVIII at Yale, March’19, KAMIYA Makiko gave a presentation on ‘Christianism’ in some Japanesefilms.  The panel was related to MAKINOMasahiro’s Gate of Flesh ‘48, but other films were cited. That presentationmay now be available online or written up elsewhere.


How far do you want to go back ?The one Japanese feature film made with specific backing of the Catholic churchwas Junkyō kesshi ~ Nihon nijū-roku seijin, 26Martyrs of Japan, 1931, directed by IKEDA Tomiyasu. I have a lot ofunpublished work on that and rejected bids on presentations (be warned!) .There is considerable published literature on it but little in english. Whatlanguages can you read ? I have my rough translations on them.

Roger


    On Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 21:13:01 GMT, Kyle LaChance via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:  
 
 Hello, I am a 2nd year Master's student writing my thesis on the utilization and presentation of Catholicism historiographically in Japanese animation and cinema. Currently I have identified 3 anime and 4 live-action cinematic works which I will list below. Are there other key works that I might be missing?
Anime:Trinity BloodBlue ExorcistSeven Deadly Sins
Live-Action:Vengeance is MineSilence by Shinoda MasahiroSea and PoisonViolent Virgin
I appreciate any help and apologize for any inconvenience.
All the best,

-- 
Kyle LaChanceSecond Year in the Masters in International and Regional StudiesInternational Institute and Center for Japanese Studies


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