[KineJapan] DIJ Gender and Sexuality Lecture Series on November 17 (Thu), 2022, 18:30h JST - Weingärtner on Film Stardom

[Geilhorn, Barbara]

You are cordially invited to the next DIJ Gender and Sexuality Lecture Series' online talk organised by Barbara Geilhorn and Nora Kottmann on

November 17 (Thu), 2022, 18:30h JST
Film Stardom and Representation: Takamine Hideko and Women in Post-War Japan
Sarah Stark, University of Ghent, Belgium
 Till Weingärnter, University College Cork, Ireland


Takamine Hideko (1924-2010) is revered and celebrated as one of Japan’s major film stars of the 20th century. She is well remembered for her appearance in seminal works in the Japanese film canon, but also for her work as an essayist. In her essays she not only provides an insight into her views on Japanese cinema, but also actively shapes her own persona and the public view of her long career.
Often celebrated for her collaboration with major film directors such as Kinoshita Keisuke or Naruse Mikio, Takamine’s own agency in regard to her career makes an interesting case study for understanding what film stars in post-war Japan represented for their audiences. Takamine had appeared in propaganda films during wartime and later appeared in roles presenting and interrogating new ideas of gender and the role of women in post-war Japanese society. The tensions arising from this can be seen reflected not only in Takamine’s film roles but also in aspects of her public persona and her image as a popular film star, especially among her female fans.
Following the Star Studies approach, my talk will examine a number of seminal films and key events in Takamine’s biography in relation to post-war Japanese society. It will explore what Takamine could have represented to her contemporary audience, but also why she still continues to be a popular film star even today.

Till Weingärtner is lecturer in Contemporary East Asian Studies (Japan) at the University College Cork. He has also served as Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (CASiLaC). Since his student days his research has primarily focused on Japanese comedy. During his postgraduate research on Japanese comedy at Kansai University (Osaka) he tried his hand at stand-up comedy even winning an award and hosting a local radio show with his Japanese comedy partner. These experiences in the Japanese entertainment industry had a big impact on his research interests and he remains interested in performance, not only from an academic position but also by organising performances for Japanese artists as well as at times still performing himself in Japanese, German and English.

This is an on-site event without online participation. Registration is required via the event website

https://www.dijtokyo.org/event/film-stardom-and-representation-takamine-hideko-and-women-in-post-war-japan/

until November 16, 2022. Due to safety reasons the number of participants is limited to 20; face masks are obligatory.



  <https://dijtokyo.org/art>
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Dr. Barbara  Geilhorn
Senior Research Fellow
DIJ German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo
Jochi Kioizaka Bldg. 2F, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku
102-0094 Tokyo, Japan
Tel. +81-(0)3-3222-5147
geilhorn at dijtokyo.org

https://www.dijtokyo.org/people/barbara-geilhorn/

Recent publications:


forthcoming: Literature after Fukushima: From Marginalized Voices to Nuclear Futurity<https://www.routledge.com/Literature-After-Fukushima-From-Marginalized-Voices-to-Nuclear-Futurity/Flores-Geilhorn/p/book/9781032258577>. Routledge (with Linda Flores, eds).

2021: Okada Toshiki & Japanese Theatre<https://thecpr.org.uk/product/okada-toshiki-japanese-theatre/>. Aberystwyth, UK: Performance Research Books (with Peter Eckersall et al., eds).

Towards a Culture of Responsibility – Relating Fukushima,  Chernobyl, and the Atomic Bombings in Setoyama Misaki’s Theatre<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09555803.2021.1942138>. Japan Forum. 2021.

<https://www.akashi.co.jp/book/b559656.html>

Genjitsu wo henyō saseru fikushon—Okada Toshiki no engeki kara kore kara no nihon shakai wo yomitoku<https://www.akashi.co.jp/book/b559656.html>. In: Kimura Saeko and Bayard-Sakai, Anne (eds): Sekai bungaku toshite no shinsaigo bungaku. Akashi shoin 2021, 97-118.
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