Japan
Rare Classics of Japanese CinemaAll screenings have English subtitles.Ino and Mon (Ani imoto) Directed by Sotoji Kimura, 1936 (35 mm) A pinnacle of 1930s cinematic realism by the leftist filmmaker Kimura Sotoji. For More Information 20041001falljapanfilm_rareclassics.pdf
Conversations and student presentations on 2004 summer travel, study, internships, and research in Greater China, Japan, and Korea.
President George W. Bush has repeatedly presented the United States’ occupation of Japan as the model for Iraq’s democratization. Does the Japanese occupation illuminate contemporary reconstructions in Iraq, Afghanistan and other contemporary war-torn societies? Certain similarities do stand out: as in Japan half a century earlier, the US has proclaimed its intention to return “sovereignty” to a democratic Iraq while preserving a dominant American military presence. Yet beyond this obvious similarity lie profound differences in American strategy, goals and commitments, as well as in the...
The Council is pleased to present the Sixth Annual John W. Hall Lecture in Japanese Studies. A reception will follow in the 2nd Floor Common Room, Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.
What motived over 80 senior politicians and 80 senior staff to make an official visit on October 19, 2004 to one of Japan’s most controversial and important religious sites–Yasukuni Shrine? Although expressly prohibited by the postwar constitution, the current Prime Minister and his allies continue to make visits to express what they say is their “sincere desire for peace.” But what else is going on at this site? John Nelson’s talk will be accompanied by his new 25-minute film on the shrine made for university audiences. Using rare video footage from within the shrine–showing rituals carried...
Rare Classics of Japanese CinemaAll screenings have English subtitles.Sun Legend of the Shogunate’s Bakumatsu taiyoden Directed by Yuzo Kawashima, 1957 (35mm) A comedy masterpiece voted the 5th best Japanese film of all time in 1999 by Japanese film critics. For More Information 20041001falljapanfilm_rareclassics.pdf
Fantastic Realms in Japanese FilmAfterlife (Wandafuru raifu) Directed by Kore’eda Hirokazu, 1998 (118 min, English subtitles) A touching and thought-provoking exploration of the concept of life after death. Free and open to the public.
Fantastic Realms in Japanese FilmTo Die in the Country (Den’en ni shisu)Directed by Terayama Shuji (1974, 104 minutes, English subtitles) Playwright Terayama Shuji’s psychedelic masterpiece set in a dreamlike rural Japan.
In celebration of 2005 - Year of the Rooster
Aoyama Shinji Visit Pre-Events – Special Japan Film Screening:Japanese film director Aoyama Shinji will be visiting Yale in April 2005. In preparation of this important visit, the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University is pleased to present special screenings of films by his favorite filmmakers: Our Blood Will Not Forgive (Oretachi no chi ga yurusanai) Directed by Seijyun Suzuki (Nikkatsu, 1964, 97 minutes, 35mm, English subtitles)A wonderfully eccentric gangster action movie by Seijyun Suzuki master director of Tokyo Drifter. Prints courtesy of The Japan Foundation For More ...
Fantastic Realms in Japanese FilmSpiral (Uzumaki)Directed by Higuchinsky, 2000 (104 min, English subtitles) Based on the manga by Itô Junji about a small town obsessed with spirals. Free and open to the public. For More Information 20050211springjapanfilm_aoyama.pdf
143 minutes, B&W, 16mm, English Subtitles One of the centerpieces of Ogawa’s career was his series of films recording Sanrizuka farmers’ long struggle against the construction of the Narita Airport. Ogawa’s camera literally stands with the farmers behind the barricades in this action-packed document of their often bloody battles with armies of riot police. The second of four films by Ogawa Shinsuke. Another Village: The Radical Documentaries of Ogawa Shinsuke Ogawa Shinsuke was one of the pillars of postwar Japanese documentary, whose influence has spread throughout Asia. Pursuing...
Alain Renais’ HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR (1959) 90 minutes With an Introduction by Professor John Treat (East Asian Languages & Literatures)
PRICE INFLATION is intrinsic to new capital creation in modern capitalism, and “inflationary accumulation” via the banking system has funded rapid industrial growth. This idea was sketched out by Joseph Schumpeter 100 years ago, though it has been mostly forgotten since. Japan in the 20th century illustrates this process very clearly, as I explore in my bookCapital as Will and Imagination: Schumpeter’s Guide to the Postwar Japanese Miracle(Cornell, 2013). The 20th century was also the most inflationary century in history. Already, the 21st century looks different. Japan is where the modern-...
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