Japanese cinematography from the New Wave to present. Course is devoted to introduction of Japanese cinematography from 1950s untill present. The backbone of the course is new wave phenomena in Japan, that started in second half of 1950s and reached main recognition during 1970s. This part includes reflection of genre cinematography which is also typical for that period. Second part of course is focused on the Japanese film era after the new wave - period of crisis and beginning of video (end of 1970s - 1980s) and its transition to present cinematography. Course will also mention anime and other specific genres. Lectures will be accompanied by screenings that will be analysed using semiotics. Student has to watch the films for lectures. Outline: 1. General introduction: Japanese and culture context. Japanese cinematography in connection with history of asian and international cinematography. 2. Brief summary of Japanese cinematography history from its beginning untill the end of World War II and during american occupation. 3. Classic directors who worked during the new wave (Ozu, Mizoguchi,Naruse, Kinugasa, Kinoshita). 4. Generation of directors before the new wave (Kurosawa, Ichikawa Kon, Shindo, Kobayashi, Misumi, Gosho, Nakagawa) 5. New wave and independent (Oshima, Shinoda, Yoshida, Imamura, Hani, Teshigahara, Nakahira, Masumura) 6. Genre films during the new wave (Honda, Suzuki Seijin, Masamura, Wakamatsu, Fukusaku, Ishii Teruo, Suzuki Norifumi, pinku eiga) 7. Avantgarde and political film during the new wave (Oshima, Terayama, Jissoji, Wakamatsu) 8. Directors of the new wave after the period of the new wave 9. Japanese cinematography at the end of 1970s and during 1980s, new directors (Ishii Sogo, Somai, Itami, Obayashi, Hasegawa, Nomura, Suo, Sai) 10. Japanese cinematography of the 1990s (Aoyama, Tsukamoto, Kitano, Iwai, Kurosawa Kyoshi, Miike, Sabu, Ichikawa Jun) 11. Anime, serials, popculture (Tezuka, Yamamoto, Otomo, Oshii, Miyazaki, Takahata, Anno, Watanabe, Rintaro, Kon, Shinkai, Hosoda) 12. Present (Hiroki, Kawase, Kore-eda, sono, Oguri, Nakata, Nakamura, Kobayashi Mashiro, Nakashima, Hashiguchi, Takita, J-horror) Literature: a) About film in general: BORDWELL, David, THOMPSON, Kristin. History of film. COOK, David A. A History of Narrative Film, Fourth Edition. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. VICK, Tom. Asian Cinema: A Field Guide. New York : Harper Perennial, 2007. b) Basic literature: GALBRAITH IV, Stuart, DUNCAN, Paul (ed.). Japanese Cinema. Köln : Taschen, 2009. MES, Tom, SHARP, Jasper. The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Cinema. Berkeley : Stone Bridge Press, 2005. RITCHIE, Donald. A Hundred Years of Japanese Cinema. Tokyo : Kodansha, 2001. RITCHIE, Donald. Japanese Cinema, Film Style and National Character. Anchor Books, 1971. c) Additional literature: DESJARDINS, Chris. Outlaw Master of Japanese Film. New York: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd, 2005. HIRANO, Kyoko. Mr. Smith Goes To Tokyo: Japanese Cinema Under the American Occupation, 1945-1952. Washington, London : Smithsonian Institution, 1992. McROY, Jay. Nightmare Japan: Contemporary Japanese Horror Cinema. Amsterdam, New York : Rodopi, 2008.
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