readings for Week 4&5 SCREENING JAPAN I—TOUR DE FORCE OF THE MAESTROS

Required Readings

Needham, Gary. “Japanese Cinema and Orientalism”, in Asian Cinemas: A Reader And Guide, edited by Dimitris Eleftheriotis & Gary Needham, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006, p.8—16

[distribute in class]

Tezuka, Yoshiharu. “Chapter 2: Internationalization Of Japanese Cinema: How Japan Was Different From The West And Above Asia Before Globalization”, Japanese Cinema Goes Global: Filmworkers' Journeys, University of Hong Kong Press, 2011, p25-74

[download here]

note: pay attention to how many pages for you to read--so, maybe it's better to start reading earlier!