Japanese Film in Asia   by YOMOTA Inuhiko July 2001, 195 x 138 mm, 306 pp, JPY2,800 Japanese cinema enjoys a high profile, with new controversial titles constantly coming out in genres from art films to anime and garnering high accolades in international film festivals. While the reasons are many, such as international joint-production of films and exchange of talent across borders and the changing of the guard in the movie industry to the next generation — what is necessary is a repositioning of Japanese, Korean, North Korean, Taiwanese, Chinese and Hong Kong cinema into a larger East Asian context. From the Nikkatsu Studio's action films that spawned so many imitators in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s to melodrama and expressions of minority voices — Okinawan films and the latest films on the new generation of Koreans living in Japan, this book serves the reader a full plate of incisive critique of actual films with a larger awareness of how films narrate culture. Contents Foreword Chapter 1 Japanese Films in Asia Seoul in 2000 / Nikkatsu Action films and Nouvelle Vague / The legacy of “Taiwan Ishihara” / Barefooted Youth/Hong Kong Films and Nikkatsu / The Japanese New Wave Chapter 2 Japanese Film and Representation of Minorities   Image of Korean Residents in Japan / Way of the Samurai and Japanese cinema / Okinawa and film / Japanese cinema and the national anthem / Foreign views of Hiroshima / Nagasaki in film / Stranger than Tokyo Chapter 3 Japanese Films in the 1990's   Liberation from the memory of cinematic history, The last three new people of the 20th century / It takes one to know one / The Absence of 3 Godol / Jeune / Adachi Masao / For the cinematic comeback of Adachi Masao's films / The resurrection of Onuma Masaru — “Nagisa” / Return to depth Chapter 4 Export of the Japanese Cinema   Comics and Film have always been a good match / Once there was a Nikkatsu Ginza / Takeshi Mantetsu and film soundtracks / Yodogawa Nagaharu / How will video affect film studies? / The way to the racetrack ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born in 1953, YOMOTA Inuhiko studied Comparative Cultures and Literatures at Tokyo University Graduate School. He now is a Professor of Fine Arts (film studies) in the department of Literature at Meiji University. His criticism covers a wide range of fields from literature to comics, and urban studies. His other books on films include An Invitation to Film History and Japanese Actresses, and has translated works by Paul Bowles and Pier Paolo Pasolini. He is an incisive critic and scholar who actively presents his research in overseas conferences, and enjoys deep connections with the film industry.