Discuss two or more films we have watched in this course, building upon key concepts regarding Japanese cinema and culture. Your approach can be comparative (different approaches to a similar topic), contrastive (different interpretations or perspectives), analytical (close reading of stylistic differences toward a concrete interpretation), or class, this paper combines your skill of close reading from the descriptive paper to provide evidence for your interpretation of film. Your interpretation should build upon what visual elements of form, style, themes, and/or performance techniques you feel support your interpretation. The ‘cultural’ part of analysis asks that you contextualize the film within the general historical moment and cultural context of the film as part of your discussion. This information will be learned as part of Seminar and through the readings.
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After the Storm
Akira
Anpo Art X War
Castle in the Sky
The Cheat
Edo Avant Garde
The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On
Face of Another
The Funeral
Giants and Toys
Gojira
Hospitalite
Kakera
Lady Snowblood Lady Snowblood – Love Song of Vengeance
Like Father, Like Son
Lupin the Third, Castle of Cagliostro
The Mourning Forest
Mr. Thank You
Nobody Knows
One Day We Arrived in Japan
Ran Play
Seven Samurai
Shin Godzilla
Sonatine
The Tale of Zatoichi
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Villian
Zatoichi the Outlaw
These are the names of Japanese films, and the teacher has asked for two of them to be written, so choose two at random.
If you want to cite them, there are film techniques on this website
