An examination of Japanese films of the 1980s and 90s within the context of theories of cultural identity and difference. The cult of Kurosawa, rhetorics of national uniqueness, Orientalist cinema and sexuality, translated nostalgia, nuclear and imperial criticism,anime and its implications, Kitano Takeshi as international filmmaker.
Attendance is, of course, mandatory.
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