A changing heart
By: produced and directed by Leigh M. Devine ; associate producer, Misako Furukawa
Contributors: Divinepix; Filmakers Library, inc
Series: SOC 344 (NU course)
Publisher: Filmakers Library
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng; jpn
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Women; Social conditions; Man-woman relationships; Social life and customs
Description: "A Changing Heart (52 min.) takes an intimate look at how the Japanese, in a mere century, have come to adopt love as a rationale for marriage. By examining the changing roles of women, the shape of families, the impact of World War II, as well as industrialization and the decline of tradition, we can understand how the Japanese, and perhaps even other cultures, could accept new attitudes toward love and marriage. The film looks chronologically at how arranged marriage evolved and then reveals how this change has left people in Japan today, as they face the quest of looking for a partner. The consequences of this evolution turn out to unleash unexpected quandaries to both individuals and society as a whole"--Http://www.globalfilmnetwork.net.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002, copyright by Devinepix.

Director of photography, Yudai Kato; music, Dewey Dellay; editors, Christopher Quinn, Kathryn Moore, Satoko Sugiyama.

In English and Japanese with English subtitles.