Chinese and Japanese Films on the Second World War Contributor(s): Tam, King-Fai (Editor), Tsu, Timothy Y. (Editor), Wilson, Sandra (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138791032 ISBN-13: 9781138791039 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Performing Arts | Film - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
Dewey: 791.436 |
LCCN: 2014017020 |
Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (0.92 lbs) 186 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book examines representations of the Second World War in postwar Chinese and Japanese cinema. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly disciplines, and analysing a wide range of films, it demonstrates the potential of war movies for understanding contemporary China and Japan. It shows how the war is remembered in both countries, including the demonisation of Japanese soldiers in postwar socialist-era Chinese movies, and the pervasive sense of victimhood in Japanese memories of the war. However, it also shows how some Chinese directors were experimenting with alternatives interpretations of the war from as early as the 1950s, and how, despite the "resurgence of nationalism" in japan since the 1980s, the production of Japanese movies critical of the war has continued. |