Paradoxical Japaneseness : Cultural Representation in 21st Century Japanese Cinema

This book offers insightful analysis of cultural representation in Japanese cinema of the early 21st century. The impact of transnational production practices on films such as __Dolls__ (2002), __Sukiyaki Western Django__ (2007), __Tetsuo: The Bullet Man__ (2009), and __13 Assassins__ (2010) is considered through textual and empirical analysis. The author discusses contradictory forms of cultural representation – cultural concealment and cultural performance – and their relationship to both changing practices in the Japanese film industry and the global film market. Case studies take into account popular genres such as J Horror and jidaigeki period films, as well as the work of renowned filmmakers Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike, Shinya Tsukamoto and Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Cultural Specificity and Globalization....Pages 23-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 (Cult)ural Hybridity....Pages 63-100 Concealing Japan in J Horror....Pages 101-132 Front Matter....Pages 133-133 Utilizing International Film Festivals....Pages 135-169 Twenty-First-Century Jidaigeki and Commercial Ownership....Pages 171-201 Conclusions....Pages 203-216 Back Matter....Pages 217-224 Andrew Dorman. Includes Bibliographical References, Filmography (pages 217-220) And Index.