FILMS TO BE SHOWN IN CLASS

(Some substitutions may occur)


1. Jidaigeki

Chushingura (The 47 Ronin) (1941)
Mizoguchi Kenji

2. Jidaigeki vs. Chambara

Yojimbo
Kurasawa Akira

3. Religon and the Supernatural

Kwaidan (Strange Things)
Kobayashi Masaki

4. America Notices Japan

Rashomon
Kurosawa Akira

5. Effect of Live Theater

Shinju Ten No Amijima (Double Suicide at Amijima)
Shinoda Masahiro

6. Japanization

Kumonosujo (Throne of Blood)
Kurosawa Akira

7. The War in the Pacific

Biruma no Tategoto(The Burmese Harp)
Ichikawa Kon

8.Anti War

Ningen no Joken (The Human Condition:
No Greater Love
)
Kobayashi Masaki

9. Traditionalism and Change

Tookyoo Monogatari (Tokyo Story)
Ozu Yasujiro

10. Humanism

Ikiru
Kurosawa Akira

11. Yakuza

Tokyo Nagaremono (Tokyo Drifter)
Suzuki Seijun

12. Comedy

Osooshiki (The Funeral)
Itami Juzo

13. Ero Guro

Ai no Korrida (In the Realm of the Senses)
Ooshima Nagisa

14. Anime
Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke)
Miyazaki Hayao

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