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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | VISTH230B001 |
| Course Title | Postwar Japanese Cinema |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Visual Studies |
| Instructor | Schoneveld,Erin |
| Times and Days | TTh 11:30am-12:55pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2136 This course provides an introduction to Japanese cinema from the immediate Postwar period of 1945 to the present day. Focusing on films by influential directors including Ozu Yasujiro, Kurosawa Akira, and Mizoguchi Kenji among others we will consider how Japanese filmmakers use cinema to investigate issues of truth, beauty, identity, and nationhood in an attempt to answer fundamental questions regarding life and death in Japans Postwar period. ; Crosslisted: East Asian Languages & Cultures, Visual Studies, Environmental Studies; Enrollment Limit: 15 Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts), B: Analysis of the Social World (; Hav: HU, A, B) |
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