Discussants: Takayuki KAN (Playwright, Critic, Baiko Gakuin University)
Yuichi HASHIMOTO (TUFS)
Moderator: Tsutomu TOMOTSUNE (TUFS),
January 29th: a mini symposium entitled"Bodies,Images and'Walls'in Asian Cinema: The Tale of Zatoichi, China Girl, Red Peony Gambler: Red Peony Finds a Daughter", with playwright/ critic Takayuki KAN (Baiko Gakuin University), Yuichi HASHIMOTO and Tsutomu TOMOTSUNE (both TUFS).
Participants and audience members had stimulating discussions on the embodiment of male"desire"in the heroines of ninkyo films, the asymmetric position of Chinese cinema critical of postwar Japan, and even the question of the essence of filmmaking. (Tsutomu TOMOTSUNE)
Poster ( PDF )