Murder and More: 3 Films by Imamura Shohei

Semester and Year	SP 2012
Course Number	IDSEM-UG1697
Section	001
Instructor	Nina Cornyetz
Days	Tue
Time	3:30 PM - 6:10 PM
Units	2.0
Level	U
Foundation Requirement	HUM, GLOBAL

Notes/Restrictions

Course meets last seven weeks only.

Description

Imamura Shohei (1926-2006) was one of Japan’s most highly acclaimed film directors, twice awarded the Cannes’ Golden Palm award. This course will explore three of his films, The Insect Woman , Pigs and Battleships , and Vengeance is Mine,  each of which takes a hard look at the seedy side of modern Japanese society, depicting, respectively, a prostitute, gangsters, and a serial murderer. We will support our film viewings with analytic treatments of the films, alongside readings on Japanese history and tradition. Possible texts include: Gluck , Postwar Japan as History , Richie, A Hundred Years of Japanese Film , Washburn and Cavanaugh, Word and Image in Japanese Cinema.  

Syllabus

IDSEM-UG1697

Course Type

Interdisciplinary Seminars (IDSEM-UG)