The return of the hero in Japanese cinema in the late 1950s and early 1960s
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2015-3-135-144
Abstract
Japan's involvement in the Second World War came to an end with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the loss of millions of lives and the acceptance of unconditional surrender. In the postwar years the assessment of these historical events underwent numerous reevaluations. A major shift in public opinion was indicated by the appearance of war films created by a Japanese filmmaker Okamoto Kihachi. Produced in the late 1950s and early 1960s these films rehabilitated a positive image of Japanese male-hero. Conducting a comparative analysis of Okamoto’s films with Japanese war cinema created in the preceding decade will help us understand how the regain of sovereignty and the country’s rapid economic growth affected Japan’s perception of its historical past.
Keywords
Япония,
кинематограф,
война,
американская оккупация,
память,
герой,
гендер,
Japan,
cinema,
war,
American occupation,
memory,
hero,
gender
About the Author
Anastasia Fedorova
Kyoto University; All-Russian State University of Cinematography after S.A. Gerasimov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Fedorova A. The return of the hero in Japanese cinema in the late 1950s and early 1960s. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2015;(3):135-144. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2015-3-135-144
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