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JAPAN 159 - Japanese Cinema

East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies College of Letters and Science

Full Course Title

Japanese Cinema

Instructor Name(s)

STAFF

Course Description

An introductory scrutiny of major Japanese directors: Mizoguchi, Ozu, Oshima, and Kurosawa. Close attention to their film composition, choices ofsubject and character, their ideas of the cinematic, and the relationship of cinema to Japanese culture and society.

Unit Value

4

Maximum number of times course can be repeated for additional credit

0

Maximum Units

4

Prerequisites

Upper-division standing.

Advisory Enrollment Comments

Same course as Film and Media Studies 120.

General Subject Areas

F

Special Subject Areas

NWC, WRT