Chinese and Japanese Films on the Second World War

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Edited by King-fai Tam, Timothy Y. Tsu and Sandra Wilson

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > War films

Keywords

war films, China, Japan

Publishing date

2017

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia

1st publishing

2014

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 196 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-1-138-57709-1

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Book Presentation:
This book examines representations of the Second World War in postwar Chinese and Japanese cinema. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly disciplines, and analysing a wide range of films, it demonstrates the potential of war movies for understanding contemporary China and Japan. It shows how the war is remembered in both countries, including the demonisation of Japanese soldiers in postwar socialist-era Chinese movies, and the pervasive sense of victimhood in Japanese memories of the war. However, it also shows how some Chinese directors were experimenting with alternatives interpretations of the war from as early as the 1950s, and how, despite the "resurgence of nationalism" in japan since the 1980s, the production of Japanese movies critical of the war has continued.

About the authors:
King-fai Tam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chinese Culture at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Timothy Y. Tsu is a Professor in the School of International Studies at Kwansei Gaukuin University, Japan.
Sandra Wilson is a Professor in the School of Arts and a Fellow of the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University, Australia.

See the publisher website: Routledge