For my final project, I'm going to investigate the imagery of ghosts in Japanese horror films. I'd like to explore the different representations of female ghosts/spirits. I think I'm going to focus on modern Japanese horror film, Ringu, and the American remake The Ring. Ringue implements foundational references to earlier films, which I would also like to look into deeper.
Here are some sources:
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=yOjLtfSsetMC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=visuals+Japanese+horror+film&ots=WXvPnsXcle&sig=4NE5j8EEiu5KTdhahA19DdnHWaI#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?q=cache:aMIyMBcafvQJ:scholar.google.com/+ghost+visuals+Japanese+film&hl=en&as_sdt=0,39
http://iipc.utu.fi/imaginaryjapan/Hansen.pdf
http://ue.ucdavis.edu/explorations/2006/sumpter.pdf
Article by Bliss Cua Lim: Spectral TImes: The Ghost Film as Historical Allegory
Friday, April 20, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Project: Japanese Horror Films
For my project, I want to study the themes of supernatural, ghost stories of Japanese Horror Films. I've always found Japanese horror movies way more scarier visually than American ones, and so I want to see exactly what it is that make it more frightening.
This topic is significant because Japanese horror ghost stories can be traced back to Edo and Meiji periods, there may be ties with Kabuki art. In many of these horror films there are pale, long black haired, females that take form in ghost/spiritual forms.
Also, Japanese horror movies have found universal appeal. Hollywood has created remakes of several Japanese horror films--The Ring, The Grudge, One Missed Call, etc.
I'd like to learn more on this globalizing trend in different countries.
Some sources I may use:
http://gnovisjournal.org/2009/05/13/it-came-east-japanese-horror-cinema-age-globalization/
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/article/Post-Script/200723436.html
http://www.slideshare.net/hyly_hll/how-japanese-horror-films-have-influenced-hollywood
http://www.life123.com/arts-culture/cinema/horror-movies/japanese-horror-movies.shtml
This topic is significant because Japanese horror ghost stories can be traced back to Edo and Meiji periods, there may be ties with Kabuki art. In many of these horror films there are pale, long black haired, females that take form in ghost/spiritual forms.
Also, Japanese horror movies have found universal appeal. Hollywood has created remakes of several Japanese horror films--The Ring, The Grudge, One Missed Call, etc.
I'd like to learn more on this globalizing trend in different countries.
Some sources I may use:
http://gnovisjournal.org/2009/05/13/it-came-east-japanese-horror-cinema-age-globalization/
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/article/Post-Script/200723436.html
http://www.slideshare.net/hyly_hll/how-japanese-horror-films-have-influenced-hollywood
http://www.life123.com/arts-culture/cinema/horror-movies/japanese-horror-movies.shtml
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