Horror movies have become a staple in the movie industry. In theaters worldwide, but primarily Hollywood, the women of horror are often portrayed as the damsel in distress, usually lacking independence and often victimized. This portrayal of women in horror is not internationally acknowledged. Japanese horror (aka J-Horror) has gone to great lengths to make the wrath of the female feared amongst all audiences. As a country known for its “slow progressing cultural movements” (McRoy 54), Japan has
“An ideal is only an ideal after all. As long as you embrace that ideal, the friction with reality will continue to increase. So you will someday face reality and will have to pay the price for your compromise.” So began my foray into a fantasy novel about legendary, historical figures coming to the future and fighting with magicians in Japan that wound up making me think about my life more than any specific leadership book. Fate/Stay Night, written in early 2004, was quickly picked and translated
the center. The character Mr. DOB’s full name is Bobozite, and it represents the image of Doraemon, a cat-like robot character from an anime series. The painting possesses a life-cycle that makes up the continuity or regeneration of the artifact (Takashi Murakami's 727). The painting was inspired by the anime (animated film) and manga (comic book) characters that have achieved cult status in Japanese youth culture, but also the mixed culture between American and Japanese art style. In the painting
In Akira Kurosawa’s film “Sanshiro Sugata” (1943) it follows a young man who wants to learn the ways of Judo, but instead he goes on to learn more about himself. Even though this film had scenes that were taken away from it, because of the censorship the government placed on cinema during that wartime in japan. It shows what ability Kurosawa had in telling a story in way that would make audience think. There are five major fight sequences in this that repentant the traces of the moral growth of the
is reality? Today, any consumer of television or cinema has seen various permutations of the plot of Rashomon numerous times, probably without realizing. In the film, a rape and consequent murder are told five different times, by a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura) who seems to have witnessed the event, a bandit (Toshiro Mifune) who committed the rape, the wife of a samurai (Machiko Kyo) who was raped, and the ghost of the samurai (Masayuki Mori), who is channeled by a medium after his murder. In each
Takashi Murakami was born on February 1, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a Japanese contemporary artist that is “… known for disseminating and promoting pop art strategies in ways unforeseen by American critics and artists” (The Board). Also, Murakami got accepted to Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music with the plan of becoming a successful animator but instead he majored in Nihonga (Widewall Takashi). Murakami blended fine art and Japanese anime to created “Superflat” which caught the eye
7. Shall We Dance (Peter Chelsom, 2004) adapted from Shall We Dance? (Masayuki Suo, Japan, 1996) In the original film, Shohei is a content but a bit bored accountant and family man. One day, while he is travelling by train, he catches a glimpse of Mai in a dance school. He decides to secretly enroll for dancing lessons, which he begins attending every Wednesday night. However, his wife, Masako, thinks that he has an affair an hires a private detective to follow him. Masayki Suo directs a film that
the one who murdered her, but instead seeks vengeance on people who enter the house and people who come into contact with someone who has entered the house. This vengeful spirit seems to act more like a deadly disease rather than how it is traditionally suppose to act. Another goes that goes against traditional Japanese folktales is Takeo’s ghost which appears near the end of the movie. In many Japanese folktales, the ghosts of a male are usually seen as nonthreatening and often are seen as guides
Rigor Mortis (Juno Mak, 2013) Co-produced by Takashi Shimizu, creator of the "Ju On" franchise and functioning as a tribute to the "Mr. Vampire" film series, with many of its cast also featuring here, "Rigor Mortis" is also the debut Juno Mak, a prominent singer-actor of the Hong Kong scene. Siu Ho, an