From the Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology @ UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy

Japanese Movies: Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema

November 17, 2020 at 4:30 PM Pacific (November 18th at 9:30 AM Tokyo)

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What is the history and evolution of Japanese film? And how does Japanese cinema connect to other film cultures? Join Daisuke Miyao, a leading scholar of cinema in Japan and author of "Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema" (2020) for an introduction to Japanese cinema, and in particular the early connections between French Orientalism and Japanese aesthetics.

Speakers:
Miyao Daisuke, Professor of Japanese Films and Literature, UC San Diego
Ulrike Schaede, Professor of Japanese Business, GPS UC San Diego