A person in traditional Japanese attire holds a fan, with text reading Ugetsu - Japan 1953 Director: Kenji Mizoguchi.

Asian Cinema: Postwar Japan, China, Korea

LW326-01

Start Date

07/27

Time

6pm–8pm

Format

Remote

End Date

08/14

Meeting Day

Monday, July 27; Wednesday, August 5, Friday, August 14

Credits

3

This online course features the following types of interaction:

  • Pre-recorded content
  • Live meetings

Reflecting diverse but interrelated cultural traditions, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean films offer a fun and fascinating lens through which to view the development of postwar Asian society.  The samurai film, Hong Kong action movies, and Japanese anime are some of the topics covered in following this development through a selection of cinematic masterpieces from the 1950s to the present.

This class meets online and includes 3 zoom meetings on the following dates:

July 27, August 5th and 14th from 6-8pm.

Michael Hamburger

Michael Hamburger is an Assistant Professor in Humanities at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where he teaches courses in literature and film studies. He received his BA in Literature and Film Studies from the University of California, San Diego and holds a PhD in English from Boston University. He has also taught at … Read more