Films japonais contemporains et représentations d’un pays perdu : des nostalgies à l’œuvre

In many recent Japanese films, we see the recurring presence of places with a strong sense of typicalness: “traditional” houses with a genkan (vestibule), gardens, engawa (verandas), tatami mats; sentō (public baths), small railway stations passed on a local line running through the countryside. The...

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Main Author: Sylvie Brosseau
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Language:English
Published: Institut français de recherche sur le Japon à la Maison franco-japonaise 2024-12-01
Series:Ebisu: Études Japonaises
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ebisu/9678
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description In many recent Japanese films, we see the recurring presence of places with a strong sense of typicalness: “traditional” houses with a genkan (vestibule), gardens, engawa (verandas), tatami mats; sentō (public baths), small railway stations passed on a local line running through the countryside. These spaces evoke collective practices informed by the seasons and where conviviality is evident: meals, baths, neighborhood life. While these places and practices are often far removed from the real lives of the general Japanese public, their representations abound in films. This article describes and analyses the images of these various topos from the perspective of nostalgia to understand how they relate to cultural issues in contemporary Japan.
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Films japonais contemporains et représentations d’un pays perdu : des nostalgies à l’œuvre
Ebisu: Études Japonaises
daily life
Japanese cinema
nostalgia
landscape
Japanese house
native land
title Films japonais contemporains et représentations d’un pays perdu : des nostalgies à l’œuvre
title_full Films japonais contemporains et représentations d’un pays perdu : des nostalgies à l’œuvre
title_fullStr Films japonais contemporains et représentations d’un pays perdu : des nostalgies à l’œuvre
title_full_unstemmed Films japonais contemporains et représentations d’un pays perdu : des nostalgies à l’œuvre
title_short Films japonais contemporains et représentations d’un pays perdu : des nostalgies à l’œuvre
title_sort films japonais contemporains et representations d un pays perdu des nostalgies a l oeuvre
topic daily life
Japanese cinema
nostalgia
landscape
Japanese house
native land
url https://journals.openedition.org/ebisu/9678
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