any Japanese film that was made suring the past 2 or 3 decades that relates to social issues. The more recent the better
2007-10-14 02:53:42 · 4 answers · asked by 1960story 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well (1960). You can analyze it on several levels. Overall, it's a tale of corporate and governmental corruption in post-WW2 Japan. But it's also a critique of the absurd feudal loyalties that keep Japan from spiritually progressing, even though the country itself had embraced Westernization. Another film is Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), a slower, less exciting film that critiques the way Japanese bureaucracy functions. Ikiru was much beloved by Japanese audiences when it first premiered.
2007-10-14 05:13:10 · answer #1 · answered by tribblewing 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The 2001 Shunji Iwai film "All About Lily Chou-Chou" explores high school bullying. 1993's "All Under the Moon" concerns itself with discrimination against Korean residents of Japan. Every Itami Juzo film has something to say about Japanese society. "A Taxing Woman" takes on tax evasion/greed and "Tales of a Golden Geisha" is about political corruption.
2007-10-15 04:43:47 · answer #2 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
LIFE.
Adapted from Keiko Suenobu's manga "LIFE," this drama delves into the dark side of high school life. The story focuses mainly on bullying, but the manga also touches on subjects such as self-mutilation, suicide, and rape. Kitano Kii stars as Ayumu Shiiba, one of the students bullied by a group of classmates led by Ayumu's former friend, Manami Anzai (Fukuda Saki). -- Tokyograph
it ran from June 30, 2007 - September 15, 2007.
I hope this helps you. ^^
2007-10-17 15:41:12 · answer #3 · answered by Blood and Iron 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Dolls" deals with mental illness and obsession. The director is Takeshi Kitano.
2007-10-14 02:58:15 · answer #4 · answered by C 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋