Contribution to Book
From the National Gaze to Multiple Gazes: Representations of Okinawa in Recent Japanese Cinema
Islands of Discontent: Okinawan Responses to Japanese and American Power
(2003)
Abstract
Investigates how Japanese cinema has represented the people and islands of Okinawa. Analyses a range of films from Sayonara Nippon and Free and Easy 11, to works by Sai Yoichi, Kitano Takeshi, and Takamine Go.
Keywords
- Japanese cinema,
- Takeshi Kitano,
- Yoichi Sai,
- Go Takamine,
- Tsuru Henry,
- Sonatine,
- Pigs Revenge,
- Okinawa
Disciplines
Publication Date
2003
Editor
Laura Hein and Mark Selden
Publisher
Rowman and Littlefield
Citation Information
Aaron Gerow. "From the National Gaze to Multiple Gazes: Representations of Okinawa in Recent Japanese Cinema" LanhamIslands of Discontent: Okinawan Responses to Japanese and American Power (2003) p. 273 - 307 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aarongerow/6/