Course Description
With the growing popularity of Asian movies in the 1990s, Japan's collaborations andinteractions with its neighbors - China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea - have become
a major research topic among scholars in the fields of film studies, cultural studies,
anthropology and Asian studies. Moreover, cross-border film studies have become an
important avenue of understanding globalization. It is within such context that this
course aims to expose students to a global perspective for understanding movies of
China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Japan and Korea by comparing some
common themes represented in movies of these countries. This course consists of four
major parts focusing on the comparative studies of Chinese, Japanese and Korean
cinemas:
(1) Nostalgia in Romantic Movies,
(2) Historical Trauma in Violent Movies,
(3) Images of Women in Women-Centered Films, and
(4) Urban Images in Movies Based on Cities.
CUHK
JASP1130 Chinese-Japanese-Korean Movies: Appreciation and Comparison