Discuss two or more films we have watched in this course, building upon key concepts regarding Japanese cinema and culture. Your approach can be comparative (different approaches to a similar topic), contrastive (different interpretations or perspectives), analytical (close reading of stylistic differences toward a concrete interpretation), or class, this paper combines your skill of close reading from the descriptive paper to provide evidence for your interpretation of film. Your interpretation should build upon what visual elements of form, style, themes, and/or performance techniques you feel support your interpretation. The ˜cultural part of analysis asks that you contextualize the film within the general historical moment and cultural context of the film as part of your discussion. This information will be learned as part of Seminar and through the readings.

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After the Storm  
Akira  
Anpo Art X War  
Castle in the Sky  
The Cheat  
Edo Avant Garde  
The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On  
Face of Another 
The Funeral 
Giants and Toys 
Gojira
Hospitalite  
Kakera  
Lady Snowblood      Lady Snowblood – Love Song of Vengeance  
Like Father, Like Son
Lupin the Third, Castle of Cagliostro  
The Mourning Forest 
Mr. Thank You  
Nobody Knows  
One Day We Arrived in Japan  
Ran  Play 
Seven Samurai  
Shin Godzilla  
Sonatine
The Tale of Zatoichi  
Three Resurrected Drunkards  
Villian  
Zatoichi the Outlaw

These are the names of Japanese films, and the teacher has asked for two of them to be written, so choose two at random.
If you want to cite them, there are film techniques on this website