H-Asia

This week when I looked at H-Asia, I found some older posts that were pretty interesting. One was looking for Japanese films that focused on women. There were a lot of responses recommending a lot of films that sounded really intriguing. The thread took a turn, however, when a lady put up a post originally from H-film talking about films directed by women and how they are seen/accepted. One woman critiqued Zhang Yimou's films as not representing women at all and just having women in the roles. The discussion ensuing about women in Japanese films was not very long after that and it ended with someone arguing that it wasn't even the point of the original askers question. Sort of anti climatic, but it did leave me with questions about Japanese film and the difference between ones with women as directors or not. It would be interesting to research more closely. I now want to have a deeper look at Japanese film and the portrayal of women, especially looking at the recommended movies.

Megan Fotheringham